The latest eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette first dropped cover for the 2020 model year, but now, rumor has it the 2023 Corvette will bring with it a revised cabin layout ahead of a refresh for the 2025 model year.
In a recent post on Mid Engine Corvette Forum, which cites a story found in the April 2021 issue of MotorTrend, insider sources have indicated that General Motors has given the go-ahead to redesign the C8 cabin, with the buttons and switches found along the right-hand center console reconfigured in some fashion.
While details about how the center console in the 2023 Corvette will differ from the current design remain murky, it’s an interesting prospect all the same. After all, the large buttress that stretches down the spine of the C8 Corvette’s cabin space is without a doubt one of its most noteworthy features, and certainly can polarize opinions among fans and customers.
As it stands now, the right-hand buttress in the C8 Corvette cabin provides controls for a wide variety of features, including the HVAC system, defroster, seat heating, and seat cooling. Arranged in a long line between the driver and passenger, the layout effectively divides the two seats, providing a “driver-oriented” design that encapsulates the pilot.
However, the design is quite unusual as well, and some could make the argument that it’s a messy, haphazard way to house all those controls and functions. With that in mind, a redesign with the 2023 Corvette doesn’t seem totally farfetched, although at this point, it’s all merely speculation and rumor.
Of course, all this begs the question – does the C8 even need a cabin redesign with the 2023 Corvette? We want to know what you think, so go vote in the poll below, and make sure 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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This Cor vette has better details than the Cadillac models.
This is a truly world class interior. Doubt they will change it.
go back to c2 , front engine rear drive, other than the price the new ones are wanna-bees, leave it GM to throw away all their heritage.. another “Dud”
They did keep the heritage of various quality problems.
The interior works well in the drivers seat. It is much like a 69 GP where it is all driver focused.
On the other hand if you have ridden in the passenger seat it is the opposite. You really feel like you are in a motorcycle side car.
I think if they could just lower the switch wall a little it would restore the passenger seat to being less claustrophobic and it would still keep the switches very accessible to the driver.
That switch wall is just dumb. They should be looking at Ferrari, Lambo, Jag and Porsche interiors. It doesn’t take long to see what works. Overall it’s the best Corvette has had. They need to take it to the next level.
I think the best would be to run a poll based on existing owners experience of dash functionality and take it from there.
it is unique. they should keep it. fix the the rear.
Agree about its rear. It looks kinda cheap and dated. It needs softer lines and new tail lights.
Read a similar article online last night. I’ve grown to like the exterior more since the C8 has come out, but that interior still would be a deal breaker. I think the guy wanting to change it is on the right path. Put a better interior on the C8 and it would go from a really nice car to a fantastic car.
Nice car, GM can’t produce enough of them. I’m not a fan of the front end btw, looks too busy. I’d like to see round tail lights in a Zora-spec.
Classic GM they have all the unnecessary responses and keep answering the wrong calls at the same time ignoring all the burning issues. People are almost beseeching for an update of archaic truck interiors ,but GM persistently says no ,and digs its heels in and even doubles down by putting the old interior in a complete new platform.
We’re talking about the most characteristic interior design element of Corvette and you want to get rid of it only after 20K production unit and while thousands of people still waiting their vehicles? It’s not like the thing doesn’t sell well so it needs a touch.
it was obvious that that kind of arrangement would be avant-garde so to speak. But somehow they just now realized what they did and try to play to populism. Show me one mid-engine supercar that its all internal layout is perfectly ergonomic. It’s almost an oxymoron. You can’t have the best of the both possible worlds. If you design a fast car ,so extreme aerodynamic profile is a priority therefore it’s very low to ground and the driver sits very far from the dash then obviously you have to make some adjustments.
I’m telling you it’s just a nothing burger. After a couple of rides everybody gets oriented about the layout so it’s a problem only in a case you quite frequently host a passenger and it’s a different passenger every time. How likely is this scenario? Can you think one? I can only think one and it’s fairly salacious.
Probably a ’90 Eldorado interior for the old folkies or a strip club bar interior for the other buyers🙂🙃😉….
I love the interior setup, it’s a really unique feeling in the driver seat. I’ve had mine for about 2 months and got used to all the buttons within 2 weeks. They’re actually convenient once you get the muscle memory down. And the passenger seat complaints are overkill, it’s not that bad. it a drivers car. Watch their “solution” just be to bury them all in the screen.
IMO the biggest thing they need to ‘fix’ is to make getting to and showing the engine in the ‘vert easier.
They should redesign the Rear so it doesn’t look like an afterthought from the last Gen Camaro. Especially those rear lights are icky ASF imo.
The interior is awesome as it is. I have a Rapid blue with the Tension/Twilight blue interior and it’s even better than I thought. The dreaded row of buttons works great (there are some different button shapes that help you orient yourself so you can locate what you want without looking), looks great and doesn’t feel strange or “claustrophobic” from the passenger side. Not to be hurtful but I really believe that most of people that are complaining about the interior are the same ones that bemoan the fact that Corvette switch to mix-engine.
thank you matt
To General Motors.
You pay people to design and engineer your cars to a configuration and price, it doesn’t matter what you do, there’s always going to be a percentage of people that don’t like it, some that are on the fence, some that hate it.
It’s your car, the majority of people love it, we can’t get enough.
Don’t change a thing, some of it is a little quirky, (different) lines are beautiful, she’s got a big bum, but she’s streamline sounds great and goes like the clappers. Leave her the way she is JUST MAKE MORE NOW.