The saga of the C8 Corvette continues.
New rumors from a user on Corvette Forum allege the mid-engine Corvette will make a surprise debut on January 14th ahead of the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The user peddling this intel, ‘Zerv02’, is the same user that posted a roughly drawn sketch of the interior of the C8 Corvette after having claimed to have sat in the car.
There’s no way to verify that Zerv02’s intel is correct, although the user’s interior sketch appears to have been at least semi-accurate. Spy photos showing portions of the C8 Corvette’s interior surfaced shortly after Zerv02’s sketch was posted and appeared to support their predictions. Zerv02 claimed the new mid-engine vehicle would have a narrow center tunnel running up the middle of the cabin similar to the Porsche 918 Spyder and prototypes have been spotted with this exact detail.
Zerv02 also claims both the coupe and spider versions of the C8 Corvette will be shown at the alleged unveiling event this month.
GM Authority’s sources previously indicated the mid-engine Corvette would not debut in Detroit this month due to the vehicle’s development having been pushed back over electric gremlins. We heard development had been delayed by about six months due to the fault and that a debut in mid-2019 was likely.
January 14th is the first media day of NAIAS 2019, so if these rumors are made up, the person that fabricated them at least did enough research to make them seem plausible. Luckily we won’t have to wait long to know the truth, with NAIAS 2019 approaching quickly.
Stay tuned to GM Authority for the full run down on the mid-engine C8 Corvette when it debuts – whether that’s in GM’s hometown of Detroit in a couple of weeks or someplace else later in the year.
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It’s just a matter of time before current GM leadership cancels the Corvette and reintroduces it as a front drive , V6 powered crossover.
Butthurt over the new Blazer? Still?
The new Chevy Blazer is AWEFUL! No wonder GMA is trying so hard posting the same top of the line red Chevy Blazer article on the site hoping they can support GM selling this thing. Things don’t look good for new Chevy Blazer since it is made in MEXICO at a time when GM just fired 15,000 American and Canadian workers…Or that its interior styling is garbage compared to the competition and we all know the quality will suck being GM and from Mexico. Probably explains all the exterior photos from GMA but conveniently absent interior pics. And the Ford one-ups GM and decides to build the new Ford Bronco (which looks good) after GM claimed it couldn’t make the Blazer profitably in the US or Canada. Yup, okay, sure GM…Toyota, Honda, Merc and BMW seem to have no problems making them in the U.S. profitably.
No wonder GM profits are way down.
You’ve seen the new Bronco somehow?
Sweet, please share pictures with the rest us. LOL
China threatens to murder 10,000 Americans nice move GM
China is failing bad economically and politically, so that is why they are acting out.
Remember when Sean claimed the whole world would end, or at least the U.S., due to President Trump’s tariffs and strong stance against Chinese abuse of trade? Well, it turned out to be exactly opposite as the U.S. economy is continuing to boom, tariff money rolling in to the tune of billions being paid by Chinese companies, Chinese government begging to negotiate with the U.S. and allow many American products into its country finally, and the Chinese economy, not the U.S., continues to drop and fast.
WINNING!
US economy booming? Hahahahahahahahaha. You don’t actually watch the markets, do you? You just like to come on here and say what you think Trump wants you to say. Let me help you out. The markets are tanking. Tats the opposite of booming. Remember those times you said “Trump WON, get over it!”. Well, the markets are TANKING, get over it! (if you can afford to)
Trump elected Nov 2016 – DJIA at 17,888
Trump takes office Jan 20, 2017 – DJIA at 19,827
Today – DJIA at 23,487
Despite the volatility of the last year, the market has been booming. You are just too proud of yourself for being a vocal detractor of the President of the United States to realize it. I want you to know that everyone sees that you are nothing but a waste of space and that this website would be better off without your presence.
First, the DJIA is not a sign of the economy, nor is it even a halfway decent index for the Stock Market as a whole.
Second, thanks Obama for giving trump that incredible trajectory. (Which his budget only took over in October of 2017, BTW).
The biggest problem trump has caused the economy is essentially gutting any amount of consumer confidence. Stocks lag behind that which is why we’re now seeing the dotard’s destruction of stocks— even by his own favorite measure of DJIA.
Consumer confidence has consistently been at 20+ year highs under President Trump. You’re right in that the DJIA, or even the NYSE, is not the whole economy. Check out the December jobs report. It utterly blew things out of the water – low, low unemployment, increased labor force participation rate, *rising wages*, and something like a 37% increase in manufacturing year over year.
The Trump economy is utterly blowing the Obama economy out of the water. Only the most desperate of partisans dispute that now.
Bobby_Digital wants his safe space back. He got triggered by my digital rant that can’t possibly hurt him physically. He wants Pepe to do whatever he wants but not anybody else. He wants an elected politician to have his propaganda unchallenged and worshipped.
Dang, you rightwingers are everything you criticized us for pre-2016. Flip flippers? Absolutely!
Flop flippers!
Hey Bobby, the DJIA is following the exact same trajectory 2008-2018 as it did 1992-2002. And it will continue to follow 2002-2008 in the next 6 years if you rightwingers get Putin-triggered again.
DJIA eh? Hmmm. I hear Trumpets hating the MSM. Except when they support your musings, of course…
Flip Floppers! Get your rubber feet attachments direct from the Gold Tower!!! They’re not made in China, honest! Nope, our Flippers have it printed right inside: “Mode in the USA!”
The US economy is continuing to boom?
Dear god, you people need help.
Funny, my stocks aren’t booming, nor is my 401K. All the stupid shenanigans are catching up. Business and trade uncertainty adversely impact both business and governance. That said, the Japanese manufacturers are rolling out new SEDANS one after another, and they are assembles here with high US content. GM’s b.s. about costs associated with US production is corporate greed.
Cutting through all of the hype and rumors, I can only imagine what kind of beast this will be. With the performance that GM has been able to extract with the current Vette (and Camaro), what will they be able to do with a mid-engine setup? Should be a lot of fun to watch!
Hmmm interest strategy should they choose this.
What better than dampening anticipation then shocking the world with a suprise showing.
Great for major headlines.
Also it would help GM in setting this event up with no leaks.
Whenever the C8 debuts nobody will be shocked. This car is possibly the worst kept secret in the history of the automobile.
The devils in the details. There is much to be discovered.
Don’t forget the new Supra. That thing is still under camo and its been official for like 10 years.
Toyota also accidentally leaked the official images.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra needs to remember.. the knives are out and another mistake like the Cadillac CT6 could mean Barra’s tenure as CEO would be over as the Board of Directors could promote Mark Reuss to CEO in a heartbeat.
Mary Barra has probably forgotten more about the auto industry than all of the board members know about it put together. You can bet they’re 100% onboard with the moves we’ve seen lately. They might have even pushed her to make the changes.
Either way, if GM’s stock ever does tank and the board decides to let Barra go, Reuss is an insider and he’s tied to her hip–Wall Street would see his promotion to CEO as a lateral move at best. They’ll want to appoint an outsider, “a visionary,” or someone who has been there done that with turning around a sinking ship, IMO.
I think she is safe for now. But I’ve been saying for a while now that she should be judged on Cadillac’s turnaround. So far I’m not seeing a turnaround.
Miss Mary Barra has been an outright failure at GM. The ship is sinking under here. Now, will GM board have another Titanic moment or do something intelligent?
A lot of auto magazines have issues out on the Corvette within a week or two of its unveiling if not sooner. I think the C7 actually leaked out ahead of time through Road & Track or Car and Driver. Anyhow, it takes a lot of time to put the stories together, shoot the car, and get the magazines out. I’m wondering if maybe the magazines were so far along with their stories that there was no keeping a lid on it any longer. Hard to say. GM has been unusually tight lipped about this car.
GM does not need to show this car and then continue to develop it for another year or more before its on-sale date. It is better to keep it unreleased and unconfirmed for now. GM has a long history of showing cars at auto shows where there is great hype only to withhold the products from actual sale for far too long thereafter. By the time they actually hit the market all interest has waned. How long did it take for the reborn Camaro to actually go on sale after its big auto show/movie debut? I don’t recall exactly but it was entirely too long.
They can revel a car that doesn’t even have an engine and as long as the hood stays closed iland you don’t fire it up, no one will get wise. They can put it on a platform, pull have if it’s fuses so it doesn’t burn the fuses, and rev it twice and the crowds would be happy. They can get the bugs latter. I wouldn’t be surprised.
GM would get killed for this!
No reason not to show it…It’s already 2019…
Show it now, show it in six months! It doesn’t matter except for the competition. The beat down is coming it’s just a matter of time. Once the C8 gets here the bloody battle will begin and it will not be fun for the competition! It will be fun for people like myself who are diehard GM fans. The new Corvette will destroy any and all of the cars that its put next to!
Cant wait to see the new C8, cant wait to drive one, cant wait to own one.
Sad to see the C6 depart for China. I was going to buy one, now I must look to Europe – S560.
All I know for a fact is that Tadge Juechter, who is the chief engineer of the Corvette, famously declared on Autoline that there would never be a rear-mid engine Corvette (or that he at least had no idea why rumors persisted that such a car was in the works), several years ago. A year or two later, prototypes magically appeared. In other words, I’m not hopeful but would also not be surprised if GM catches us off guard.
At the end of the day, Tadge is a worker bee, and not a decider. If Mark and Mary approve a project, the Chief Engineer engineers it.
Don’t know about you guys, but I have personally owned C4s, C5s, and C6s. Loved them all. I never purchased a C7 because it did not feel like a ‘vette. This mid engined abomination is less likely to get my attention than the C7. My last purchase was a Jag F-Type…
Yeah right. No one in their right mind would pick a POS jag over a c7.