General Motors’ Vice President of Global Design, Ed Welburn, strongly hinted that the next-generation Chevrolet Corvette , due out in several years, will resurrect the iconic split window design seen on the 1963 Corvette Stingray.
“The split window is something that I expect for the next Corvette,” Welburn told Inside Line. “With the back-up cameras and blind-spot detection systems that we have these days, the visibility issue is much less of a problem.”
Inside Line asked Welburn if the seventh generation Corvette, or C7, would be based heavily on the Corvette Stingray Concept used in the second Transformers film.
“That car is not the next Corvette,” Welburn confirmed.
A split window design would almost certainly dictate a traditional front engine, rear drive platform for the seventh generation Corvette; some earlier rumors hand indicated that GM’s engineers were toying with the idea of creating a mid-engined Corvette along the lines of the Porsche Cayman or Ford GT.
Earlier this year, we previewed the 2012 Corvette’s design, based heavily on previous rumors, although those illustrations did not feature a split rear window.
