There are two things that even then"rumor mill" is perplexed about, though the rumor mill is mostly convinced that there will be a high performance StingRay and it will be soon, with many believing it will be unveiled in mid-January at the North American International Auto show. Of course, GM, consistent with past practice, has repeatedly said, "we do not comment on future product." Then again, maybe there won't be a high performance version for the 2015 model year, but in ----?
Two things in hot debate:
1) Will the high performance version be supercharged? Most believe it will be, that it will remain the same 6.2L as the current LT1. However, others, a vocal minority, point to Cadillac moving to a 4.5 L twin-turbo V8's, believe it will be powered by a twin-turbo'd. The "smallest" number predict that because both supercharged and twin-turbo'd motors have greater weight and add heat into the engine, both things the enemy of track use, that the new motor, while still being a 6.2L, will be naturally aspirated.
2) What will the new high performance version be called?
Even this section thread title shows we have no idea whether it will be a Z07 (as Car & Driver first proposed), OR, continuing the tradition, and be called a Z06, OR have some other name? Adding fuel to this name confusion, the following statement was made in a recent video interview, when GM North American President, Mark Reuss said that, "there have been no discussions about an upcoming 'Z06.'" Since this was in a videotaped meeting with Car & Driver's Executive Board -- still available on the web, I do not think he would blatantly lie. Will the new hp version have a new, other than Z06, name?
What do you think about these two, preceding "hot topics," and what features do you believe the eventual high performance version will have that are different from the current Z-51's?