Artist Renders Mid-Engine C8 Corvette With Real-World Footage, And It Looks Great
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The mid-engine C8 Corvette is just over one month away, but ahead of the highly anticipated reveal, one artist got very creative.
YouTuber Charles Cronley posted a video of his own mid-engine C8 Corvette rendering and infused it with the real world for perhaps our best look yet at the car. The artist used the Corvette rendering model and live footage to make it appear as if the car is actually sitting parked in a suburban driveway. There’s only one small hiccup in the video where the image disappears for a split second, but otherwise, it’s incredibly well done.
Rendering: Charles Cronley
The rendering shows some of the cues we expect to see grace the car when it’s revealed to the public next month. In the front, there’s a “frunk” large enough to fit a set of golf clubs, the fascia comes to a sharp point, and the headlights sweep into the fenders with long LED accent lights. We’ve seen all of these looks on mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette prototypes testing for the past few years.
What we don’t see is the artist’s interpretation of the rear fascia, unfortunately. The back end of the Corvette will house a mid-engine profile with the engine planted squarely in the middle of the sports car. We’ll also see quad exhaust outlets and likely an interpretation of the angular taillights the C7 Corvette currently houses. Don’t expect the long-lost round lights to return for this eighth generation of the Corvette.
Rendering: Charles Cronley
In the middle, look for an upgraded 6.2-liter LT1 V8 engine, perhaps called the LT2. It should receive a healthy horsepower bump to around 500 horsepower over the current 455 horsepower, or 460 horsepower when equipped properly. We may also see Chevy immediately jump to a new DOHC V8 engine, though that’s been rumored to come later in the car’s lifecycle with and without twin turbos.
In the meantime, press play above to check out the rendering brought to life.
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rear fascia rendering :
https://youtu.be/ifVGjhvwdYc
Impressive work!!
SORRY, I think the artist went overboard on some of the features of the front end fascia and the side air intakes. They are WAY TO LARGE if you compare a pic of the car Mary Barra was being driven around Manhattan in. I don’t like his rendering of the front end.
Great rendering, but it’s in the wrong driveway!
Your right, that certainly wasn’t my driveway either. (wishful thinking that maybe one day it will be)
If the c8 looks like that ill have to say goodbye to my left kidney