Chevrolet announces the next generation Corvette will debut 07.18.19. A camouflaged next generation Corvette travels down 7th Avenue near Times Square Thursday, April 11, 2019 in New York, New York. (Photo by Jennifer Altman for Chevrolet)Chevrolet The C8 Corvette has finally been given a release location to go along with the July 18 date, the extremely anticipated mid-engine revolution will be revealed in California, not at a major auto show. According to MidEngineCorvetteForum, lucky customers have received personal invitations to join media at the reveal which will take place in Orange County, California. On July 18th, 2019, we’ll finally be able to see what has been cooking in Chevrolet’s kitchen for so long, and we are seriously hungry for some mid-engined American burgers I mean sports cars. Chevrolet knows we’re frothing at the mouth, so they’ve released a few appetizers in the form of a sound check in front of the Corvette museum, and an aperitif video. The wonderful sounds are rumoured to be courtesy of the 6.2-litre LT1 V8 found in the current C7 Stingray. We assume that Chevrolet will reveal the base model, which is expected to carry on the Stingray name. While the motor currently makes 455 horsepower in the C7, it is expected to be upgraded to reach 500 horsepower in the C8. Along with the base model, the 5.5-litre DOHC flat-plane crank V8 could make its way to the sports car making 600 horsepower, as well as a twin-turbo version with 800 horsepower, and some of the wilder rumours suggest a 1,000 horsepower hybrid version – just make sure you order the brown seats. We’re guessing that Chevrolet will also stick to tradition with the mid-engined Corvette and offer a removable targa top, as it’s done with pretty much every model in its history, so it makes sense for the vehicle to be revealed in sunny California, the birthplace of American hot rodding. Another tidbit recently revealed on the Corvette Facebook page was its new logo, ditching the chrome border for a sporty, stealthy black border for the crossed flags: Before its California debut, the last C7 will be auctioned off at Barrett-Jackson, it will be the final front-engined Corvette
Origin: The C8 Corvette will be revealed in California
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GM adds 400 workers to build new mid-engine Corvette
General Motors Bowling Green PlantGeneral Motors General Motors will add a second shift to its Bowling Green, Kentucky assembly plant to build the next-generation mid-engine Corvette. The new shift will add more than 400 hourly jobs at the plant, bringing the total workforce to more than 1,300 employees. The new Corvette will be officially revealed on July 18, 2019. GM said it has invested more than US$900 million into the Bowling Green facility since 2011, with investments going into a new body shop and paint shop, an increase in engine capacity, and adding what it calls a Performance Build Center. The plant has produced more than one million Corvettes since it opened in 1981. The final production model of the seventh-generation Corvette will be auctioned off this summer, with proceeds benefiting the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which provides support and housing assistance for military and first-responders. The automaker is still tight-lipped about the upcoming C8 Corvette, and other than its mid-ship engine placement, everything else we’ve heard is pretty much speculation. Rumour has it that it’ll make anywhere between 500 and 1,000 horsepower, its V8 engine will have displacement-on-demand, it’ll carry a dual-clutch or ten-speed automatic transmission, and have a base price of around US$70,000 — although we think that’s way on the low side. We’ve also heard that there might be an ultra-top-end version called the Zora, named for Zora Arkus-Duntov, the “Father of the Corvette” who in the late 1950s and early 1960s, took Chevy’s original underpowered sports car and turned it into a beast. Stay
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Chevrolet will auction off the last front-engined Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette Z06Handout / Chevrolet The next-generation C8 Corvette has finally been confirmed by Chevrolet to be mid-engined, ending a 65-year tradition of the front-engined sports car. This also means the C7 Corvette will be the last generation to have the engine in the front, and Chevrolet will celebrate this by auctioning off the final one built. The car itself is an all-black Z06 with no distinguishing characteristics. Although it hasn’t been built yet, we can expect there might be a plaque or something. This news also quashes rumours that said the C7 and new mid-engine C8 might be sold alongside each other. The car will be sold at the Barrett-Jackson Northeast auction on June 28th, and all proceeds will go to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which pays off mortgages for the families of firefighters killed in the line of duty and builds mortgage-free, accessible smart homes for injured service members. The foundation is named after Stephen Siller, a New York City firefighter who was killed during the tower collapse on 9/11. Chevrolet has been a supporter of the foundation for many years, and most recently sold the first production 2019 ZR1 at auction to benefit it, to the tune of US$925,000. The C8 Corvette has been teased to the press since man first walked on land, but it’s finally going to be unveiled for real on July 18th, just a few weeks after the sale of the last
Origin: Chevrolet will auction off the last front-engined Corvette
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