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UPDATE: This thread while accurately recounting almost every step in the C7’s reveal process, and suggesting that there could be in a parallel manner, similar steps and a parallel timeline for the C8, clearly was not predictively accurate that the C8 would be revealed at Detroit in January, 2019. However, if interested, here is what was the C7’s reveal steps/dates. Might once the C8 pre-reveal tease process starts, we again see many of the following teasers?
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Many ME pre-reveal partial and progressive “undressings” are coming this calendar year. As below, while IMO the the ME’s reveal will be in 195 days in Detroit @ NAIAS, here are other probable pre-reveal events before then. For the C7, GM developed/executed a highly thought out reveal process. Bet we see lots of comparable reveal steps for the ME during the rest of this calendar year — and yet some new ones too.
First, just as was done for the C7, there already have been some deliberate camo’d, mule/IVER ME pictures. Most famous for our ME are the McDonald’s ones. Might those Oct 11th pictures be part of GM’s orchestrated ME tease program, or just some ME test drivers being so hungry they screwed up — and got the ME internet famous (and themselves in the doghouse)?
Wonder how many more of these “in the wild” sightings and pictures we shall see before the official reveal, as well as how many more “in the wild” sightings we will excitedly experience? We have a separate there here for those “ITW” pictures and videos here:
http://www.midenginecorvetteforum.co...ictures-videos
Here are most of the GM orchestrated, C7 pre-reveal steps:
Thanks to [email protected], we learned on October 18, 2012, at Road Americ’s Corvette race, that GM revealed the C7 emblem — three months before the C7’s reveal.
http://www.corvetteblogger.com/2012/...al-in-detroit/
As or more powerful that day, Tadge announced the date of the C7’s reveal, which we all remember became 1.13.13.
The following week, on October 24th at GM’s Powertrain building in Pontiac, MI, GM reveal the C7’s LT1 (thanks CorvetteBlogger):
https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2012...-presentation/
Later that year, just as was done before the C7’s 1.13.13 reveal, parts of the ME will probably be shown in a series of GM-produced, teaser videos shown this October through December. Remember these teaser videos for the C7?
To appeal/create pre-reveal excitement with the younger generations (GM’s stated plan), starting November, 2012, you could download and race the C7 on Gran Tourismo5. About 500,000 users raced the camo’d IVER before its 1.13.13 reveal.
Next AT SEMA in November, 2012 GM revealed the LT1 motor (though as they often do, first understated its actual power at “an estimated 450 horsepower” — as they later underestimated the initial, announced C7 ZR1’s power). Below is a video of that SEMA reveal. Might the ME’s motor be similarly revealed at that Show?
Then just before the ME’s reveal, GM could again release an official ME picture, just as they did for the C7 in December, 2012. However, it was deliberately so blurry, we learned nothing.
Similarly the following year, just before the Z06’s release, GM released this teaser picture. Remember all the disagreements as to whether we were looking at a front or rear fender. Since we know GM follows Corvette forums, they must have been laughing their asses off when, for post after post, both sides of this made their impassioned please that they were uniquely right. LOL!
IMO, the ME will be formally revealed on Jan 12, 2019 inside the very same GM-owned Russell Industrial Center in which they revealed the C7.
Regarding the Corvette mid-engine race team car (ME.R), some believe that it will be running the 2019 IMSA Race series. Others think it will not race the entire racing season until 2020. Regardless, Corvette may surprise tease the ME.R out in the same “one-lap special” between other events — just as they “debuted” the C7.R at Laguna Seca in 2013, though its still then having some vinyl disguise covering.
If so, I believe that this fall’s, October 13th Petit LeMans would be when they would again do so, and just like the C7.R Laguna Seca tease, they would run it just one lap, bringing it immediately into the pit, then right into its transporter to hide it.
Here is a video of that one lap run thanks to Lance Miller.
Lots of ME pre-reveal activities between now and 1.12.19. Hopefully, we continue to get many more “in the wild” ME sightings and additional detailed information before then, and just like the C7 in the year before its formal reveal, the amount of camo-cladding would continue to become less and less as this year evolves. As the previous head of Cadillac noted three months ago, with aero becoming more and more important, we need to field test less camo’dcars earlier and earlier.
One more addition to the C7’s pre-reveal tease that was recently brought to our attention by Jerradl1987 (thanks for doing so), and that is starting roughly mid December 2012, GM started a count down clock and had this image shared with us.
Inquiring minds really want to know what is in store for the upcoming ME.
Attached Images
*****
Many ME pre-reveal partial and progressive “undressings” are coming this calendar year. As below, while IMO the the ME’s reveal will be in 195 days in Detroit @ NAIAS, here are other probable pre-reveal events before then. For the C7, GM developed/executed a highly thought out reveal process. Bet we see lots of comparable reveal steps for the ME during the rest of this calendar year — and yet some new ones too.
First, just as was done for the C7, there already have been some deliberate camo’d, mule/IVER ME pictures. Most famous for our ME are the McDonald’s ones. Might those Oct 11th pictures be part of GM’s orchestrated ME tease program, or just some ME test drivers being so hungry they screwed up — and got the ME internet famous (and themselves in the doghouse)?
Wonder how many more of these “in the wild” sightings and pictures we shall see before the official reveal, as well as how many more “in the wild” sightings we will excitedly experience? We have a separate there here for those “ITW” pictures and videos here:
http://www.midenginecorvetteforum.co...ictures-videos
Here are most of the GM orchestrated, C7 pre-reveal steps:
Thanks to [email protected], we learned on October 18, 2012, at Road Americ’s Corvette race, that GM revealed the C7 emblem — three months before the C7’s reveal.
http://www.corvetteblogger.com/2012/...al-in-detroit/
As or more powerful that day, Tadge announced the date of the C7’s reveal, which we all remember became 1.13.13.
The following week, on October 24th at GM’s Powertrain building in Pontiac, MI, GM reveal the C7’s LT1 (thanks CorvetteBlogger):
https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2012...-presentation/
Later that year, just as was done before the C7’s 1.13.13 reveal, parts of the ME will probably be shown in a series of GM-produced, teaser videos shown this October through December. Remember these teaser videos for the C7?
To appeal/create pre-reveal excitement with the younger generations (GM’s stated plan), starting November, 2012, you could download and race the C7 on Gran Tourismo5. About 500,000 users raced the camo’d IVER before its 1.13.13 reveal.
Next AT SEMA in November, 2012 GM revealed the LT1 motor (though as they often do, first understated its actual power at “an estimated 450 horsepower” — as they later underestimated the initial, announced C7 ZR1’s power). Below is a video of that SEMA reveal. Might the ME’s motor be similarly revealed at that Show?
Then just before the ME’s reveal, GM could again release an official ME picture, just as they did for the C7 in December, 2012. However, it was deliberately so blurry, we learned nothing.
Similarly the following year, just before the Z06’s release, GM released this teaser picture. Remember all the disagreements as to whether we were looking at a front or rear fender. Since we know GM follows Corvette forums, they must have been laughing their asses off when, for post after post, both sides of this made their impassioned please that they were uniquely right. LOL!
IMO, the ME will be formally revealed on Jan 12, 2019 inside the very same GM-owned Russell Industrial Center in which they revealed the C7.
Regarding the Corvette mid-engine race team car (ME.R), some believe that it will be running the 2019 IMSA Race series. Others think it will not race the entire racing season until 2020. Regardless, Corvette may surprise tease the ME.R out in the same “one-lap special” between other events — just as they “debuted” the C7.R at Laguna Seca in 2013, though its still then having some vinyl disguise covering.
If so, I believe that this fall’s, October 13th Petit LeMans would be when they would again do so, and just like the C7.R Laguna Seca tease, they would run it just one lap, bringing it immediately into the pit, then right into its transporter to hide it.
Here is a video of that one lap run thanks to Lance Miller.
Lots of ME pre-reveal activities between now and 1.12.19. Hopefully, we continue to get many more “in the wild” ME sightings and additional detailed information before then, and just like the C7 in the year before its formal reveal, the amount of camo-cladding would continue to become less and less as this year evolves. As the previous head of Cadillac noted three months ago, with aero becoming more and more important, we need to field test less camo’dcars earlier and earlier.
One more addition to the C7’s pre-reveal tease that was recently brought to our attention by Jerradl1987 (thanks for doing so), and that is starting roughly mid December 2012, GM started a count down clock and had this image shared with us.
Inquiring minds really want to know what is in store for the upcoming ME.
Attached Images
You did a great job of covering the techniques they used previously for the C7, so it'll be fun to see if they try anything new/different.
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