A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing: New Corvette GT2 racer takes cues from ZR1
Victory can get boring after a while. The first couple of times Corvette Racing took the GT1 title in the American Le Mans Series, it must have been exciting. But after dominating the class every year since 2001, they're starting to look for a new fight, and the Porsches and Ferraris duking it out in GT2 must have started to look mighty tasty. Aching for a fight, Chevrolet's racing partner Pratt & Miller have started teasing what their latest challenger will look like, and it's pretty badass.
For 2009, the Corvette C6.R GT2 will take its cues from the new king of the roadgoing Corvette castle, the all-conquering ZR1. Don't expect a window into the race-engine compartment, but the design promises to look unmistakably like a track-bound version of the supercharged 'Vette flagship. Under the hood in 2009 will be a downsized 6.0-liter LS7 to meet the new ALMS regulations, to be replaced by a 5.5-liter race-tuned LS3 with 500 horsepower for 2010. The rendering above gives us a good idea of what the C6.R GT2 will look like, so F430 and 911 pilots had better get used to it.
[Source: BadBoyVettes via Jalopnik]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
KeatMP 6:33PM (4/01/2009)
Corevettes look good all raced out.
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KeatMP 6:34PM (4/01/2009)
Corvette* gah...
Autoblog...Editing option maybe, please?
the_MVP_X 6:45PM (4/01/2009)
Corvette vs. GT-R in the GT2 section, epic.
But Aston will race alone in the GT1 class?
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Rick C. 6:53PM (4/01/2009)
Ah, not quite. Right now, Ferrari is cleaning up in GT2, and the F450 is close to making its debut. I don't think Gt1 is affected in Europe. So Aston should be all business as usual.
the_MVP_X 7:04PM (4/01/2009)
Not really my memory it's slow this days, the GT-R will run in the GT-1 class, the Vette should give Ferrari a run for it's money as for the F450 it won't come earlier then Frankfurt auto show, so it will race in 2010-2011, until then we have the winners from 2009 GT-R at GT1 and the Corvette at GT2
Cardbored 7:00PM (4/01/2009)
Did that render come out of the 1990's? I know they're cost cutting, but c'mon...
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AZZO45b 10:04PM (4/01/2009)
Just hit the "render" button in CATIA, ALIAS, or most of the 3D Modeling programs
It cost NOTHING...
Snix 7:04PM (4/01/2009)
The hell with bankruptcy!
Go get 'em, Chevy!!!
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Scott S 7:26PM (4/01/2009)
Can I be the first to call April fools on this? What with GM in the situation its in, and this rendering looks like it was created on a first gen iMac....
AZZO45b 10:09PM (4/01/2009)
No offense, but you'd be the only "April Fool" if you stick to your assumption! Like video games, 3D modeling software has upgraded their graphics cards.
After you build the math.... the computer will auto-render your model. FYI: You need more than an i-Mac to run CATIA/ ALIAS/ or most of the good 3D programs.
greenchile505 1:11AM (4/02/2009)
Any new (intel) mac can run any modern CAD software a PC can. Macs now can boot windoze, so you can play with CAD. Then, when you are done, boot back to beautiful OSX, and enjoy no viruses, trojans, malware, spyware, or M$ operating system deficiencies.
Mwmorph 7:37PM (4/01/2009)
Looks like no one's ever used any engineering tools around here, the rendering looks like it came from Pro/E Wildfire or Autocad, nothing wrong with showing the renderings straight from the MechE design programs...
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RyanK 8:24PM (4/01/2009)
That's the first thing I noticed too. "Hey look! Someone spit out a shaded 3-D model!"
Nobody needs fancy graphics rendering when all you're doing is designing parts.
Wait for the real thing. The graphics will look far better with that amazing new fangled brain rendering engine. :P
jeffries.55 11:19PM (4/01/2009)
Heh, yeah. I would say personally it looks like it is an un-rendered model from Pro-E. I use Pro-E every day and I can tell that gritty outline (with edge lines hidden by default).
Also, if it was indeed modeled in Pro-E, I feel sorry for the engineers responsible! (I wish I could convince my company to switch to Solidworks.... but alas i feel this is a moot argument because Pro-E has us on legacy data).
extinctdoughnut 9:40AM (4/02/2009)
I think they just forgot to do it at higher resolution and didn't turn on AA. Unigraphics does the same thing.
mcampasini 7:59PM (4/01/2009)
i predict the gt2 vettes will dominate the class and cant wait to see it.
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AZZO45b 10:13PM (4/01/2009)
Only if Compuware or other Pratt & Miller sponsors kick in the $$$ that makes up for reduced (or missing?)GM $$$. (idea)
Chris72b9 8:59PM (4/01/2009)
"For 2009, the Corvette C6.R GT2 will take its cues from the new king of the roadgoing Corvette castle, the all-conquering ZR1."
Oh God! Look out for the ZR1 (aka the Second Coming of Christ). People must really be off their rockers nowadays to call the ZR1 "all-conquering." It's not a bad car, but for God's sake, give me a stock C6 Z06, and about $10k extra to mess around with and I'll show you a ZR1 "conqueror."
Or just look at the ACR.
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Carlos 9:27PM (4/01/2009)
You know whole modded vs stock thing? Yeah it doesn't work.
PumaGTO 10:41PM (4/01/2009)
@carlos
Unless you´re japanese.