Yes, it will definitely happen…but Chevrolet won’t be making it.
Instead, Callaway Cars Inc. will apparently proceed with plans to produce a limited number of what will be called the Corvette AeroWagon. Viewing the prototype, Callaway’s creation looks as if it was penned in Chevrolet’s design studio beside the ‘Vette coupe and convertible instead of originating from an outside modifier of Corvettes, which is company prez Reeves Callaway’s stock in trade. The AeroWagon’s new roof includes a carbon fiber rear hatch made using Callaway’s proprietary resin compound. Sting Ray owners can have their cars converted to Aerowagons for about $16,500 (including matching paint). For considerably more money, Callaway will install a supercharger kit on the stock 6.2-liter V8 that should increase the wagon’s top speed above the 200-mph threshold.
And before you say that nobody in his or her right mind is interested in a Corvette wagon, remember the popularity of both the BMW Z3 Coupe, which remains one of the most sought-after BMWs of the modern era, and of the new Ferrari FF “breadvan,” which is also finding plenty of eager buyers. There seems to be more interest in sports cars that can masquerade as cargo haulers than one might assume. Though Corvette and Ferrari buyers rarely overlap or even come face to face with one another (except on the track), a supercharged Callaway AeroWagon might have no problem challenging the FF on the track.
The AeroWagon kit will be available during the fourth quarter of 2014, and the carbon-fiber components can be added at Callaway’s Santa Ana, CA, facility.
