C8 Chevy Corvette Drags Toyota GR Supra and Camaro; the Gaps Are Pretty Obvious

The Chevrolet Corvette – aka 'America's sports car' – has been around for seven decades, and most of the time, it followed a simple rule: the engine up front, traction around' the back! But that was (finally, some would say) sent down the drain in 2019 when it came time to introduce the C8 iteration, and the initial Stingray coupe and HTC were presented to the public with a remastered rear-mid-engine, RWD configuration.

Purists probably didn't scream outraged for long because the C8 Chevy Corvette Stingray has had almost four years to convince them that Team Corvette was right to oblige to Zora's beliefs that European supercars can only be kneeled with their mid-engine weapons. And now folks are starting to accept that the 670-hp can also be a record-breaking FPC (flat-plane crank) hero while the first-ever 655-hp E-Ray can also play nicely with electricity and eAWD!

But wait, there are more reasons to run amok crying your undying outrage if you're a diehard purist JDM fan. In the latest feature from the videographer behind the Wheels Plus channel on YouTube, who is diversifying his quarter-mile dragstrip reach and is now focusing on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a crimson C8 Corvette came out to defend its honor against the Mk5 Toyota GR Supra. Yep, that 'dastardly' German-Japanese machine that's fashioned after the G29 BMW Z4 roadster and is also produced alongside it by Magna Steyr at its plant in Graz, Austria.

It's a little hard to distinguish who's who because both of them are crimson and feature contrasting black aero bits and pieces. But the C8 is lower and longer, while the GR Supra feels smaller yet slightly bulkier. Anyway, The Strip was the right venue to prove their mettle, and soon enough (right after the green light, actually), it was pretty apparent that the C8 – although it looked like it wasn't in a particular hurry – would reign supreme with a big gap and 12.2s versus 13.98s ETs.

Next up, from the 1:20 mark, it was time for some 'friendly fire' situations, as the red C8 faced off with a black-and-white Chevy Camaro and the crimson GR Supra duked it out with an all-black Supra Mk5 (at 2:20). Now, we are not going to try and disappoint you with another up-front presentation of the results – but if you still want a hint regarding the winners, it's safe to say that the gaps remained pretty obvious, in both cases!