1973 Chevrolet Aerovette Concept Car
The same XP-882 that had been shown in New York in 1970 served as the basis for this Wankel motor prototype. Under Bill Mitchell, Henry Haga was responsible for it’s design. Called the “Four-Rotor Car”, it was arguably more stunning than the Two-Rotor XP-897GT, that appeared a bit later in 1973. Built on the first XP-882 chassis under the aegis of company design chief Bill Mitchell, it carried a pair of GM’s experimental two-rotor engines bolted together into a 420 horsepower “super Wankel.” A Corvette-like face and obvious high performance potential were taken as strong suggestions that GM was brewing a radical new Corvette for the late Seventies or early Eighties.
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OH YEAH CHEVROLET AEROVETTE CONCEPT CAR FROM THE 70S PRE C4 TOTAL DISCO MUSIC
So pleased that GM ditched their rotary engine programme.
It’s a dead end, and only Mazda is flogging the dead horse that is the Wankel engine.
I look forward to the day when they are extinct.
Finally someone who agrees with me