Chevy Corvette Stingray C7: Behind the Scenes of it's Design, Engineering & Build - Part One
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- Опубліковано 11 січ 2014
- MotoMan travels to Bowling Green, Kentucky & Detroit to learn how the Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray was created and meets Tadge Juechter, Chief Engineer, Tom Peters, Design Director, Dave Tatman, Plant Manager along with the rest of the people behind the return of the Stingray . . .
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.. these type of videos anymore. It makes me happy to learn what goes on in the back ground and the people who work countless hours in the background without any true recognition. Thank you.
As you may be able to tell . . . LOVE talking to these guys. They are generally the smartest guys in the room. Tadge, though, is a special case. Not only an extremely talented engineer, but a Stanford MBA . . .
Absolutely a game changer.....this car is awesome ........the smile never goes away after a drive.
Have never owned an American car but this is the only American car I want. Such a beautiful car. At our annual auto show, the C7 garnered the most attention from the crowd.
Don't try to buy a Chrysler !!.... has the same quality like a Fiat and the parts have the same price with the B.M.W or Mercedes parts !!!
You can really tell that Motoman has a manufacturing background. Not one word of marketing gibberish was spoken in this video. Can't wait for the next episode!
Hit this one outta the park . tail lights are awesome very cool especially on the Lemans race car
A truly engineered machine. Proud to have this one coming from the U.S. for a change!
I just bought my 2014 Z51 LT3 used and had no idea what an advanced machine I was getting. I was looking for a Vette. Getting the Z51 LT3 extras was a bonus I unknowingly didn't realize I was getting. Unbelievable car!!
World's best sports car over 60 years..best looking and design...cool...no other car through its generation looks so good!!!
I was never really into Corvette until I saw a C7 in person. Beautiful car inside and out.
Motoman bless you for this! Thank you for posting videos of actual mechanic and engineering of iconic cars. You dont see
My love corvette
The car is increadable!!!!!!
Those robots creep the hell out of me, they move so fast. Neat to see how its done.
Just think if one ever...."went rogue"......
The iconic Chevy Corvette Stingray always made a guy pretty darn popular with the ladies back in the day as I recall. Today, the ladies drive this marvelous driving machine themselves!
Awesome chevy - corvette nstallation really nice ;-)
And also i like that there are working people not only robotics :-)
Watching this from St. Catharines, Ontario...we got a shout out from the plant manager Dave Tatman nice! The old GM plant here in St. Catharines is still being demolished as we speak. Funny thing, I just ordered a 2018 Z06 (3LT/Z07) I wonder if Dave will build my engine!! Cheers from St. Catharines Dave!
Very instructive and interesting too. Thanks MotoMan. I have a C5 but look forward to getting a C7 one of these days. I especially appreciated the distinction made between style and design during the video.
Thank you for this awesome video! I love the new Chevy Corvette Stingray \m/
Absolutely our pleasure . . . As you could probably tell - had a GREAT time with Tadge & Tom . . .
c7 z06 is it ok to drop the clutch, or should one slip it.
what if you get drag radial, lowered tire pressure etc
I JUST GOT MY NEW 2016 ZO6 VETT CON . WHAT A CAR PUT IN DRIVE AND HANG ON .
enjoy it man, I wish I could say the same
AWESOME...
corvettes are such cool looking cars
I'm going to get one of these one day !!!
Glenn Bartley
Don’t buy it on finance longer than you warranty! When they get older all the computer shit fails and little things take thousands in labor to get to. I love driving my Vette, but would just as soon de-ball with a dull scissors the idiots that designed in some of the worst service access I have seen in playing with cars for 50 years.
On my bucket list, to own a Corvette 🇺🇸
Great video! Thanks.
The C7 is a stunning machine.
Great video! Chevy Corvette is the best sports car ever, one day I will get one...
Just bought a beautiful '16 Z06 vert with only 3 k miles...did not know about the "central member"...as an Engineer myself, that is a pretty interesting structural design. Thanks for this upload.
very informative video. Wish it could be longer....i like hearing about the technical stuff. Cheers!
Your wish will be granted . . . Another nine minutes coming next week with Tadge, Tom & Dave. There are also a number of bonus clips at our Facebook page: facebook.com/MotoManTV
Cool
very cool
I like the yellow special edition, but I'm going to order a red C8, 2020-2021? Glad to see you back at the dealership. Also Chuck is the 2nd reason I'm ordering from you. Great job catching the ground effects and ordering a replacement panel.
The best car ever
i hope to see more about the transaxle stuff, pretty amazing :D
its all about the tramic trans
Shout Out for St. Catharines! COOL!!!
Great design I have a 2018 zo6 love it
I agree. I also have 2018 Z06. Mine is a WGG, M7, 2LZ w/Z07 pkg. It's a lot of fun. What color is yours?
The 3 C out shines this thing Big Time.
Obviously you haven't driven one.
I will be getting one of these cars in s few years
Thanks for the C8 taz!
I miss my VETTE!
Building dreams... Yeah, I have that dream too, to buy a Corvette one day. I love it since Need for Speed III - Hot Pursuit.
My next car!
My next dream !!
I love the new generation super car...
Cheers! Impressive to see some of the engineering that is built into these expensive automobiles. GM fell way short on ground clearance! My 2012 Grand Sport, 2LT only has 3" of clearance. Yes, I said 3". Can't go over speed bumps without dragging bottom. Had to build a driveway ramp because the front fender would drag everytime I backed out the driveway. My 77 Vette never drug bottom on my driveway. You would thing GM would get this problem/challenge/opportunity under control and PREVENT DRAGGING BOTTOM... HINT, HINT, HINT...
Had the privilege of driving a buddies 2016 Z06 roadster. 8 speed paddle shift 650 hp 650lbs torque. Ive driven several "supercars" in my 60 years including a 70 LS6 4spd ss454 chevelle, 04 Z06, 2012 grand sport, ect. NOTHING prepared me for that 2016. I haven't been that scared since the first time my wife told me she was pregnant!!!! Lol. WHAT A RUSH!
I perfectly believe one day one day i gonna work in your company.
Wish they would've done circle tail lights..the squareish ones sucks...having 4 circles back there with the 4 circle exhaust pipes in the middle would've looked badass..
At 2:47 Walter Jackson Chevrolet Ringgold Georgia there was a 78 official pace car sitting on the showroom floor that had around 50 miles on the odometer it was given to or purchased by Walter's son Danny Jackson and he just left it sitting on the showroom floor only driving it a few times. In 2011 an F4 tornado came through downtown Ringgold and went across Walter Jackson Chevrolet and demolished that Corvette. Sad day
America's famous sports car
I would just be happy to get the driveline and suspension. I could build something really fun with that.
Moto man
@8:20 Tag says that a 'certain part connected to cooling the brake calipers and that this part sit too low to fit in a car carrier so the dealer installs it.' Does that mean if the car i required to be put on a car carrier for whatever reason, that part has to be removed for traval and then reapplied after it is taken from car carrier??? Also. Is this line dealing with the Corvettes going to be shut down to varying degrees while we deal with the Virus?
Its a game changer if you can afford one. GM prices are going STUPID
I have a C7 I love it except the taillights
This was really cool, MotoMan. I might lean Mopar, but if I had the means, I'd probably go for a C7.
Hey Eric! Thanks for the kind words . . . You know . . . A fully loaded 300C SRT8 is not far off a base C7 . . . :) (ALTHOUGH: The one MUST have option is Z51)
MotoManTV True, but I'd stick with my 6 year old SRT8 given the choice between the newer ones. Sure, they're awesome cars, but for what a brand new SRT8 costs, I could build a serious hot rod out of mine... but it still wouldn't be C7 level, hehe.
looks like took some time to blud the c7
Sorry to have heard about the Bowling Green massacre...my thoughts and prayers were with you then.
This stiff drive-train seems unique, relying on a torque tube to react against a drive-shaft without U-joints. If this has been well-engineered, it saves production costs while improving reliability, tracking & road-feel. On the downside, damage to any part of this assembly is more likely to affect the whole drive-train. Is this concept patented?
please look up the tramic trans and you will see what I mean
SIMKINETICS:
Nothing revolutionary about a torque-tube. Hell even the Model T had it....most/all GM cars/pickups had Torque-Tube until the 1950s. Torque-Tube
has been around for hundreds of years in Industrial Applications.
Just comes down to ,you wanna spend $20.00 for a conventional drive-shaft with U-joints or spend $30.00 for the Torque-Tube method.
Current Corvette still plays catch-up to Japan and Europe....it's Ace is lots of horsepower for little money.
I came here cause I have great taste in cars.....
gcc chm a
you sure do man and me too
for those who can not read between the lines during the first pat himself on the back minutes "the aluminum drive lines kept breaking"
I closed my eyes and pretended it was 1974 and he was talking about the new for 1975 - V8 monza and it's somewhat similar "torque arm" solution
Actually my dad's 1950 Chevy had the same system.
👍🏎
I drove my friends 505 HP C6 Z06, and I can tell you, the driveline slosh was pretty bad. It looks like they've fixed it with a stronger torque tube (whatever you call it). I sure hope so!
More impressed with the robots......looks like a toyota
Can I put a link in my website to this video?
Absolutely - would love it if you could embed any of our episodes within your website . . .
Ok thanks
HUGE Corvette guy here....except for the C4. What an atrocity that thing was. Looked like a glorified Pontiac Fiero. I'm amazed it survived.
Same here like every gen Except The C4 and some c3s
Personally the C4 is my favorite, I'm not a fan of the early versions, but 92-96 are best looking Corvette. I don't see how it looks like a Fiero. I only get compliments with my Corvette. I only see the C4 hate online.
Madison Heights, not Sterling Heights. The traffic was terrible!
Midengine Vette long over due..now playing catch up
The thumbnail looks like the Corvette was in the hood for too long
This is a great video, I want a C7 Vette so bad. Love the classics as well. Check it out: facebook.com/AwesomeCorvettes
Let's see the plants where a lot of other Corvette parts are made, assembled, manufactured in MEXICO...
did he say 4 cylinder?
It has cylinder deactivation. When you're cruising and not getting on the gas, the engine can drop to only 4 cylinders. All of GM's new V-8s have it.
*its
No apostrophe needed.
Mann I hit lottery I'm get me zo6 Chevrolet corvette
Man.. if you dont drive this carefully.. that transmission cooler looks like a mechanic's nightmare.. imagine some idiot try to offroad this car into a very high speedbump... knocking that very fragile cooler.. other than that.. this whole car is my dream design.. its cool to know that american is coming up with very good simple design very comparable to japanese.. this whole chassis reminds me of the GTR.. but this ones seems more reliable design by the looks of that thick propeller housing..
There's not supposed to be an apostrophe in "its."
Chevrolt
Yeah, rear end is still ruined. Not to mention the brace face front fascia.
Interior and general flowing shape is very nice though.
"Ruined" how? This car is a killer.
Let's see YOUR design!
if he kept his hands in his pockets, could he still talk?
*its
It's "its."
Selling my S2000 for one of the C7s. Gotta start saving :3
I wish these ‘brilliant’ engineers had to fix the shit designs they create. Just to change the heat/AC diverter doors, remove top half of engine to access firewall, then remove the several hundred pound dashboard as a unit...$5000 to $6000 to replace less than $200 in wear-out parts. Oil pressure sender fail? They DO! and its a $12 part that takes $1,400 in labor to access. Love driving my Vette, but would shoot some of the freaking idiots that engineered impossible service into it.
Jennifer WhiteWolf hmmm maybe you should work for gm or quit complaining
I don't believe you can buy a new Corvette for $50,000 anymore. Add another $10,000 to that and that's with a rebate and GMI...
Corvette and 4 cylinders should never be in the same sentence.
Long time vet owner here. (38yrs). The hype behind the Aztec like tail lights? Not working with me. Sorry. Also the "sharp" edges on various surfaces? Very Aztec like .
THANK GOD THE U S TAXPAYERS ARE PROVIDING THEM THE FUNDS TO BUILD THIS BECAUSE THEY LOSE MONEY ON EVERY CAR THEY SELL.
1:07. Triple is not 300%. If you double something, you increase it by 100% from where it was. If so, tripling something is a 200% increase.
+CatManDewie doesn't respond to my point on what triple is. read my post.
I redact those statements as a misunderstanding. You're right as a 200% increase from what it was but the end result will still be 300% of the original. So Tadge is still right.
+CatManDewie Dude. Not it won't. You are wrong. Read my original post carefully. Read your own redacted post. You contradicted yourself. You can't say I'm right in the first 1/2 of sentence 2 and then take that back in the 2nd half. Tadge was stating growth from where something WAS. 1x that original, or 100% growth, doubles it (100 to 200, is 100% increase). 2x that original, or 200% growth, triples it from where it was (100 to 300, is a 200% increase, math is (300-100)/100 = 2). As such 3x that original, or 300% growth quadruples it 400 is 3x more than 100, or (400-100)/100 = 3.
+mgelliott1 What you are saying only applies to percentage INCREASE, not the new stiffness percentage. Tadge wasn't clear when stating that after listening to it. He is trying to say the new stiffness percentage not the increase. It is in fact 300% AFTER tripling if from 100% by a 200% increase. Tadge is still right.
its all about the math
Tadge now, when talking about the C8 Corvette: "the last car (C7) was basically a total piece of crap compared to this one...." --2019
So on the torque tube issue, you tripled the weight because of a vibration in 4 cylinder mode. AFM is a pox in a sports car.
Get rid of the DOD, and you’ll fix the lifter issue, and resulting blown motor from dropping a valve issue, lower the weight of the car, the vibration issue, and the torque tube grenading issue that plagues these cars.
Oh yeah and fix the pos transmission/torque converter issue. That’s a nightmare.
And get paint and body to fix my clear coat issue. I have to spend a few thousand to get my 60 thousand dollar car repainted where the clear coat defected.
It's been four years and you still haven't fixed the grammatical error in the title.
When GM designs start looking like Imports. shame
+Berkeclor92 you mean like a ferrari, or lambo. Yes imports.
They need to stop this 4 cl stuff, if you want a 4 cl buy a Camry or accord, running the v8 on 4cl causes premature wear, that is what they want.
Blame the tree huggers.
Looks like the next generation MIGHT be a "REAL" supercar, Comparable with the likes of Ferrari, Lamborghini, Acura and Ford... I mean really, any Moron can buy and drive a 'Vette Straight-line...but to have a REAL Mid-Engine SUPERCAR, something that actually handles like a real GT race car, Even though I am not a "Chevy Guy", it will be nice to see the American brand Chevrolet name on something like that.
Do you realize that Chevy kills a lot of those cars on the track. With the Z06, Grand Sport, ZL1, and more. GM is pretty much king of the hill right now on the track and definitely the skid pad. The new Grand Sport just set a Motor Trend record by pulling 1.2g on the skid pad. These things eat Porsches and BMWs on the track. Not much can beat them, especially on a track.
Cory R: PUT DOWN THE CRACK PIPE!
Honestly though, go look at the numbers and the times. The Z06 is the number one car on the Willow Springs track that Motor Trend tests on., other than the 918 Spyder which is ridiculously fast. It beats out the GTR Nismo and a bunch of McLarens and Porsches.
I don't see a single Chevy on this list, until I do, nothing they build impresses me... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans_winners
Chevy doesn't really try with Le Mans. Go look at the Nurburgring and other tracks like Willow Springs, Mazda Laguna Seca, etc. A lot of top tens and top fives on those tracks. Z06, ZR1, and ZL1 all do really good.
Brought to you by the American taxpayer (GM bailout), the vast majority of which could NEVER afford to buy one.
Get rid of afm
What this guy doesn’t tell you about that driveline is that they copied it from Porsche who first came out with that design in the early eighties in the 944 and 928. Corvette utilized that driveline with a rear mounted transaxle in the C5, ten years after Porsche. Guess he forgot to mention that...
TORQUE TUBE STOLEN FROM FERRARI ENGINEERS IN THE '70'S.
But the vette had a torque tube in the 60's...
Why the hell does it have to be stolen!? Car companies borrow ideas and technologies from each other all the time. It's a good thing. And since you wanna talk about stealing and shit, Ferrari stole the Magnetic Ride Control suspension from GM. How's that?
...and Burger King stole the hamburger from McDonalds, take that too.
fbody984life yeah , but Burger King has a better burger now.
john branski That depends on your taste buds.
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i heard these worker peopels make about 45 to 65 AN HOUR!!!
which is alot alot alot OF MONEYS!!!!
THE END
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blah blah blah! You could put a Corvair engine in it it would not help! Sorry this has got to be the worst looking Vette yet!
The C7 has a ugly rear end . I will keep my C6 and buy a C8 when it comes out.