A Corvette SUV?
What if Chevrolet made a Corvette SUV? Maybe that's not so far-fetched. Corvette is a singular car within Chevrolet, and in many ways is a performance brand unto itself. Almost every performance brand now has its own crossover; the most prominent of which is Porsche's money-machine, the Cayenne.
If Corvette did make an SUV, what would it look like? Detroit News presentation editor Jamie Hollar drew his own concept car, shown here. And The Detroit News talked to ex-GM big wigs, auto analysts and car enthusiasts for their ideas on what the high-performance SUV should be.
Since the first Jeep sport utility appeared in 1984, the automotive landscape has been transformed by high-riding, five-door SUVs with visibility and utility to spare. Even legendary performance brands that once built only ground-hugging sports cars have jumped in. Beginning with Porsche in 2003, SUVs have become a performance-maker's goldmine. Nearly every performance badge wants a piece of the lucrative ute market.
Notably absent is the Corvette, America's V-8-powered workingman's superhero.
Though technically a Chevrolet product, the Corvette long ago became an iconic nameplate that's equal to Europe's elite sports car names. It's faster than the Porsche 911, Jaguar F-Type, Alfa Romeo 4C and Lamborghini Huracan. And while those brands have all exploited their athletic images to expand into sport utilities - the Jaguar F-Pace, Alfa Stelvio and Lamborghini Urus - the Corvette remains a one-off.
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Source: Henry Payne, Detroit News