GM Investing $296 Million in Tonawanda for Future V8 Engine Line

GM Investing $296 Million in Tonawanda for Future V8 Engine Line

Photo Credit: Darren McGee/AP Here’s a tidbit we caught in the news that could be related to future Corvette products including the C8. GM is investing $296 million in the Tonawanda Powertrain facility in upstate New York for a new engine line that is expected to come online at the end of 2018. Plant Manager […]

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Aria Group’s Fast Eddy Mid-Engine Corvette is a Design Concept We Can Get Behind

Aria Group's Fast Eddy Mid-Engine Corvette is a Design Concept We Can Get Behind

Rumor has it Chevy is working on a mid-engine Corvette, perhaps just two years away. If that’s too long for you to wait, just take a look at this stunning mid-engine Corvette concept designed by The Aria Group, a two-decade-old design firm and fabrication company that builds concept cars for major automakers. The Aria Group […]

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Mid Engine C8 Corvette to Come with Dual Clutch Auto Transmission Only

Mid Engine C8 Corvette to Come with Dual Clutch Auto Transmission Only

Photo Credit: Car & Driver Speculation is running rampant on the Internet these days about what’s believed to be the long-dreamed-about mid-engine C8 Corvette, predicted to be a 2019 model. Car & Driver’s Don Sherman believes the new Corvette will have just one transmission available when it comes out in less than two years – […]

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[SPIED] Spy Photos Capture Side View of the Mid Engine 2019 C8 Corvette

[SPIED] Spy Photos Capture Side View of the Mid Engine 2019 C8 Corvette

Photo Credit: Autoblog / KGP Photography The views just keeps getting better and better. Spy photographers have managed to capture new images of the mid-engine 2019 Corvette which include the best look yet at the C8 Corvette. Once again our friends at Autoblog have the entire new set of photos so go check them out. […]

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DETROIT NEWS: Mid-Engine Corvette Coming in 2019 while C7 Runs through 2021

DETROIT NEWS: Mid-Engine Corvette Coming in 2019 while C7 Runs through 2021

Photo Credit: Photo: Glenn Paulina / KGP Photography It seems like more and more C8 Corvette news that was so hard to come by earlier this year is finally starting to make its way out to the public. This latest report on the next generation Corvette comes from the Detroit News who cited unnamed sources […]

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RUMOR: Chevy Developing New LT5 V8 with 750 HP for Mid-Engine Corvette

Photo Credit: Andrey Chernorot via GrabCAD.com You didn’t really think that Chevy would stop at the 650 horsepower that powers the current Z06, did you? We didn’t think so. The latest rumor about the upcoming eighth generation Corvette that will supposedly be the long-awaited Holy Grail of Corvettes,i.e., a mid-engine car, is that it will … Continue reading “RUMOR: Chevy Developing New LT5 V8 with 750 HP for Mid-Engine Corvette”

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Is a Mid-Engine Corvette a Terrible Idea?

Photo Credit: Javier Oquendo Design That’s the parting words in a recent story headlined “The Mid-Engine Corvette Is a Terrible Idea” by Lawrence Ulrich with thedrive.com, a long-time auto journalist who worries that the rumored mid-engine version in the works for the C8 Corvette might just be the end of America’s favorite sports car. After […]

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[SPIED] The Mid-Engine Corvette Zora Exists!!!

[SPIED] The Mid Engine Corvette Zora Exists!!!

Photo Credit: autoblog Finally, Chevrolet’s mid-engine Corvette prototype has been spotted in broad daylight, captured by a spy photographer stationed about a mile away with an extra long camera lens. The new spy photos of the heavily camoflaged Mid-Engine Corvette just hit the internet a few minutes ago on several websites including Autoblog. As these

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GM Trademark of ZR1 Lends Credence to a New Super Corvette

GM Trademark of ZR1 Lends Credence to a New Super Corvette

Late last week news broke that General Motors had filed a trademark application at the US Patent and Trademark Office for the term “ZR1” which would be used for “motor land vehicles, namely, automobiles”. Of course, the news blew up on the internet with the general consensus being that the term would be used for

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Car and Driver: Next Generation C8 Corvette to be Mid Engine Only

Car and Driver: Next Generation C8 Corvette to be Mid Engine Only

Photo Illustration: Nick Kaloterakis/Car and Driver It feels like silly season is upon us as these C8 Corvette rumors continue to abound. The latest comes from Car and Driver’s Technical Editor Don Sherman, who we like to remind people is a long-time Corvette owner. When Sherman has something to say about a next generation C8

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