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Twin-Turbo C8 Corvette Will Take Your Huracan's Lunch Money

During the Gallardo era of Lamborghini supercars, American tuners like Underground Racing turned to heavily modified twin-turbo V10 machines for their high-speed thrills. The arrival of the Huracan only allowed them to continue adding power and setting new world records.
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Photo: BradBuilds
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It's not possible to put into words how fast one of these 2,000-horsepower machines are. Over a half-mile, they reach speeds some supercars can't even dream of and the top end is similar to your Bugatti Veyron. The turbocharging technology is Amazing and quite complex, not to mention adding cost to an already expensive and complex Lamborghini.

But now there's a new mid-engined kid on the block. Chevrolet promises that for just $60,000, you can have a large V8 producing just under 500 horsepower sitting right behind you. It also looks like a supercar, with a futuristic interior and angular front end stolen from the Acura NSX.

So why spend $200,000 on a 5.2-liter Italian car when you can support a local brand and get one more liter of displacement for less than a third of the price? The small block GM unit might also be easier to work on, while the trunk space behind it could be used for cooling.

After giving us a widebody kit rendering, Brad Builds went back to the drawing tablet for another fantasy Corvette rendering. This time, it's a twin-turbo monster with the "propellers" sticking out the back and insane piping. We bet the first 1,000 horsepower Corvette C8 will be ready within a year of the launch, but this setup looks even crazier than that out would suggest.

Being rear-wheel-drive, the Vette may not make the best use of four-digit power, but AWD isn't needed if you're just after one-mile speed record. We'd imagine many big tuning houses won't be able to resist having "the fastest Corvette" in the world and will eventually produce something just like this.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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