General Motors has hung a 2020 Corvette Stingray from the wall at Little Caesar’s Arena in Detroit to promote the arrival of the game-changing new sports car.
Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Pistons fans, along with concertgoers and other event attendees, will be able to catch a glimpse of the 2020 Corvette Stingray wall art hanging above the arena’s Northeast entrance to Woodward Avenue. The Torch Red 3LT trim ‘Vette is mounted on its side on the wall, giving arena patrons a unique angle of the first-ever mid-engine production Chevrolet.
Corvette product manager Harlan Charles, along with Corvette engineer Ed Piatek, were both present to pull the cover from the 2020 Corvette Stingray and watch as workers mounted the vehicle to the wall. The Corvette displayed is actually a development mule, like the one Chevy donated to the National Corvette Museum, and was originally finished in black and covered in camouflage. It was then repainted Torch Red before being retired to the Little Caesar’s arena wall. This same car was also featured on a rotisserie display at the Corvette C8 debut event in California in order to show its under body – so it’s used to being tipped on its side.
According to Autoblog, the vehicle was mounted 22-feet above the ground in the arena using a boom lift, a scissor lift and a crane. It sits above a Chevrolet-branded stand with digital screens, which features two large sculpted metal stalks jetting out from it and toward the Corvette. The Corvette also has a license plate reading “PWR PLAY” as a reference to the Red Wings. If you’re not a hockey fan, a power play is when the opposing team is a man down due to a penalty, giving the other team an advantage.
The Detroit Red Wings season will kick off officially next month, with the team season opener set for Saturday October 5th at Nashville.
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Source: Autoblog
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Pretty cool.
Very cool, better than crushing it.
That is indeed cool. I swear with all the casual car conversations I’ve had the last 50 days has been all about the c8. Even with guys who’ve had European/Asian cars there whole life. The same people who’ve always bashed me for liking American cars lol. It truly is a special car
I wonder is this Corvette is stripped down, i.e. he engine, transmission, steering components, air conditioner, etc.? It would make sense to do so to make it lighter and, I assume, easier to mount.
Not stripped down – evacuated of all fluids though. This is a fully-functioning vehicle.
It’s a model, not a full function car… aka 3D printer…..
Wake up and drink some coffee with a half a bottle of Bailey’s in it…
Simpleminded would only believe that $hit….
It’s all hanger… lol
@Scott ZL 1, you are incorrect. We hung the vehicle – are very aware of exactly what it is. Definitely not a “3D print”.
No drive train…
You do know what a mule is ?
Not a real C8, tell me what engine and drive train ?
That’s why pizza pizza got it !!!
I guess that all the fluids (coolant, oil, gasoline, washer, and brake) and the 12 VDC battery were removed before doing such a move. Cars are transported with most of the fluids inside, but if they are turned sideways or vertically, the fluids need to be protected from spillage or leakage. The Chevrolet Vega was transported nose down vertically in special train carriers to save space, so the oil pan had a baffle to prevent that oil from leaking. I had a 1975 Vega and I saw that baffle once.
Hang the guy how thought this is a good idea, not the car, even if the car is a 60k wall hanger. Lol
Cool idea, but the placement seems a little strange to me. If it’s over the entrance area like that, it would be kinda hard to see from inside. Unless they wanted a good front view from the outside?