It certainly looks like C7, don’t you think?
The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette was largely received with high praise. A mid-engined V8 supercar with 490-horsepower is hard to fault. It can be bought for less than $60,000 . The ‘Vette’s styling is the most controversial. The C8 can look fantastic depending on whom you speak to. Or it could look like a 15 year-old Ferrari. Of particular interest to this post is the fact that it looks nothing like an Corvette. These renderings are from j.b.cars, Instagram and show the C8 as a Corvette.
Except for shifting the C8’s side vents forwards, we only see a lengthening and a shorterening of both the front and rear. You know what? The car is a lot similar to the C7 Corvette. The car’s arched fenders and sharp lines at the front give it a distinctive ‘Vette look. And, the rear is a Corvette-themed evolution.
These renderings are exceptional and show that the C8 is full of Corvette DNA despite its new engine placement.
However, there have been some complaints that the C8 isn’t doing enough to integrate retro cues from older models. Some people are still upset that the C6 removed the pop-up headlights which were first introduced on the C2 Corvette’s C2 Corvette in 1963. Some people are still upset that the C6 has eliminated the round taillights on the ‘Vette, which were present on the car’s backside from the C1 Corvette’s first production in 1953 until the C6’s demise. Chevrolet is credited with trying to integrate a split rear windows into its shape, similar to the 1963 split-window coupe. But it didn’t work out.
A new car will always have its critics. This is especially true for iconic cars like the Corvette. It’s even more so when you consider a platform shift. Is it right that Chevrolet kept the Corvette’s engine at the front? This is a question that many people have asked. However, we now have nice renderings of how a front-engined C8 might appear. Perhaps it’s worth revisiting. What do you think?