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North American GM boss Mark Reuss has responded to our exclusive story about Chevy's rear-wheel drive plans with a plea, of sorts, to help him figure out how to make it happens. Put on your thinking caps, boys and girls, we need to get this done.

We revealed the first accurate renderings of the 2014 Corvette on Jalopnik well over a year before the official unveiling at last month’s Detroit Auto Show. Some pundits called it the "auto enthusiast scoop of the decade." I just call it a really great story. Although I can't tell you how we got that “scoop” — here's the …