I'm not in the mood for any sh.t today.  And I would drive this thing
anytime I got handed the keys.

There are pictures on A/W's web site.  Looks like a beefy blue Z06
basically.

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Blue Devil Lives!! When GM's vice chairman speaks of an
ultra-performance Corvette, we listen
BOB GRITZINGER
Posted Date: 6/29/05

General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz won’t confirm this car exists, but
he is not saying it doesn’t. We first wrote about Chevrolet’s
ultra-performance Corvette—dubbed Blue Devil, most likely to catch the
attention of GM CEO and Duke Blue Devil grad Rick Wagoner—shortly before
the sixth-generation Corvette debuted at the Detroit auto show in
January (AW, Dec. 22 and 29, 2004). We asked Lutz about the car during a
recent exclusive interview with AutoWeek.

“Let’s just say [Corvette chief engineer] Dave Hill is not a guy who
likes playing second fiddle to any high-performance car on the road,”
said Lutz. “My guess is we’re going to find a way to do something beyond
the Z06, that would be at a much higher price point, and which would
compete with some of the leading high-performance cars of the world.”

Lutz said the car may be delayed while the company focuses most of its
engineering might on pulling ahead profit-making vehicles like its
next-generation large sport/utilities and pickups.

“But there is certainly no lack of desire on anyone’s part to establish
the supremacy of the Corvette,” says Lutz.

Spied on the Nurbürgring, Blue Devil appears to be living up to the
earlier hype. Eyewitnesses said the car sounds supercharged, confirming
reports the engine is likely a blown version of the Z06’s 7.0-liter V8,
producing upward of 600 hp. Look for lightweight carbon fiber body parts
to reduce weight to about 2900 pounds.

Pricing will likely start somewhere around $100,000 if and when the car
makes production in 2006.

Photo caption:
We hear 2005 Le Mans class winner Jan Magnussen is turning
faster-than-Z06 laps in the Blue Devil at Nurburgring.

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