The 'godfather' of GM's modern day Corvettes Tadge Juechter retired Wednesday after roughly 47 years with the automaker, including 31 years devoted to Corvette.
The "godfather" of GM's modern day Corvettes, Tadge Juechter, retired Wednesday after roughly 47 years with the automaker, including 31 years devoted to Corvette.
GM President Mark Reuss on stage with Tadge Juechter, retiring Corvette executive chief engineer, during the reveal of the 2025 Chevy Corvette ZR1 on July 25, 2024.Reuss announced last month that all 2025 Corvettes and beyond will feature a silhouette profile of Juechter's head etched in window locations and the front tunnel reinforcement panel beneath every Corvette
"Electrification can be a wonderful contributor to cars. I embrace efficiency. … We're passionate about efficiency in everything that we do," he said. "Efficiency makes a good sports car, too. So, I think electrification is just another technology, and we have to figure out how to play that technology in a way that resonates with our customers."E-Ray is the first step. We think long term, you know, decades long term.
"I don't know if we need to spin off. I mean, Corvette's at the heart of Chevrolet. It's a pure business play. If you've got this brand equity, you can just keep it at home or you can choose to try to monetize it and put it outside. "How you leverage it. That's a question for the future. You see the models we're rolling out. We're making the maximum of this mid-engine architecture. And, you know, I've made no secret I work on EVs, too, and trying to bring some of the performance spirit into the EV space. How that gets applied in the future and how it gets branded, that's a story for another day," he said.
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