Spied: 2009 Corvette Stingray - Car News

650-hp boosted super-Vette is getting closer to reality.
BY JON YANCA, PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS DOANE FOR BRENDA PRIDDY & COMPANY
October 2006

From afar this Vette would appear to be just another Z06. Now rub your eyes and take a closer look, because these are the first spy shots of the highly anticipated, but yet unnamed super Corvette. The large hood bulge you see is rumored to be concealing a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8, and packing upwards of 650 horsepower. This engine will likely use an integrated intake-manifold intercooler and should sprint from 0 to 60 mph in less than 3.4 seconds. And, with the addition of more carbon fiber in the body and expanded use of polycarbonates, this super Vette could weigh less than the current Z06.

GM’s Performance Center in Wixom, Michigan will likely produce the powerplant, but expect only about 1500–2000 copies annually. Initially called the Blue Devil, there has been much speculation in the past several months about the name for this super Z06. Recently we hear that GM has scrapped the Blue Devil name in favor of Corvette SS (we hope not), Z07, or even reviving the Stingray nameplate. Whatever the name may be, expect this beast to carry a sticker around the $100,000 mark, which is by far the cheapest way to get 650 hp in a production car.

Excerpt from CarAndDriver.com

Screw that electric Honda. Sign me up for this one!

Nothing about this should warrant bringing back the "Stingray" name. The Stingray was a whole other generation and a totally different model. Leave it to rest with the muscle of the past. Sounds like they are jumping on the Ford bandwagon like they brought back Mach I, BOSS, and Bullitt name tags.

Still, a very impressive hardware lineup in this beast.

— CStingray78

Nothing about this should warrant bringing back the "Stingray" name. The Stingray was a whole other generation and a totally different model. Leave it to rest with the muscle of the past. Sounds like they are jumping on the Ford bandwagon like they brought back Mach I, BOSS, and Bullitt name tags.

Still, a very impressive hardware lineup in this beast.

For 100 G's it should be, damn!

— CStingray78

Nothing about this should warrant bringing back the "Stingray" name. The Stingray was a whole other generation and a totally different model. Leave it to rest with the muscle of the past. Sounds like they are jumping on the Ford bandwagon like they brought back Mach I, BOSS, and Bullitt name tags.

Still, a very impressive hardware lineup in this beast.

Sales have been hurt so bad these days they have to go with the name recognition to try and sell cars.

Looks great.... I am really diggin the new vettes.... maybe there will be one in my future.

What I am really starting to hate is digging up the old designs... throwbacks.... old names.... when they run out of ideas!