Chevrolet’s worst-kept secret has returned in another quick video snippet. The mid-engine C8 Corvette was caught on camera somewhere in Colorado, and a YouTube starting recording at an intersection.
The video is only 10-seconds long, but we know exactly what we’re looking at. The clip also follows another mid-engine Corvette sighting in Colorado where the cameraman actually followed a prototype for quite some time. Unfortunately, neither video was within earshot of the car’s exhaust note.
All we have is intel and speculation on what could power the C8 Corvette, and the most recent information pegs three different options. The first is the familiar 6.2-liter LT1 V8 engine, the second is allegedly a 4.2-liter twin-turbo V8 and the final is a 5.5-liter twin-turbo V8 engine. From the latest information, which surfaced in an IHS Markit report last year, the LT1 would remain an entry-level powertrain, while the 4.2-liter and 5.5-liter V8s round out more powerful options.
Many reports have suggested a 2019 introduction date ahead of a 2020 on-sale date, so we could see the C8 Corvette bow as early as the 2019 North American International Auto Show.
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Cannot wait to see this vehicle
You CAN hear the car purr. Listen closely, it is there!
they need a DC bad. you can by a GT3 now for what a zr1 costs and its probably better for the money
Nobody ever bought a GT3 or a ZR1 because it was value priced.
THE LT7 V8 TT IS AN OBVIOUS UPGRADE of the LGW V6 TTV6,THAT means proven R ATS v r POWER ,AND AN obvious departure from pushrods !THIS is an engine at home on the Mulsanne,or POMONA straight !
With all the photos and limited videos you can get a basic outline of the C8. What I see I don’t like. In my opinion this car is not going far enough, it’s going to be a watered down supercar. I want big deep air inlets on each side, creases with a lower rearend that would be close to the height of the bottom of the front windshield making the cockpit like an island surrounded by the rest of the car thats much lower.
There is one sketch of a C8 I’ve seen out there that is spot on to my design. I think this may be the next Vector W8! Look up D3+ Transformers racing team and their car, this is what the C8 should have been but not as extreme or the 2015 IMSA Daytona Corvette Prototype.
The camo is tricking you into thinking it’s not going far enough or that it’s watered down. With everything we’ve seen from GM design lately, there won’t be anything watered down about it.