Originally posted by Hagerty
GM to supply partners: Hold your horsepower
Don Sherman
22 April 2020
In response to the current pandemic, GM’s executive director in charge of program management, Michelle Braun, recently issued a blanket order pausing all future car and truck development—including for the Corvette. Industry leakage dropped this document in our editorial laps.
While there is (understandably) no forecast indicating when work will resume and what the new timing for these projects will be, this communication does at least provide insight as to what the General had planned for future Corvettes. The chart that follows mixes some of our speculation with accurate details from the hold order and other leaked documents. When businesses resume normal operations, what follows could come true a year or so after the indicated model years.
The chart below mixes our speculation with accurate details from the hold order and other leaked documents. In particular, the power and torque figures presented below are estimates consistent with our previous reporting.
GM to supply partners: Hold your horsepower
Don Sherman
22 April 2020
In response to the current pandemic, GM’s executive director in charge of program management, Michelle Braun, recently issued a blanket order pausing all future car and truck development—including for the Corvette. Industry leakage dropped this document in our editorial laps.
While there is (understandably) no forecast indicating when work will resume and what the new timing for these projects will be, this communication does at least provide insight as to what the General had planned for future Corvettes. The chart that follows mixes some of our speculation with accurate details from the hold order and other leaked documents. When businesses resume normal operations, what follows could come true a year or so after the indicated model years.
The chart below mixes our speculation with accurate details from the hold order and other leaked documents. In particular, the power and torque figures presented below are estimates consistent with our previous reporting.
and it matches the rumors mostly.
