Carscoop: Almost every car fan has, at one point or another, considered building his ideal car: for example, one with a
Ferrari or Lamborghini bodywork, a
Pagani interior, a Veyron engine, Porsche everyday usability and all this at the price of a used 300,000-mile Ford Escort… Well, the automotive term for this is a parts bin special; that is, a model built by borrowing only (or mostly) existing parts from other models. Mark Reuss,
GM’s North American president, was asked by Car & Driver to assemble his dream car by using components that already exist on the company’s shelves.We have to admit that, even though General Motors is not
the first
carmaker that comes to mind when picking components to assemble our dream car, Reuss has managed to conjure a pretty interesting vehicle. The bodywork would come from the 2002 Cadillac Cien concept, which Reuss believes “defined
Cadillac”. Up front, the Chevrolet Volt's 149HP electric motor would power the front wheels, while GM’s turbocharged 2.8-liter V6 linked to a Corvette differential would power the rear axle, making the car an all-wheel drive hybrid. The Volt would also donate its T-shaped battery pack (after it has been
cleared by the NHTSA, we presume), mounted between the seats and wirelessly charged through an inductive mat making cables unnecessary. America’s favorite supercar, the
Corvette, would contribute in the handling department with its magnetorheological dampers and the ZR1's carbon-ceramic brakes, while GM’s pony car, the Camaro, would provide the
ZL1’s Goodyear F1 SuperCar G performance tires. Reuss is
even talking numbers: the hybrid powertrain would churn out a total of 440HP and 450 lb-ft of torque, enough for a 0-60mph [96km/h] acceleration time of 3.2 seconds. In fact, he went as far as predicting his dream car’s Nürburgring lap time: 7:46. Not ZR-1 or GT-R territory, but quite fast nevertheless.
GM Boss Mark Reuss Builds a Fantasy Supercar Out of the Company’s Parts Bin - Carscoop
GM’s North American president, was asked by Car & Driver to assemble his dream car by using components that already exist on the company’s shelves.We have to admit that, even though General Motors is not the first carmaker that comes to mind when picking components to assemble our dream car, Reuss has managed to conjure a pretty interesting vehicle. The bodywork would come from the 2002 Cadillac Cien concept, which Reuss believes “defined Cadillac”. Up front, the Chevrolet Volt's 149HP electric motor would power the front wheels, while GM’s turbocharged 2.8-liter V6 linked to a Corvette differential would power the rear axle, making the car an all-wheel drive hybrid. The Volt would also donate its T-shaped battery pack (after it has been cleared by the NHTSA, we presume), mounted between the seats and wirelessly charged through an inductive mat making cables unnecessary. America’s favorite supercar, the Corvette, would contribute in the handling department with its magnetorheological dampers and the ZR1's carbon-ceramic brakes, while GM’s pony car, the Camaro, would provide the ZL1’s Goodyear F1 SuperCar G performance tires. Reuss is
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