The summer of 2019 has proven to be scorchingly
exciting within the auto realm, as the 8th-generation Chevy
mid-engine Corvette is one of the biggest and highly-anticipated automotive
debuts during recent years! We have to
hand it to the brand we love to represent every day so much here at the Mid-Missouri Powerhouse: they have
kept an incredibly air-tight lock on information regarding the release, and now
at just days away there are a few more tiny leaks in the news. Last Monday an
Instagram post surfaced that appears to show the C8 Corvette's high-placed rear
end.
It's actually almost as high as the car's roof,
and the taillights look to blend the styling of the Camaro
and Corvette.
We like the look of the two major air vents just below the taillights, and very
squared-off tailpipes at the bottom. Much of the solid material that we have
seen regarding the C8 was contained in a few teasers Chevy released to hungry
car lovers in April, showing a model decked out in full camouflage rolling
through the busy streets of New York. Some have claimed to have audio of an
illustrious lap of the driveway right at the Corvette National Museum, making
many believe that at least one trim level will boast a delightfully grunty V8.
The big excitement all goes down July 18 at
7:30 P.M. PT, when the live stream is provided on the GM website. The location
for showing the new supercar in all its glory will be Tustin, California, in
two of the biggest wooden hangars in the world. Once it is past debut status,
Chevy is planning two national dealership tours by means of a traveling exhibit
that will also include some of the accessories available for buyers to up the
ante and personalize their brand new C8. This full list of tour locations will
be available on July 19.
There are rumors of new tuning capabilities that
may boost the output higher than the current 460 horsepower, and we wouldn't be
surprised to see a hybrid that can make over 1,000 hp. It's no secret that
industry professionals still showed the C7 much love: Lawrence Ulrich of Car
and Driver gleefully proclaimed that the ZR1 “shreds anything in
sight”, and fell in love right away with the act of squeezing and stomping the
throttle in various gears just to see how fast the Corvette can go while still
boasting squealing tires. What is most exciting about the coming C8 is what
marketing manager Harlan Charles proclaimed a few weeks ago: “We are now trying
to take the exotic car experience, and combine it with the Corvette experience,
and the idea is to give people everything they dream about in supercars, but in
an attainable Chevrolet”.
