When the 2020 Corvette Stingray Coupe finally made its grand entrance back in July of 2019, the public’s response was both immediate and visceral. Here was a brand-new, mid-engine sports car with supercar levels of performance offered for surprisingly little outlay, one-upping the current crop of performance vehicles in terms of both speed and value for money.
It’s a potent combo, to be sure, and now, Popular Mechanics is recognizing Chevrolet’s accomplishment by naming the 2020 Corvette Stingray as Car of the Year.
The publication praises General Motors and Chevy for offering all that mid-engine goodness for far less than the six-figure price tag often associated with the segment, while also highlighting things like the C8’s sub-three-second 0-to-60-mph time and raucous exhaust note. “The seats are set forward on its footprint, giving you that tip-of-the-cruise-missile feeling,” Popular Mechanics writes. “By the end of our week-long test drive, the view from the driveway and the driver’s seat never lost its novelty.”
However, there’s more to the 2020 Corvette than just speed and thrills. The two-door is also surprisingly comfortable and practical, with 13 cubic feet of cargo space to point to for the latter. Popular Mechanics also says that the latest Vette managed to make “a four-hour trip in heavy traffic and rain, the kind of drive that would be exhausting in any vehicle, [mostly] pleasant,” adding that the C8’s infotainment screen was clear, and that the HVAC controls were easy to use after just a few miles of driving.
And while the publication does point out that the 2020 Corvette doesn’t have quite the same precision as high-dollar rivals, the Vette still finds “a good balance” between comfort and driver engagement.
Finally, Popular Mechanics points out that for the last three years, each of its Car of the Year awards has gone to an all-electric vehicle, including the Chevy Bolt EV. “But even if this is the last non-electric car we award, the C8 will have partially defined the automotive industry for 2020,” the publication writes.
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The 2020 Chevrolet C8 Corvette may be the last great American car because in a few years, it may be all electric with the possibility of autonomous driverless capability.
Even if it is electric, the Corvette will remain the greatest American car. Maybe you should have described it the “last great American gas car”, which would also be wrong as GM will continue to produce the gas model for years.
Your comments are not appreciated by the people who gave you a thumbs up. They didn’t realize that your commentary was derogatory.
“And while the publication does point out that the 2020 Corvette doesn’t have quite the same precision as high-dollar rivals”. This is a subjective detail as many intelligent buyers will NOT pay out through the noses and rear ends to justify those exorbitantly high prices for an imported sports car that could have cost much less to build, yet the brand tacks a whopping price increase just to classify them as luxury sports cars. And their dealers make you take out a second mortgage on your home to pay for servicing!
The Corvette easily rivals those cars because it is a better deal, it is much more drivable in regular city traffic, and even much easier to maintain. Nobody can prove that an imported sports car is better than the Chevy Corvette, unless it is GIVEN AWAY since “no one looks at a gifted horse in the mouth”, or a gifted sports car under the hood.
you don’t understand the ferrari/aston martin/lambourghini shoppers of the world.
they are not looking for a good deal. they are looking for exclusivity.
Those shoppers are stupid to pay just for exclusivity. Paintings or jewelry are better investment than a luxury car.
Last time I looked, for a car that will produce 20K auto at the BGAP, averaging about $84,000 per copy, the Corvette Stingray is rather exclusive. Like some of the super cars, it sells for more than list. When it goes to the market, used, lately, anyway, this car goes for more than it went new off the lot. Even the owner who have ordered the car can’t get it. Thus the alleged exclusivity of these lesser cars, the Aton Martin, Lambo and Ferrari aren’t all that exclusive. The owners are getting their cars and for the exclusive privilege are allowed to pay 2-300,000 dollars more than the price of the, “exclusive,” Corvette right off of the dealer lots. There. Take that Euro supercars. AF
those price hikes are temporary and due to supply issues.
once supply meets demand, dealers are not going to be asking 10K, 20K, or 30K above msrp.
sORRY NOT TRUE, i TOOK DELIVERY ON THE OCT. 26 AND DIDN’T PAY A CENT OVER STICKER PRICE
This has nothing to do (and I mean absolutely nothing) to do with what Steve just said. There’s not one false word to what he said. Your individual situation merely means that you did well and deserve congrats for doing well. Try to understand what you are writing when you are writing. I’m sure Steve and the rest of the readers would appreciate it.
Why will the research be completed of the effects EV have an the human body?
EVs are good for the human body since they emit no contamination.
They aren’t affordable. Try and find one for sale for under 100 grand used.
There’s a brand new 3LT, Z51 for sale in Oak Lawn, IL.
It’s $5000 over sticker, but still under $100k
I’m glad it’s a car of the year, but try getting one. Many have ordered one over a year ago and still waiting. And then some had to change to a 2021 and again still waiting as production for 2021 has been pushed back. I like all news about the C8 but I’ve ordered one and would like it someday. Still waiting patiently.
Anita–Now. That’s what I call exclusivity!!
I agree with you
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