Rumors that General Motors will produce a V6-powered Kappa platform (Pontiac Solstice/Saturn Sky/Opel GT) car that could possibly wear the "Corvette" badge sometime in 2008 have just gotten a little more believable. A post on Jalopnik.com claims that the inside info from a well-known Corvette dealer may be true, but it won't be called the "Sting Ray," once rumored by Motor Trend magazine.
Who cares what it's called, a V6 Corvette is a step back in time for Chevrolet, not a way to lower the price and attract additional buyers. When the Corvette first came out in 1953, it originally had an inline-six cylinder engine, but once a V8 found its way into the Corvette engine bay, Chevrolet never looked back. The Corvette is an American icon and without its eight cylinders, it would be like an American flag with only 40 stars. Besides, the Kappa platform will be fine with the turbocharged four-cylinders that are due out next year.
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