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Presented with great pomp and circumstance for the 2020 model year, the C8 Corvette will arrive in Europe in the second half of 2021. In other words, the mid-engine sports car will have entered the 2022 model year by then.
Like Australia, the United Kingdom will be treated to a right-hand-drive layout. The asking price of the Launch Edition, however, is a bit on the high side at 81,700 pounds sterling ($102,740) for the Stingray in 3LT and Z51 guise.
The convertible is 87,110 pounds sterling, and at the time of writing, Chevy hasn’t announced the starting price of the base spec. For the Old Continent, the C8 Corvette will roll out with 2LT equipment and the Z51 Performance Package as standard. Obviously enough, the golden bowtie didn’t mention a thing about the Z06 which is supposed to roll out for the 2022 model year as well.
2LT means that customers are treated to the Performance Data Recorder, heated and ventilated seats, the Rear Camera Mirror, 14 speakers and Bose audio, satellite navigation, and a head-up display. Z51, on the other hand, bundles adjustable suspension, Brembo brakes, an electronic limited-slip differential with a go-faster axle ratio, NPP exhaust, aero components, and Michelin PS4S tires.
In this specification, the C8 Corvette packs 495 horsepower (502 PS) and 470 pound-feet (637 Nm) of torque from its mid-mounted LT2 small-block V8. There’s no manual option as it was the case with the seventh-generation sports car, but only a dual-clutch transaxle that Tremec calls TR-9080. Known as the M1L in Chevrolet jargon after the RPO code, this tranny uses ACDelco DCT FFL-4 fluid.
General Motors recommends a change every three years or 45,000 miles, whichever comes first, including the filter. This is also the case with the C7 Corvette’s seven-speed manual and eight-speed automatic of the torque-converter variety.
In related news, Chevy is expected to make the 2020 model until the end of October. On November 2nd, the Bowling Green facility in Kentucky is scheduled to start production of the 2021 Chevrolet Corvette.
The convertible is 87,110 pounds sterling, and at the time of writing, Chevy hasn’t announced the starting price of the base spec. For the Old Continent, the C8 Corvette will roll out with 2LT equipment and the Z51 Performance Package as standard. Obviously enough, the golden bowtie didn’t mention a thing about the Z06 which is supposed to roll out for the 2022 model year as well.
2LT means that customers are treated to the Performance Data Recorder, heated and ventilated seats, the Rear Camera Mirror, 14 speakers and Bose audio, satellite navigation, and a head-up display. Z51, on the other hand, bundles adjustable suspension, Brembo brakes, an electronic limited-slip differential with a go-faster axle ratio, NPP exhaust, aero components, and Michelin PS4S tires.
In this specification, the C8 Corvette packs 495 horsepower (502 PS) and 470 pound-feet (637 Nm) of torque from its mid-mounted LT2 small-block V8. There’s no manual option as it was the case with the seventh-generation sports car, but only a dual-clutch transaxle that Tremec calls TR-9080. Known as the M1L in Chevrolet jargon after the RPO code, this tranny uses ACDelco DCT FFL-4 fluid.
General Motors recommends a change every three years or 45,000 miles, whichever comes first, including the filter. This is also the case with the C7 Corvette’s seven-speed manual and eight-speed automatic of the torque-converter variety.
In related news, Chevy is expected to make the 2020 model until the end of October. On November 2nd, the Bowling Green facility in Kentucky is scheduled to start production of the 2021 Chevrolet Corvette.
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