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Mar 3, 2007 | 09:50 AM

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BeachBumMike

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RE: - High Performance Car Comparison -

[:-]My Dream [:-]

Captured! Corvette Blue Devil (Stingray?) Mule In The Flesh

This might look like an â€˜ordinaryâ€™ Z06 with a funky hood scoop, but the crack shooters from Brenda Priddyâ€™s crew, with with their long lenses and tuned ears, tell us this Corvette is anything but ordinary.
Shooter Chris Doane claims that the sound coming from the engine could only be a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8, and our sources speculate that this Corvette is pushing nearly 650-horsepower! And when the Corvette SS goes to productionâ€“ expect the price tag to be in the $100,000 range.

The supercharged V-8 will utilize an integrated intake manifold intercooler, and itâ€™s expected to run a 0-60 in under 3.5 seconds. The super-hot SS will weigh even less than the Z06, utilizing more carbon fiber in the body, as well as polycarbonate material.

The 6.2-liter V-8 will be built at GMâ€™s Performance Center in Wixom, Michigan, with annual production numbers expected to be in the 1500-2000 range. Production on this special Corvette, also known for some time as the Blue Devil, will start in the first quarter of 2008 (as a 2009 model).
As for its exact name â€“ well, weâ€™re hearing everything from Corvette SS, to Z07, to resurrecting the Stingray name. Donâ€™t count out the Mako Shark name, either.