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AUTOS: Callaway Custom For New Corvette
A ‘shooting-brake’ wagon style for the C7 is rendered by the company that’s well-known for designing evocative Corvette renditions.
The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray custom planned by Callaway customizers would get a carbon-fiber wagon back. (Image: Callaway)
The Callaway name is synonymous with truly unique Corvettes, such as the Callaway C16 Speedster of 2007 that shows the kind of masterpieces that the company can come up with.
With the reveal of the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, it appears Callaway founder Reeves Callaway and his crew in Old Lyme, Conn., just couldn’t help themselves from designing another stunning custom Corvette.
This time, Callaway has gone with a shooting-brake body style for the Corvette, which, if this early rendering is anything to go by, lends itself rather well to the lines of the latest C7 generation.
The shooting-brake body style, traditionally a coupe with the tail of a wagon, has undergone a strong resurgence of late, appearing on a number of recent concepts and production cars.
Callaway’s take on the new Corvette design is particularly handsome, and the company hopefully will build an example once it gets its hands on one of the new Corvettes.
The rear hatch will feature carbon-fiber structural components developed using Callaway’s proprietary Resin Transfer Molding process, so it should be both lightweight and strong.
Callaway says its AeroWagon will be capable of speeds in excess of 200 mph, though it’s not clear what drivetrain would be required. The 2014 Corvette Stingray, which features a 6.2-liter V8 engine rated at an estimated 450 horsepower, is unlikely to have a top speed above 200 mph, though future high-performance versions of the car certainly will.
Callaway says its Corvette Stingray shooting brake, dubbed the AeroWagon, will be produced if demand is sufficient. The company is currently taking orders for the vehicle and says the option should cost no more than $15,000.
If production goes as plans, the first Callaway AeroWagons will be delivered by the fourth quarter of the year.
This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
With the reveal of the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, it appears Callaway founder Reeves Callaway and his crew in Old Lyme, Conn., just couldn’t help themselves from designing another stunning custom Corvette.
This time, Callaway has gone with a shooting-brake body style for the Corvette, which, if this early rendering is anything to go by, lends itself rather well to the lines of the latest C7 generation.
The shooting-brake body style, traditionally a coupe with the tail of a wagon, has undergone a strong resurgence of late, appearing on a number of recent concepts and production cars.
Callaway’s take on the new Corvette design is particularly handsome, and the company hopefully will build an example once it gets its hands on one of the new Corvettes.
The rear hatch will feature carbon-fiber structural components developed using Callaway’s proprietary Resin Transfer Molding process, so it should be both lightweight and strong.
Callaway says its AeroWagon will be capable of speeds in excess of 200 mph, though it’s not clear what drivetrain would be required. The 2014 Corvette Stingray, which features a 6.2-liter V8 engine rated at an estimated 450 horsepower, is unlikely to have a top speed above 200 mph, though future high-performance versions of the car certainly will.
Callaway says its Corvette Stingray shooting brake, dubbed the AeroWagon, will be produced if demand is sufficient. The company is currently taking orders for the vehicle and says the option should cost no more than $15,000.
If production goes as plans, the first Callaway AeroWagons will be delivered by the fourth quarter of the year.
This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
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