The C8 mid engine Corvette has been caught en route to General Motors Milford Proving Ground in Michigan by a sharp-eyed GM Authority reader.
The close-up photo and video, which was snapped by Detroit Local 4 News assignment editor Chuck Jackson, shows the mid-engine Corvette prototype driving down the interstate in Metro Detroit. This prototype has a rather interesting looking appendage on its front end, which looks to be an attempt to conceal the area where the vehicle’s nose comes to a point. We’ve seen a similar detail in other recent spy photos of the C8, so this could even be the same vehicle.
— Chuck Jackson (@NewsDeskChuck) January 8, 2019
A still photo taken by Jackson also gives us a glimpse of the C8 Corvette’s steering wheel. The wheel looks as though it has a squarish shape, which is common for modern-day supercars. The LaFerrari and Ford GT also have squared-off steering wheels, as does the Aston Martin Vantage.
Designs like this first cropped up in motorsports, where steering wheels with flat sides have been used since the 1990s. The interior sketch drawn by a Corvette enthusiast who had allegedly seen the C8’s interior also featured a steering wheel with this design.
Rumors recently surfaced on a Corvette enthusiast forum indicating the mid engine Corvette would make its debut at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. GM Authority’s sources previously indicated the vehicle’s debut would be delayed until around mid 2019, however, so it’s hard to say when we might finally see the highly anticipated Chevy supercar.
The racing version of the mid-engine Corvette, expected to be called the C8.R, was filmed testing at Sebring late last year. In the video, the prototype emits a high-pitched V8 exhaust note, possibly signalling the presence of a small displacement turbocharged V8 in the car.
Stay tuned for more information on the C8 mid engine Corvette as it becomes available. In the mean time, be sure to check out our other C8 Corvette news.
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The interior leaked today looks amazing, really upscale.
Looks like, they will show it in Detroit indeed.
Damn, that interior is impressive. Materials are like in the S-class.
I agree normally when these kind of leaks happen it’s because a car has 3rd party access as in a transport truck or back of a conference center I hope we get a few of the outside.
The interior photos I’m looking at on a certain Corvette photos are renderings, nearest I can tell. I have no reason to doubt that they’re not real, but I would be disappointed if that’s the actual layout. It’s time to change things up; they’ve been doing that same basic layout since 1990. Time to inject some lost class into this car.
Certain Corvette FORUMS.
And, no reason to doubt that they’re not based on the real deal.
I have seen the photos of the real interior too and they do look very good. Material looks to self stuff on the trim with lots of real aluminum.
The things we are yet to learn should shake the industry when this car is introduced.
This is the Caddy. The “electronics delay” was prompted by Reuss’ decision to make a Caddy-badged Corvette, something JDN disagreed with so he left over “product exclusivity issues”. The electronics being added now are all the luxury expectations like radar-cruise which you can actually see being amateurishly added on the nose of this test car.
Jesus you’re a whiny beeeeoch.
So the radar cruise unit mounted on a prototype for TESTING is “amateurish”
Next your going to complain that the camo clashes with the valve stems……
I can’t see the valve stems. But as for the engine cover in straight black, up against the black/white camo, Mary Barra should have made sure Reuss took art class before he let Jeuchter make that fashion faux pas. Also, the placement of the window sticker is out of proportion to the window frame. It’s all wrong, just wrong.
Saw some real pics today. Pretty interesting. Lots of leather and shiny bits. Not a groundbreaking design, or best in-class just based on the layout (from what I saw), but It looked very luxurious and more upscale than I expected. Not a great color combo or confidence that they’ll get them right in any other color but black, but that’s nothing new.
The interior design looks like too Cadillac typical, sure the Corvette will share his platform and tech with a Cadillac Sports car
You guys are all a bunch of babbling buffoons. You have no idea or any real facts. You just make a bunch of summations and just babble on back and forth just to see your name on a post.