2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Release Date - The 2014 Chevrolet warship ray continues well-tried C5/C6 powertrain, chassis, and structural ideas, however everything is redesigned to boost potency and driving satisfaction. Indeed, chafe claims the C7 shares solely 2 components with the C6, a roof latch and a cabin filter.
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Like C5 and C6, the newest Corvette has its transmission at the rear as a "transaxle" with integrated differential. Again, though, all the components are changed. The manual gearbox is now a 7-speed Tremec unit with an evolution of the previous 6-speed's rev-matching system. This uses sensor input to "blip" the engine for smoother upshifts and downshifts, which are also abetted by a dual-mass flywheel and twin-disc clutch. Fourth gear is direct drive (1:1). The three above it are overdrive ratios that enhance fuel economy by maintaining a given road speed with lower rpm. Close-ratio gearing and, as mentioned, limited-slip differential are included with the Z51 performance package that will be available from launch. The automatic option is an updated 6-speed GM 6L80 transmission with a low-inertia torque converter that promises smoother, snappier shifts. Both transmissions come with steering-wheel shift paddles. As before, power is delivered to the rear wheels via a long propshaft encased in a "torque tube" that switches from aluminum to steel, a change that adds rigidity so the engine and transmission are always firmly aligned, even under high cornering and acceleration loads.
The big news is aggressive direct mechanical system, a claimed initial for a pushrod internal-combustion engine that permits a power-boosting bump in compression magnitude relation from ten.7 to 11.5:1. additionally, the bottom ray mill advantages from cylinder deactivation--dubbed Active Fuel Management (AFM)--and incessantly variable valve temporal arrangement, technology acquainted from alternative g engines together with the information four Z06 and ZR1 small-blocks. As in its alternative applications, the AFM shuts down [*fr1] the cylinders to save lots of fuel in light-throttle conditions like steady-speed route cruising. during this case, it turns the half dozen.2 V8 into a three.1-liter V4.
The 2014 Corvette Stingray will go on sale this fall,
The 2014 Corvette Stingray will go on sale this fall,