The new C8 Corvette is the most technologically advanced Corvette ever produced. With a mid-engine platform, eight-speed dual-clutch transmission, launch control and other sophisticated performance software, the latest iteration of the Vette packs a ton of impressive tech between its front and rear axles – especially when compared to previous versions of Chevy’s long-running sports car.
So what would happen if you combined the hyper-advanced C8 Corvette with one of the oldest, most archaic Corvettes in existence? That’s the question that artist Oscar V set out to answer with this rather imaginative rendering, which melds the mid-engine C8 Corvette platform with various styling details from the iconic C1 Corvette.
There’s a lot to look at in this rendering, so let’s start out front, where Oscar modified the C1 Corvette’s bright chrome grille to fit onto the pointed, aggressive front fascia of the C8 Corvette. If we shift our gaze to the headlights, we can see that the narrow, slanted LED headlights now feature a chrome border as a subtle nod to the chrome housings that surround the C1’s front headlights. Similar chrome trim also surrounds the windshield and side windows.
Things get a bit crazier on the side of the car, where contrasting white color section from the C1 Corvette has been slapped on the side of the C8 and is joined by some horizontal chrome strakes. A large chrome trim piece also frames the rear side intake openings, which are usually painted black or body color on production C8 Corvette models. Rounding out the changes are C1 Corvette wheels with knock-off center caps, white wall tires and round chrome side mirrors.
There’s really no denying that this rendering looks odd, but hey, it’s a fun little experiment and is an interesting way to demonstrate just how far the Corvette nameplate has come in the past 67 years or so.
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Comments
Odd looking rendering is maybe the best way to put it. I would say “grotesque”? All the various part “flow” harmoniously in the “old” original model. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same about the rendering. Maybe too much chrome where it is not supposed to, and the front grill is definitely not eye friendly to me.
I’m afraid this rendering will provide needed inspiration to after market accessory manufactures.
Oh no
Just who in their right mind would buy such crap for their new C8? I certainly wouldn’t spend $70,000+ for a new Corvette, then spend another, likely, $10,000 for this retro garbage, and then find out that the Corvette then had a resale value of only $50,000. If you want the retro look, just go out and buy a C2 Corvette, otherwise the only one that should be built would be for Autorama or a role in a cheap, low-budget horror movie that is released directly to Blu-ray!
I’d buy one but would prefer to see one as a 63 split window.
Some things are better left original and in the past.
This is like trying to remake Smoky and the Bandit. You can think about it but Don’ do it!
Looks like a chipmunk.
I love it but it needs a little work, thin the bumpers, flatten the pointed front brow. The wheels are too dated. A thinner whitewall with flatter hub caps. Love the chrome.
If you replace the C8s side intake with curved ones that are at the back of a C1 style body indent, you could actually have a much better looking C8.
As a C1 owner, this rendering makes me smile.
Mary Bara said this design was not inclusive enough – the tribes of New Guinea found it triggered them.
No. NO! Someone who would do this would also insist on 1950’s music at a Corvette car show. That ship has sailed and it’s time to move on. Nothing like trying to turn off younger, more viable customers.
Zora would be twitching violently in his grave…🤢
F-Ing ugly!
Did the original C1 feature chrome finished bumpers.
They sure seem to rile people up. I guess they have to come up with something to write everyday.
Lol, looks like retro Lightning McQueen…
It does not suit this car. It makes it look cheap looking…
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