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 Post subject: SS Corvette photos taken
PostPosted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:56 pm 
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Wow Keith I was sure you would have posted tis before me. It is on Autoblog some shipping company guy took photos of the SS while it was being shipped to Germany and posted them. GM is not very happy.

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:lol: They're not? How come ;)

Post them, post them! Nobody here is able to afford either a new Z06 nor an SS (I assume), so it won't hurt GM ...

Something like this or this?


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Those were on ls1tech a while back so I doubt it but I could be wrong.

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http://blogs.edmunds.com/Straightline/2360

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Stupid question - as sensitive as the new car is (security-wise speaking), why doesn't GM "ship" a guard or technician with the car?

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Garry, the one you posted was a fake

Cut me some slack, they on hit the web yesterday

these are the best versions I've seen so far. Save them now, GM is pissed
http://www.fuelslut.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53452

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http://jalopnik.com/cars/spy-photos/...ule-238647.php

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GM investigates how photos of secret, 600-hp Corvette got online

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General Motors Corp. is investigating how photos of a vehicle identified as a top-secret, super high-performance Chevrolet Corvette showed up on several Web sites Thursday.

Several photos of the Corvette that showed both its exterior and engine began appearing Thursday on auto enthusiast Web sites such as Autoblog.com, Jalopnik.com and thegmsource.com. It's unclear where the photos were first posted.

The car was identified as a prototype of the 2009 Corvette SS, a 600-plus horsepower supercar dubbed by some as the "Blue Devil," after GM CEO Rick Wagoner's alma mater, Duke University.

GM spokesman Terry Rhadigan confirmed the automaker is investigating a possible "breech of security" but would not confirm the vehicle in the photos was a Corvette supercar prototype. "We don't comment on future products," he said.

He said GM believes the photos were snapped in Romulus by an employee of a transport company that was in the process of shipping the vehicle.

Rhadigan said GM could not confirm numerous Web reports that the employee was arrested Thursday by Romulus police. A Romulus police spokesman declined to comment Thursday night.

"We acted on what was an alleged breech of security," Rhadigan said. "We are still piecing it all together."

The Internet has been abuzz in recent weeks with speculation about GM's rumored development of a 600-plus horsepower Corvette supercar. GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz hinted in January that such a car was in the works, but it has not been officially announced.

Automakers have struggled in the recent years to keep a lid on photos of cars in development as Internet sites aimed at auto enthusiasts have proliferated.

"We do take it seriously," Rhadigan said. "We are a car company that has a lot of confidential future products in various stages of development. We rely on security to keep those products confidential."

GM is asking some Web sites to take the photos down, Rhadigan said.

Autoblog.com said on its site it removed the photos out of fear of incurring GM's wrath.

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wonder when pics from Nürburgring will show up ;)

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Stef would probably be able to give us a better guess on this, but I would think that they wouldn't take it to the ring until it is more finalized. This is just a powertrain mule like with they did with the CORmaro (C5 drivetrain under a Camaro body) Don't really see the point in going to the ring if they can't do any suspenstion work which they can't do until they get the right body and chassis on the car.

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What are they shipping it to Germany for then? Except maybe for the intercooler manufacturer or what that was ...

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Opel Ring would be my guess: only place in the world I know of that you can run a car flat out as long at you want to. C4 ZR1, C5, & C6s were all test driving 24hr at full speed only stopping for gas.

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somebody is in deep "He said POOP"

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Shutterbug took 'Vette for joyride

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A Romulus loading dock worker not only took spy photos of a top-secret Chevrolet Corvette -- he took the super high-performance sports car for a test drive, according to a police report.
The employee drove the prototype car, valued at $1 million, around a parking lot on Monday, and used a camera phone to take some 23 photos of the vehicle, the report states.

The report was obtained Friday by the gmsource.com automotive blog and posted to its Web site. Romulus police would not release the report to The Detroit News on Friday afternoon, saying it was part of an ongoing investigation.

The incident took place at the Central States Trucking Co.'s facility near Detroit Metropolitan Airport the day before the vehicle was shipped to Germany

Several photos showing the Corvette's exterior and engine began appearing Thursday on auto enthusiast Web sites. The police report specifically said the pictures were sent to fast-autos.net.

Pictures were removed from that site at Central States Trucking's request, but remained on other sites, such as http://www.jalopnik.com.

The car was identified as a prototype of the 2009 Corvette SS, a 600-plus horsepower supercar dubbed the "Blue Devil," after General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner's alma mater, Duke University.

The police report said the loading dock worker was fired and civil action may be pending. He had worked for Central States Trucking since June.

A source close to the situation, who asked not to be identified, said it is odd that such a highly sensitive vehicle was packed in such an unsecured fashion, to the point it could be driven, rather than completely crated.

Automakers have struggled in recent years to keep a lid on photos of cars in development as Web sites aimed at auto enthusiasts have proliferated.

GM spokesman Terry Rhadigan would not confirm that the photos that appeared online were of the Corvette prototype. He also said he didn't believe it was GM that called police about the illicit photos. He said GM is continuing to investigate how the photos were leaked.

"Clearly this is a security violation," he said. "But we're still in the midst of investigation. As far as any next step, we're not in position to talk about that."

A receptionist at Central State Trucking's Bensenville, Ill., headquarters said company officials would not discuss the situation.

Rhadigan said he didn't know how police came to value the car at $1 million and said not all concept cars are valued at that amount.

A production Corvette Z06 starts at $70,000.

The Internet has been abuzz in recent weeks with speculation about GM's rumored development of a 600-plus horsepower Corvette supercar.

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it is odd that such a highly sensitive vehicle was packed in such an unsecured fashion

My thoughts completely ...

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Hmmm the new bugatti killer.


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572ysc wrote:
Hmmm the new bugatti killer.


I will take more than that to kill a bugatti.

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98 T/A raptor wrote:
572ysc wrote:
Hmmm the new bugatti killer.


I will take more than that to kill a bugatti.


yeah, a course with turns. that bug has all kinds of power, but it's also got a ton of weight to move around.

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hhmmmm for that price of the bugatti I would rather drive a 69 copo or yenko that is not to much slower, but souds a whole lot better.
or build a extreme chevy that can take the bugatti down for a 5th of the money.


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