Update: As readers informed us, the GT badge pictured here was actually previously used on the Opel GT, as you can see at this link. It’s doubtful it will ever be used on a GM production car.Â
Earlier this month, the mid-engine Corvette fans over at MidEngineCorvetteForum.com dug up a trademark filed by GM Global Technology Operations LLC for a mysterious ‘GT’ badge.
GM Global Technology Operations is GM’s official engineering and development subsidiary, so this GT logo could be for a future GM production vehicle. Usually the term ‘GT’ is reserve for sports cars, or at least cars that are trying to be sporty, so there’s the slight possibility that this GT logo is for the forthcoming C8 mid engine Corvette.
We think the logo looks a bit cheap and downmarket, if we’re honest, but a rendering on a screen is a lot different than seeing it as an actual badge.
Bolstering the internet’s case that this GT logo is for the mid-engine Corvette is the date it was filed. The documents were filed with the US Patent And Trademark Office filed received back in July 2016 – on the same day the filing for mid-engine Corvette hatch cover we recently shared with you was made.
Chevrolet Corvette C8 road car spied on track
The mid engine Corvette is expected to make its debut in early or mid 2019. The automotive world thought a debut at the 2019 North American International Auto Show was a sure thing, but delays in the highly anticipated supercar’s development has pushed the debut further back into the year.
Corvette Racing was recently spotted testing the racing version of the mid-engine Chevy, expected to be called the Corvette C8.R, prior to its racing debut in 2020. The prototype in question sounded as though it had a small displaced twin-turbocharged V8 engine, emitting an exhaust note that sounded a bit similar to the exotic GT3 cars such as the Ferrari 488 GT3 and McLaren 650S GT3. The video has given us our best look yet at the mid-engine car ahead of its debut next year.
Stay tuned to GM Authority for more mid-engine Corvette news as its arrival approaches.
(source: MidEngineCorvetteForum.com via Motor1)
Comments
This is the logo used on the Opel GT concept from a few years ago.
Here is the picture for you https://hips.hearstapps.com/amv-prod-cad-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Opel-GT-concept-116.jpg?fill=2:1&resize=980:*
I thought it looked familiar. Thank you guys, updating now.
No problem. I agree with you about it looking cheap. Luckily, we don’t probably don’t need to worry about it.
2019 Passion Fruit Spark GT.
Duh
Not sure the Vette or Camaro either would use the GT handle.
Both are too closely associated with the Mustang the Camaro competition and the Ford GT that will be the competition for the. Or Vette.
I would expect the Vette to stick to some other name.
Also the Vette team would not reuse a Opel badge.
Good lord that looks like it belongs on a 2001 Hyundai Elantra.
As a designer, this design looks innovative and uniquely expressive.
Two thumbs up and kudos to the designer.
Two thumbs down to your comment.
Oh! I’m so upset by your need to personally reject my opinion, I don’t know how I can get through the day.
Have a nice weekend Sir Byron Chevy Wolf and salutations.
It was just a joke, because your comment had 2 thumbs down, nothing personal.
Have a merry Christmas sir 333 but you made it sound like a rapper.
Nobody owns the term and nomenclature ‘GT’
The term describing a class of vehicles goes back to the day’s of horse drawn carriages.
As applied to modern vehicles it generally describes fast comfortable touring vehicles that usually have seating for four (4).
The current Mustang is a Pony GT that acts like a GT while tendering Sportscar aspirations.
The current Camaro is a Pony GT that delivers Sportscar performance in all iterations especially in ‘1LE’ guise.