Buckle in, folks, because we’re just 36 hours away from the reveal of the brand-new 2020 Corvette C8! As most who have been following this topic undoubtedly already know, the latest eighth-gen Corvette will introduce a brand-new mid-engine configuration that breaks from decades of tradition, making it one of the most-important vehicle debuts of all time. As such, it makes sense for Chevrolet to pair such an important reveal with an equally dramatic location. Now, we’re getting our first images of the Corvette C8 reveal location, courtesy of YouTuber Rick Corvette Conti.
The images were captured in the city of Tustin, which is located in Orange County, Southern California. Gauging by the photos, security is already pretty tight at the reveal location as workers go about building the stage and setting the scene.
The event itself will take place in a massive aircraft hangar on the grounds of the old Marine Corps Air Station in Tustin. Established back in 1942 as Naval Lighter-Than-Air Station Santa Ana, the base originally housed military airships that were used to support the U.S. Navy coastal patrol missions during World War II – hence the positively enormous hangar size.
Now, the hangars will house a legion of eager Chevy fans and automotive journalists as the mid-engine Corvette C8 makes its grand entrance. During the reveal, we expect to see both the base-model Corvette C8 Stingray, as well as the upgraded C8 Corvette Stingray Z51, the latter of which we recently managed to spy out at the Nürburgring race track undergoing a little last-minute testing. We can’t wait.
Those semi trucks are huge, but the hangar is even bigger.
GM Authority will be at the reveal this Thursday, July 18th, to cover it as it happens, so stay tuned for all the goodness that’s in store! And don’t forget to subscribe to GM Authority for more mid-engine Corvette news, Corvette C8 news, Corvette news, Chevrolet news and 24/7 GM news coverage.
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They use the old Blimp hanger here for many events and many TV automotive commercials. It makes for a large sound stage.
When you say “here” are you indicating that you are “here”? As I am.
I grew up with view (still) of the base out of the kitchen window!
Wish it were open to the public, do have this though.
https://media.chevrolet.com/media/us/en/chevrolet/next-gen-corvette.html
No I am in Ohio but I do spend a lot of time in California.
We also have a number of large blimp hangers here in Ohio since we are near Goodyear and I have interest in blimps and lighter than air. Take notice of the number of hangers in and around California when I visit.
We have one here in Akron that you you could put the Tustin hanger inside it. Amazing how big these buildings are. The Tustin one is amazing since it is mostly wood.
Largest wood framed structure in the world as was claimed at one time!
Part of the roof of one of them was blown off a few years ago in a storm.
There were a lot of wood ones on the east coast but many have burned over the years.
I am watching the Moffit Field Sunnyvale hanger restoration. It should be nice once they are done with it. I was glad they didn’t tear it down.
The largest ‘wood’ blimp hangar in the world is near Tillamook, Oregon. Now a airmotive museum.
In the recent past, it was also used to build modern blimps.
It was weird to see The District go in next to the blimp hangers, that’s for sure. It’s very surreal getting off of 261/Jamboree and seeing the monolithic concrete structures in your view.
You really don’t have an appreciation for how bleeping large these structures are, even when they’re directly in your line of sight.
I was in the Zeppelin hanger here in Akron when the Goodyear Blimp was in it and it was so small.
There was a Ripley Believe it or not claiming it would rain inside because it was large.
It did not rain but with sudden temperature changes clouds do form and the moisture will condensate on the Girders and fall like rain.
We had a soap box derby race at the Wingfoot lake hanger. What is amazing there is it is over 100 years old but it is like new inside like a clean room. All three of the new Goodyear blimps were built there.
The cool one is the new hanger in Carson. CA it is inflatable. It looks like a large Lego building. Check it it when you have time.
Wonder when this car will actually first appear. Generally images get ‘leaked’ a day or two before the official reveal so they could pop up at any time now I would think. I’ve never understood why carmakers do that and hopefully GM won’t do it this time but based on the past, I’m thinking some ‘unofficial’ yet official images might show up in the upcoming hours.
That happens because the media are usually given the photos and information so they can have their stories ready as soon as the car is revealed. The more people that have it, the more likely it is to leak. In some cases the manufacturer won’t share anything at all until after the reveal, or they will share with maybe a few trusted media sources.
Motortrend has already mentioned that they’ve driven the C8.
There was the leaked rear end photo from a few days ago. Looked like it was taken at the Bowling Green assembly line. I think it could have been a controlled leak though, since IMO the rear end is the weakest part of the design. Get that out and let people feel let down, then smack ’em with the rest of the car in all it’s beauty and glory.
I agree it was not an accident it got leaked.
They had the same complaints on the C7 looking like the Camaro but most forgot about it once it arrived. In fact many that complained are posting here to save the C7.
Hard to deal with a fickled public and best to hit them up front.
One more day. This will be historic, the day GM finally releases a true sports car to dominate the world stage.
I won’t be looking at 0-60 times tomorrow. I’ll look at two things: price and balance. Is it priced according to the traditional Corvette formula? And is there a zen to the overall driving experience, a balance of power and chassis dynamics like that found in the Miata and Porsche Cayman? The latter we probably won’t know tomorrow, but it will deterimine whether the C8 can poach Porsche customers.
Think the buyers egos will be bigger than the hangar……., Couldn’t help it ?…
“Yuge”, really, what the heck?………
Forget about it, man. It’s humongous!
But, will there be a C8 Hardtop Convertible? (real convert not a T-Top)
When?
What does “Your comment is awaiting moderation” mean?
Will the reveal feature real people, and not actors?
Having it in the land of nuts and fruits WTF!!!!
TL… The Agricultural production of the multi-faceted State of California is a treasure to the nation. A Cornucopia of food to feed a nation.
It is also the 7th. largest economy in the world, a factor that can’t be ignored.
Every major corporation in the world has offices there.
The California culture is desired universally and sells around the world.
It’s not perfect since they exterminated the Native Californians and the California Grizzly but it still has a bright future if……
As for “nuts and fruits”, and in particular ‘Nuts’, I suspect your a card carrying nut job. And if your a little ‘fruity’… who cares. So come out of the closet, it’s almost safe these days to be yourself. Or was, until the country’s ill-informed ‘nuts’ and the archaic Electoral College gave us the Orange Nut Job in Chief.
Regards
Big reveals.
In 1961 we got the Jaguar XKE
In 1963 we got the visually stunning Sting Ray and personal luxury coupe Riviera.
In 1964 we got the GTO & 442, later, the Mustang, the first ever Pony.
The hits just kept coming in the 60’s and those all new models appealed to a wide range of buyers.
The new C8 is only a big deal to a limited demographic. It would have been a really big deal if it were a Hyper-Performance AWD EV that could go blazing into the future following in the trail of the BMW i8 or blowing by it.
There is no place for production ICE performance vehicles in the rapidly approaching future. This is where GM failed with the C8.
As Alex asked, do we need more HP. No. We need better mpg and lower emissions from our ICE powered vehicles or they will be banned. We need performance EV’S.
Years ago now, I drove the Tesla roadster. It was as thrilling as any car I had ever driven, and I have driven a lot and owned a lot of fun cars.
Don’t fear the future of performance vehicles. If they have a future it will be because we moved decisively on the environment and into EV’S.
Let’s cut the crap talking ? It’s about a car ? Price lol someone got to pay for R & D
This is to sell.000001% of a car out of their build in the world and still not increase retirees pay in 27 years of retirement?