Now that the 2020 Corvette C8 is released, we’re free to explore all the cool little details it has to offer. Many of these are on deck as part of the long list of optional features, including stripes, wheel designs, spoilers, and more. However, there’s also a number of cool details baked right into the standard model – for example, check out the “toothed” aesthetic visible when one pops the front hood err… trunk… err… frunk.
As we managed to capture at the 2020 Corvette reveal even in Tustin, California back in July, the new mid-engine Corvette gets a front hood that reminds us a bit of a shark mouth, or maybe the body of the stingray (the animal). Either way, it’s definitely different. Rather than a traditional straight or curved edge, the designers gave the frunk this cool edged design that adds even more aggression to the 2020 Corvette.
While the design makes the 2020 Corvette look like it’s about to take a bite out of whatever slowpoke is unfortunate enough to be in its way, we also know the C8 can take on a good amount of cargo as well. Between the front trunk and rear cargo space behind the engine, the new Vette can hold up to 12.6 cubic-feet of stuff, or as GM points out, enough to accommodate two sets of golf clubs.
That ain’t too shabby considering the front-engine Corvette C7 Coupe maxed out at 15 cubic feet of cargo room, which means the C8’s mid-engine configuration only takes off 2.4 cubic feet of storage between the two generations.
We can’t wait to discover even more cool little details like this when it comes to the 2020 Corvette. If you agree, then make sure to subscribe to GM Authority for more mid-engine Corvette news, Corvette C8 news, Corvette news, Chevrolet news and around-the-clock GM news coverage.
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Go Speed Racer, Go. Love the squashed look of the picture.
Real Stingrays have no teeth. I touched a few lives one in a pool at Sea World years ago. They kill their prey and swallow it whole. Sea World sells fish bait so you can feed the Stingrays with your fingers. That is how safe they are without stingers.
Thanks Captain Useless for the lesson.
The 2020 Chevrolet C8 Corvette is the stuff of dreams and given it’s low entry price, the Corvette is something that almost everyone can afford as one has to imagine near record sales volume for the first year production and why Chevrolet has added a second shift to the production line and because the Corvette was designed to have a right hand drive.. the C8 Corvette will be sold world wide in much higher volume than yesteryear Corvettes.
The hood edge design looks a bit gimmicky at first, but it fits well with the peaks and valleys of the hood surface. How many times have you seen cutlines that look really awkward or inconsistent where they cross over character lines or curves in the surface? The C8 hood cut looks straight when viewed head-on.
Ferrari’s LeFerrari with it’s 6.3L V12 generating 949 horsepower can accelerate from zero-to-sixty miles per hour in 2.6 seconds which means one thing.. the 2020 Chevrolet C8 Corvette Z51 that can accelerate zero-to-sixty mph in 2.9X seconds is more or less as fast as the C8 Corvette can get without a massive increase to the amount of horsepower.
I think if you dig deeper you will find GM started to use the hard cut lines on the 5th gen Camaro and carried it over to the C7 Corvette.
The idea is they are using the styling from Stealth aircraft. The leading edge I’d the canopies and doors have jagged edges to deflect off the radar signal.
With that said the we know the C8 will fly but it will never need to avoid air defenses. So it is safe to say it is just a styling cue that is taken from today’s aerospace industry.
Think of it as like airplane fins of the 50’s and Rocket Cues of the early 60’s.
I wager they did the cut line like this to break up the long opening gap line the car would have had and it fit with the F22 like theme.
Designers have long looked to aviation for styling ideas to use and this is another they have used effectively.
No they are not teeth.
Hmm I see they even referenced an F35 for the side scoops at the 25 th museum 2020 seminar.,