Photo: AbsolutHank on Corvette Forum
On the 2019 model year, Elkhart Lake Blue is a no-cost exterior color for the C7 Corvette. The photograph depicting the rear end of the C8 Corvette appears to confirm this paintwork option for 2020 as well.
Found on Facebook then uploaded to the Corvette Forum, the rear-end design of the mid-engine sports car further confirms the full-width spoiler we’ve seen on multiple occasions on pre-production test mules. The taillights are more Camaro than Corvette, and the four-tipped exhaust system is another departure from the seventh generation of the ‘Vette.
Likely photographed at the Bowling Green assembly plant in Kentucky, the C8 further features two vents below the taillights to keep the LT2 engine as cool as possible. A pushrod-style V8 just like the LT1 in the C7, the small-block engine is expected to pack more than 460 horsepower. From 6.2 liters of displacement, hearsay suggests that General Motors could squeeze up to 500 horsepower from the LT2.
A twin-turbo V8 inspired by the Blackwing utilized by Cadillac will also be made in Bowling Green, and rumors are rampant in regard to the output of this engine. Further down the line, there’s talk of a hybridized powertrain with close to 1,000 all-American ponies. An electrified front axle is one of the rumored scenarios, a solution that would translate to all-wheel drive.
The aerodynamic diffuser finished in gloss black contrasts nicely with the rest of the bodywork, and the angular design of the license plate cut-out only adds to the visual drama of the C8 Corvette. All things considered, Chevrolet didn’t mess around this time around. Only ten days are left until the July 18th reveal of the eighth generation, which will go official at an exclusive media event in California of all places in the United States of America.
On that note, don’t you find it curious the rear end in the photograph doesn’t feature a Corvette badge or any badging whatsoever? Now that would be uncommon for a General Motors product.
Likely photographed at the Bowling Green assembly plant in Kentucky, the C8 further features two vents below the taillights to keep the LT2 engine as cool as possible. A pushrod-style V8 just like the LT1 in the C7, the small-block engine is expected to pack more than 460 horsepower. From 6.2 liters of displacement, hearsay suggests that General Motors could squeeze up to 500 horsepower from the LT2.
A twin-turbo V8 inspired by the Blackwing utilized by Cadillac will also be made in Bowling Green, and rumors are rampant in regard to the output of this engine. Further down the line, there’s talk of a hybridized powertrain with close to 1,000 all-American ponies. An electrified front axle is one of the rumored scenarios, a solution that would translate to all-wheel drive.
The aerodynamic diffuser finished in gloss black contrasts nicely with the rest of the bodywork, and the angular design of the license plate cut-out only adds to the visual drama of the C8 Corvette. All things considered, Chevrolet didn’t mess around this time around. Only ten days are left until the July 18th reveal of the eighth generation, which will go official at an exclusive media event in California of all places in the United States of America.
On that note, don’t you find it curious the rear end in the photograph doesn’t feature a Corvette badge or any badging whatsoever? Now that would be uncommon for a General Motors product.
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