Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Competition

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

They took the middle ground with the tranny.  It's not a true auto -
no torque converter.  It's a dual clutch 8 speed.

So: true manual - out.  True auto - out.  But shifts are said to be
instantaneous enough that acceleration feels constant, and the shifts
are "invisible on a 100 hertz data logger" - according to Alex
MacDonald, an engineer on the project.

All the cars are now dry sump.  All service is done with engine in place

Hans.

On 7/20/19, cmlf1 [at] optonline.net <cmlf1 [at] optonline.net> wrote:
> I am not a Corvette fan but the performance value has been unbeatable over
> the last 20 years and they stepped up their game with the C8. They may take
> a bite of some  Porsche sales as this is less than Boxter or Cayman money
> but so is the current C7.
> They have eliminated the manual gearbox so the C7 manuals will be strong
> value holders for the next few years.
>
> Carl
>
> Sent from my iPhone- Please excuse brevity or typographical errors.
>
>> On Jul 20, 2019, at 2:48 PM, Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Uh, yeah.  Kind of has a familiar look about it.....
>>
>> Car and Driver:  $60k.  sub 3 second 0-60.  495hp in the base model.
>>
>> At that price point, it should be a big seller.  The current C7 model
>> is very popular, I see them everywhere.  Much more common than the C6
>> or C5 ever were.
>>
>> Hans.
>>
>>> On 7/20/19, Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Does someone need to remind GM to keep their eyes on their own paper?
>>>
>>>
>>>
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