Wednesday 2nd October 2013

Callaway confirms Corvette AeroWagon

And you thought the 911 was the only practical, everyday sports car...

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Here in the PH office, we’re unashamed fans of the latest Corvette C7 Stingray. It’s been created by real enthusiastswith some genuinely advanced tech, it will cost £61,495 in Britain and looks fantastic to our eyes.

It shouldn't work; sort of does though

In fact, as the styling goes, we probably wouldn’t change a thing, bar maybe the outlandish exhausts. But today Callaway has confirmed the AeroWagon conversion will be put on sale, and we’re rather taken by it. Sure, it won’t be to all tastes, but the audacity is admirable and it appears a pretty successful transformation in the pics.

The structure of the shooting brake (hatch sounds a bit common, don’t you think?) conversion is made from carbon fibre using a resin transfer moulding process. Google is your friend for the latter; in our layman’s terms it means a strong and light hatch.

Callaway will only undertake AeroWagon conversions in the US, where each will cost $16,500 (£10,198). That’s $15,000 (£9,271) for the bodywork mods and then $1,500 (£927) for a matching body colour. It should be fairly clear it isn’t a regular Corvette without leaving it unpainted!

And for those who favour Corvettes as just regular and very fast two door coupes, Callaway has also confirmed a supercharger package. With additional upgrades to the intake and exhaust, Callaway is promising a top speed of over 200mph. The supercharger costs $22,995 (£14,212). By our maths, that makes a brand-new supercharged Callaway Corvette AeroWagon $90,500 (£55,936) in America. Bargain...

[Source: CarBuzz]

[seismic22]

Yes please.

[TaylotS2K]

That looks great imo.

[Fire99]

Weird but distinctive.. I like it

[GranCab]

Nasty ...

[Frimley111R]

Looks good, a bit different.

[QuattroDave]

Gotta lotta like for that and I'm not generally a fan of US cars.

[ewenm]

I like that, Ferrari FF without the price (yay!), the partial-4WD (yay!) or the +2 seats (boo!).

[Evo]

ewenm said:

I like that, Ferrari FF without the price (yay!), the partial-4WD (yay!) or the +2 seats (boo!).

And probably will sound just as awesome too.......

[Garlick]

Stunner. Best car design I've seen in a while.

[Evo]

Seeing as it's a yank, anyone fancy photoshopping the "Woody" version, yee hah.

[BBS-LM]

Dear CORVETTE, Ferrari would like a word with you in privet?

[ewenm]

BBS-LM said:

Dear CORVETTE, Ferrari would like a word with you in privet?

Dear Corvette or Dear Callaway? Or are you hedging your bets here?

[Cotic]

BBS-LM said:

Dear CORVETTE, Ferrari would like a word with you in privet?

That'll be Ferrari's hedge fund manager then?

[Amirhussain]

Looks like someones done a dodgy extension job on it....

[Bill]

BBS-LM said:

Dear CORVETTE, Ferrari would like a word with you in privet?

Yeah, back in your box, Corvette!

[nonplussed]

The pun is strong in this thread

Great looking car. Epic bargain in the US.

[Krikkit]

Phwoar, lovely! Not sure how much more practical it is, but who cares?

[loudlashadjuster]

ewenm said:

BBS-LM said:

Dear CORVETTE, Ferrari would like a word with you in privet?

Dear Corvette or Dear Callaway? Or are you hedging your bets here?

Yes, let's not beat around the bush.

[pagani1]

Cool looking shooting brake-will Jaguar do the same with the F-Type? C'mon Callum you know you can.

[QuattroDave]

Given that Callaway will only do the conversion in the US and there's no RHD version yet not only does it sound like you have to go to the US to get it, even with the cost of flights/hotel it should save you money by shipping it back yourself! with a free holiday to boot!