Photo: BradBuilds
The Corvette always wanted to be an affordable supercar, but it's taken things to the next level with the all-new C8 generation. It's already clear that it will attract the young buyers Chevrolet wanted, and some of them are going to be crazy enough to make heavy-handed mods.
Before the arrival of the new 'Vette, a budget supercar meant either the base Audi R8 or some kind of McLaren, such as the 570S. But the C8 promises to deliver a sub-3-second 0 to 60 time for not much more than its $60,000 base price. It's like a 2-for-1 deal that leaves you with a lot of money for toppings.
You can tell how popular a car is by how many pointless mods you can find on the internet. It basically works like this: the web decides a car is cool and then tuners set about designing parts. In the past, the Corvette body kit market looked smaller than that for the Miata. But we've been flooded with renderings of crazy C8 models in the past week.
This one is among the best, a 3D model by Bradbuilds. How do you even make such a thing to begin with? Maybe there's a secret file you can pull from Chevy's websites, or the guy has connections inside GM. Either way, you can't be loose with this kind of work, where all car's points need to be perfectly mapped.
The widebody kit itself is nothing we haven't seen before, but that only makes it more believable. The flared out fenders still leave about half the rubber visible. It's a look that's popular with drifters too. A mid-engined car probably isn't the best for that, but we've seen the Japanese convert a Lamborghini Murcielago for sideways work. The Corvette's already RWD-only and its V8 is much easier to work with than anything Italian. So, fingers crossed, it can go full JDM on us.
You can tell how popular a car is by how many pointless mods you can find on the internet. It basically works like this: the web decides a car is cool and then tuners set about designing parts. In the past, the Corvette body kit market looked smaller than that for the Miata. But we've been flooded with renderings of crazy C8 models in the past week.
This one is among the best, a 3D model by Bradbuilds. How do you even make such a thing to begin with? Maybe there's a secret file you can pull from Chevy's websites, or the guy has connections inside GM. Either way, you can't be loose with this kind of work, where all car's points need to be perfectly mapped.
The widebody kit itself is nothing we haven't seen before, but that only makes it more believable. The flared out fenders still leave about half the rubber visible. It's a look that's popular with drifters too. A mid-engined car probably isn't the best for that, but we've seen the Japanese convert a Lamborghini Murcielago for sideways work. The Corvette's already RWD-only and its V8 is much easier to work with than anything Italian. So, fingers crossed, it can go full JDM on us.
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