Latest Corvette unlikely to be seen here
BEHIND the WHEEL with
Peter Greenslade
A new version of the Corvette has just been introduced in the United States by
the Chevrolet division of General Motors. It is a car that is unlikely to be seen in New Zealand, unless it is imported privately. The New Zealand G.M. company estimated that such a car would cost more than $lOO,OOO in this country. Compared with the last Corvette, which was launched
in 1982, the latest version is lower, shorter and wider and ? about 113 kilograms lighter, f but there is more head, leg . ' and shoulder room in the
two-seat passenger compartment.
The car is powered by a fuel injected 5.7 litre V 8 engine that develops 52.8 kW (205 bhp) that is mated to either a four-speed manual with computer-controlled overdrive gearbox or fourspeed automatic with overdrive transmission.
Engine and gearbox are rigidly attached to the differential, the independent rear suspension being of a new five-link design. Fourwheel disc brakes and powerassisted rack and pinion steering are other features.
The traditional glass-fibre body is mounted on a welded spaceframe which has a bolton front cross-member to bear the weight of the engine.
Air conditioning, a unique electronically-tuned AM/FM radio cassette player with four speakers, powered aerial, power-operated windows, digital instrumentation, a one-piece removable roof panel, remote-control exterior rear-vision mirrors, a computerised read-out for distance travelled, distance to go and instant and aver-
age fuel consumption and a shaped and tinted glass rear hatch, which can be electrically released, are other features.
G.M. intends to market the Corvette in Europe, the Middle East, Japan and Latin America.
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Press, 10 March 1983, Page 23
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