QOTD: What Else Can Be Done to the Chevrolet Corvette?

by Tim Healey

Published: July 15th, 2025

qotd what else can be done to the chevrolet corvette

Chevrolet internals are saying that the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X isn't going to be the be-all, end-all for Corvette performance.

Indeed, they say that the car can get even faster and better handling.

So, I ask of you, what else can the engineering crew do? The available performance, provided your pockets are deep enough, is already insane. What else can -- or will -- Chevy do?

Will there someday be a Corvette version that crosses the $200K mark? I mean, we're already close.

What say you? Sound off below.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Lloyd Bonified on Jul 17, 2025

DURAMAX!!!

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Arthur Dailey on Jul 17, 2025

@El Scotto makes some very pertinent points. And @Canada Craig has made some excellent suggestions.

Corvettes used to be driven by 'cool guys'. And therefore had a 'cool' factor. They were fairly inexpensive but still affordable for a young 'guy' if he was willing to sacrifice to drive a 'Vette. They were 'chick magnets'.

Now every 'Vette that I see is driven by an 'old guy' (about my age), wearing a baseball cap (usually to conceal a bald spot).

You rarely if ever see young guys driving them. Or hear about them 'street racing' in them.
They are associated wtih an older demographic and lack any 'cool factor'.

And yes older Corvettes had terrible interiors and pretty bad NVH. But that did not deter from their desirability.

So why can't GM make a 'bare bones' hardcore Corvette muscle car? With a front engine v8 and rear wheel drive. Borrowing old school Corvette styling. At a price that a petrolhead under the age of 30 might be able to afford.

And the GM mid-engined or even electric 'supercar' would become a Cadillac.

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