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Jordan Rimpela
Jordan Rimpela Digital Editor
7/18/19 3:35 p.m.
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Was the C7 Corvette awesome? In a word: Yes. Will the C8 Corvette be more awesome? That's the question, and hopefully we'll find out tonight when Chevrolet officially unveils the new car at 7:50 p.m. Pacific.

The biggest C8 news we've heard so far is that it will be mid-engined. If you think this move comes without controversy, then we'd like …

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mr2s2000elise
mr2s2000elise HalfDork
7/18/19 3:42 p.m.

Interior

 

 

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
7/18/19 3:48 p.m.

NickD
NickD PowerDork
7/18/19 3:51 p.m.

Hold on, gotta go dig out my jorts and knee socks

secretariata
secretariata GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/18/19 4:21 p.m.

Passenger is definitely a second class citizen...

noddaz
noddaz GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/18/19 5:31 p.m.

Nah.

OHSCrifle
OHSCrifle GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/18/19 5:33 p.m.
mr2s2000elise said:

Interior

 

 

That straight line of... buttons. Yikes. 

NickD
NickD PowerDork
7/18/19 5:44 p.m.

DartHollywood
DartHollywood None
7/18/19 6:26 p.m.

Whoa, GM!

How do you expect me to 'sell' my wife or girlfriend on this interior???

There goes Date Night!  angry

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson MegaDork
7/18/19 6:28 p.m.

Won’t hating it. Wait until you see it in person before passing judgment. I bet it will look fine in the flesh, well plastic anyway. 

RevRico
RevRico GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
7/18/19 6:32 p.m.

Worst birthday present ever.

Dusterbd13-michael
Dusterbd13-michael MegaDork
7/18/19 6:39 p.m.

Where is the shifter???

RossD
RossD MegaDork
7/18/19 6:39 p.m.

In reply to RevRico :

Happy Birthday Rev!

Speedboater
Speedboater
7/18/19 6:45 p.m.

The Nurburgring will tell all.

 

danvan
danvan GRM+ Memberand Reader
7/18/19 7:01 p.m.

In reply to mr2s2000elise :

That can't be real 

Donatello
Donatello New Reader
7/18/19 7:42 p.m.

Interior lines kinda remind me of japanese cars from the mid 1980s. Different just to be different. Is not different to be more beauty. Looks like the seats will have some hip bolsters, though. 

But who really cares? If you are driving a corvette like it is meant to be driven you are not looking at the interior. Hopefully GRM can get their hands on one for a test drive soon.

mlprater
mlprater New Reader
7/18/19 7:43 p.m.

In reply to mr2s2000elise :

The weirder something seems, the higher the potential for it to endure and become iconic.  The designers know this, so that's why they go weird.  Sometimes you go off the rails, but I bet this becomes a beloved interior over time.

mr2s2000elise
mr2s2000elise HalfDork
7/18/19 7:58 p.m.

Exterior

 

 

 

 

mr2s2000elise
mr2s2000elise HalfDork
7/18/19 8:13 p.m.

6.2-liter V8 called LT2 mated to an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic...495 horsepower and 470 lb-ft of torque.

mazdeuce - Seth
mazdeuce - Seth Mod Squad
7/18/19 8:23 p.m.

I like that. 

DartHollywood
DartHollywood New Reader
7/18/19 8:43 p.m.

I do like the Exterior, even if not very Corvettish, but that was true in 1968 as us More Mature may recall. That Vette was Futuristic to nth degree for 'Merican iron (& glas). But interior was recognizable.

So maybe, depending on price, this new C8 may click. Yet I see an interior detail which tells me price will be pumped an extra 20 grand by the marketing guys and bean counters: note the 'silly' red F1 band at the top of the steering wheel. Only ones who will use that are the valets after you drop off your C8 for a 2 or 3 hr dinner. Ha. Don't worry though. A good valet knows how to get around the 'valet mode'.

RevRico
RevRico GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
7/18/19 8:44 p.m.

I really like the outside. More than I thought for red, but that interior just kills me. Not that "broke, fat, 30 something" is their target market, but oof.

Put it in dark metallic blue or BRG and I'll put a poster on my bedroom wall tonight though. 

stanger_missle
stanger_missle GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/18/19 8:45 p.m.
Dusterbd13-michael said:

Where is the shifter???

I had the same thought. Maybe the weird leather bound thing between the chrome dealies and the line of buttons?

ztnedman1
ztnedman1 New Reader
7/18/19 8:51 p.m.

In reply to stanger_missle :

To the left of that.  Basically buttons

classicJackets
classicJackets Dork
7/18/19 8:55 p.m.

Another picture showed the buttons to the left of your circle as the pushbutton shifter controls.

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