SPIED: Mid-engined Chevrolet Corvette spotted again

SPIED: Mid-engined Chevrolet Corvette spotted again

The mid-engined Chevrolet Corvette has been spotted undergoing tests again, and it has been tipped to join the Corvette lineup in 2019 as a 2020 model. This new model will reportedly serve as the Corvette sub-brand’s halo model rather than replace the current C7 generation of models, which is expected to continue into the 2022 model year.

Exact engine details have yet to be confirmed, though our spy photographers say that transmission is likely to be a dual-clutch unit judging by accounts of ‘lightning-fast’ gearshifts. This finding corresponds with a Car and Driver report, which says that the TR-9007 unit by transmission maker Tremec will be the “one and only transmission available.”

Our sources also report that Chevrolet has trademarked the name “E-Ray”, which likely signifies a sub-brand for electrification. This is in line with earlier reports that there will be a hybrid version of the mid-engined Corvette, possibly a plug-in hybrid and maybe even the appearance of an all-electric version.

SPIED: Mid-engined Chevrolet Corvette spotted again

This outing also reveals the mid-engined Corvette’s tyre sizes, which measure 245/35R19 in front and 305/30R20 at the back, and are Michelin Pilot Sport 4S items on this particular test mule.

Aesthetically there isn’t much to be revealed as most of the car is literally still under wraps, though we can see here that the exhaust outlets are now further out toward the corners, rather than the relatively centralised units of the Corvettes past. Flaps in the fabric shrouding indicate that its door handles are mounted relatively low, beneath the crease line which runs within the wheelbase of the car.

A mid-engined supercar is a great departure for the Corvette brand. Do you like what you see, dear readers?

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Mick Chan

Open roads and closed circuits hold great allure for Mick Chan. Driving heaven to him is exercising a playful chassis on twisty paths; prizes ergonomics and involvement over gadgetry. Spent three years at a motoring newspaper and short stint with a magazine prior to joining this website.

 

Comments

  • RealDrPepper on May 23, 2018 at 8:09 pm

    Looks like they’re fighting the mclarens and ferraris. Looks promising

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  • those front and rear fenders looks like the 458 italia’s

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  • GT40 fighter? Isnt that a lil too late?

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  • Afeeq Hasan on May 24, 2018 at 1:28 pm

    Better be a V8 and not a small whiny turbo engine

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  • Tyrone Harris on Feb 13, 2019 at 1:46 pm

    please do not forget your humble beginnings.Make a limited numbers of rear engine corvettes and keep making the front engine corvette.Remeber it works for Ferrari why not Chevy.Chevy has the right price for front engines and now the right price for both front and rear engine corvette

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