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Originally Posted by David70
I don't think Ford, Audi, or Acura come out with mid engine cars to actually measurably increase their profits and instead they are halo cars, for the brand and image. Audi builds a couple of thousand R8's a year out of 2 million (guess) cars total, Acura plans to build 800 mid engine cars out of their worldwide production. None of them even try for high volume. Ford and their GT, no volume there.
I don't see them getting rid of the high volume Corvette and this car would do more for Cadillac's brand than Chevy's.
Then Cadillac has a twin turbo V-8 coming out in 2018 which would give them another place to use the engine.
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It is not going to be a Caddi. Corvette Racing will race this car at Le Mans. They just got their asses handed to them at Le Mans a couple weeks ago by the Ford GT. They do not like to lose, GM puts a lot of money each year into Le Mans. Could there be a Caddi variant using the chassis...sure, but the C8 Corvette will be mid-engine.