On Monday, we shared comments straight from the Corvette team that there is no plan for the C8 to receive the manual transmission some fans have been begging for. Specifically, engineers Tony Roma and Josh Holder were responding to speculation that the new 6-speed transaxle that Tremec unveiled at SEMA last fall could wind up as a factory option for the mid-engine Vette. Tremec itself never claimed as much, either, but what made Roma’s comments especially odd was how they cast doubt on the transaxle’s existence at all.
“Tremec showed something at SEMA last year that I wish they wouldn’t have shown, that is not real,” Roma said to a group at the 12 Hours of Sebring last weekend. “So, when people say, ‘But there’s one that’s available,’ there isn’t. It’s not real. We don’t have any plans to talk about a manual transmission.”
When Tremec announced the tr …
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Author: Adam Ismail
