That was quick. Not even a month after Chevrolet pulled the wraps off its mid-engined 2020 C8 Corvette, a driver has managed to wad one up on a Californian road.In what certainly seems to be the first public crash of a new Corvette, multiple social media sources point to an Elkhart Lake Blue example colliding on a windy strip with an oncoming vehicle.We hope all hands walked away from the wreck.This video from YouTube gives us our best look at the mishap. After rolling by a grey GMC Yukon XL, which could be part of GMs response team, the biffed C8 heaves into view. Its clear the drivers side corner took the brunt of the impact, explaining why the IIHS likes to put vehicles through a small-overlap test.Both airbags have popped, giving us hope the safety systems worked as designed and the occupants are okay. Its flashing hazard lights tell us the electrical system or at least parts of it still functioned after the crash, perhaps an unintended benefit of all the Expensive Bits now being placed behind the driver.A last-gen Ford Ranger and newer Chevrolet Equinox were also tagged in the fray, with the latter taking the worst of this exchange. Most of the Chevys drivers side rear suspension has vanished and the side curtain airbags have also deployed, while the Ranger suffered drivers side front damage. Again, heres to all occupants emerging unscathed.Gearhead and car writer Jason Cammisa provides some extra context via his Instagram account. View this post on Instagram Wrecked C8 Corvette! That didnt take long. 😢 Friend of a friend happened upon this scene. Dunno who did what but theres also a Chevy Equinox there with a lot of rear suspension components ripped off, sitting on top of a guardrail. 🤦🏻♂️ The C8 looks like it’s missing its front-left corner. We can speculate forever. But the only thing thats important is that everyone got to walk away. Hope thats the case. #Chevrolet #Chevy #Corvette #C8 #CorvetteC8 #C8Corvette #crash #wreck #WreckedC8 #CrashedC8 #C8Crash #carcrash #carcrashes #wreckedcar A post shared by Jason Cammisa (@jasoncammisa) on Aug 11, 2019 at 1:19pm PDTWhile its always easy to play armchair vehicle-CSI, it doesnt take much of an imagination to suggest what happened in this instance. It is possible the C8 took the right-hand California curve too wide, connecting with the Equinox as it was headed around the same curve in the opposite direction. The Ranger, behind the Chevy, would have had nowhere to go.Be safe out there,
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Next-gen Corvette’s rear end already leaking
A photograph of what looks like the rear end of the upcoming next-generation Chevrolet Corvette C8 showed up on a forum early July, about 10 days before the much-hyped cars global reveal.The image, posted by AbsolutHank of corvetteforum.com, shows the back of a blue sports car that lines up pretty closely with everything we know and have seen of the mid-engined sports car so far.The image was also shared by an Instagram user with the same handle.The most interesting design cue revealed in the photo may be the taillights, which GM had been pretty keen on disguising even on the camoflaged test mules its been driving around the U.S. View this post on Instagram The new #Corvette #C8 #mecorvette #midenginecorvette 👀 A post shared by Ryan Hartley (@absoluthank) on Jul 7, 2019 at 5:58pm PDTThe lamps have a very Camaro-esque aesthetic, which seemed to divide members of the Corvette forum, and will likely split car enthusiasts generally, too.Chevrolet said July 8 that the Corvette C8s full reveal on July 18 in Orange County, California will also be livestreamed online by the automaker globally, so that fans all around the world can watch the covers get pulled at the same time, if they log on at 10:30 EDT (7:30 PDT).If that includes you, youre going to want to bookmark this website here, which is where the official stream will be hosted. The stream will include Corvette video footage, a hosted preshow and the reveal presentation, the automaker said.Following the reveal and through to early 2020, the new Corvette will go on a tour of some 125 U.S. dealerships on the East and West coasts, where fans and prospective buyers can see the thing up close. Well let you know when its wheels will first touch down in
Origin: Next-gen Corvette’s rear end already leaking
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