RE: Mid-engined Corvette to be named Stingray

RE: Mid-engined Corvette to be named Stingray

Tuesday 16th July 2019

Mid-engined Corvette to be named Stingray

Chevrolet is dramatically changing tack with the new Corvette - except when it comes to names



We're just over 48 hours from the debut of Chevrolet's highly-anticipated mid-engined Corvette, a car for which we finally have a proper name. It's a familiar one, too, with Chevy seemingly keeping its recently trademarked Zora moniker on the shelf - likely in reserve for a future, higher performance iteration - the marque has decided to stick with something tried and true: Stingray.

The name may be the same as the current C7, but the C8's logo has received almost as striking a redesign as the car itself. Gone is the previous rounded form, replaced by a sharper, more technical shape; the once anatomically accurate wings now taking the form of intakes which mirror those on the flanks of the mid-engined machine.


We also have what should be our final set of spy shots before the car is unveiled in California. They show Chevy's team of engineers and test drivers packing up their six prototype machines before departing the Nurburgring for the final time. This likely represents the last time that the car will be seen on European shores before the first production examples arrive next year - potentially with a view to setting an official Nordschleife lap time of their own.

Following Thursday's reveal, the C8 will be making its first public appearance in just under a fortnight's time at Michigan's Concours d'Elegance of America. After decades of anticipation, though, even twelve additional days have proven too much for some Corvette fans to wait, with a pair of tickets to this week's event selling online for over $15,000 ($12,000). We may not be there in person, but we'll be sure to bring you all of the details as soon as they're out.





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loudlashadjuster

Original Poster:

5,078 posts

183 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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Talks about logo. Does not show logo.

RumbleOfThunder

3,539 posts

202 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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What a confusing article. States it will be called Stingray then also states it will be the same name as the current C7. So what's it called then, Stingray Corvette?

sideways man

1,302 posts

136 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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Good luck with the mid engine guys!
Hope it will be so successful that the price of C7’s will drop massively, so I can afford one idea

hula1989

3 posts

56 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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RumbleOfThunder said:
What a confusing article. States it will be called Stingray then also states it will be the same name as the current C7. So what's it called then, Stingray Corvette?
Erm. The C7 is also called Stingray.

simonbamg

767 posts

122 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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No interest it won’t be any good

BogBeast

1,136 posts

262 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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simonbamg said:
No interest it won’t be any good
I suspect you'll be wrong about it being any good...

lotuslover69

269 posts

142 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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Stingray, Stingray, duh duh duh dah duh dah

simonbamg

767 posts

122 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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BogBeast said:
I suspect you'll be wrong about it being any good...
I suspect it will be worse than any of its European competitors unless you have some old romanticism about it being decent cause it’s a ‘vette

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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simonbamg said:
BogBeast said:
I suspect you'll be wrong about it being any good...
I suspect it will be worse than any of its European competitors unless you have some old romanticism about it being decent cause it’s a ‘vette
What a load of rubbish, it'll be miles better than anything German rep-mobile with a large engine.

Hopefully it'll push prices down on the fantastic C7!

simonbamg

767 posts

122 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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Lord.Vader said:
What a load of rubbish, it'll be miles better than anything German rep-mobile with a large engine.

Hopefully it'll push prices down on the fantastic C7!
like what? give examples to back up your incorrect argument

unsprung

5,467 posts

123 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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simonbamg said:
No interest it won’t be any good
lol hehe

go on then: play the role of Scrooge during this sort of motoring Christmas

For everybody else here, it might be fun to see two UK videos about the C6 Z06, each delightful in its own ways.

the jovial Tiff Needell... "Aston Martin and Jaguar, eat your hearts out"
https://youtu.be/L729eQpudKk

even the rotund sixth former and abuser of television producers managed to say something positive about this car
https://youtu.be/Ko9kzyqW-l8



simonbamg

767 posts

122 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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unsprung said:
lol hehe

go on then: play the role of Scrooge during this sort of motoring Christmas

For everybody else here, it might be fun to see two UK videos about the C6 Z06, each delightful in its own ways.

the jovial Tiff Needell... "Aston Martin and Jaguar, eat your hearts out"
https://youtu.be/L729eQpudKk

even the rotund sixth former and abuser of television producers managed to say something positive about this car
https://youtu.be/Ko9kzyqW-l8
I’ll wait till shmee gets hold of one then we will see what’s what

unsprung

5,467 posts

123 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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3:30am

unfortunately that is the time in the UK at which the C8 Corvette will be unveiled

will anybody be sat in their pyjamas with a milky cocoa ? biggrin

antipodean friends will be well positioned for a C8 unveiling at lunch or tea

and, as long as you're not in, say, North Korea, you can watch the live stream of the unveiling here:
https://media.chevrolet.com/nextgenCorvette










anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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lotuslover69 said:
Stingray, Stingray, duh duh duh dah duh dah
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Demonix

474 posts

211 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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Are they going to do a "Steve Irwin" limited edition with a load more poke? ;-p

Daston

6,074 posts

202 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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I expe t this to be pretty special, afterall are they not going mid engine so that they can co.pete better with the likes of the RSR and Ford GT at Le Mans

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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Breaking news. Chevrolet have abandoned the much anticipated launch of the mid engined Corvette due to criticism on a UK motoring forum.

biggrin

unsprung

5,467 posts

123 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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yonex said:
Breaking news. Chevrolet have abandoned the much anticipated launch of the mid engined Corvette due to criticism on a UK motoring forum.

biggrin
hehe

don't forget to add that the launch car will have the steering wheel "on the wrong side" (not the left side)

Actually... on Thursday at 7:30pm when the car is unveiled in Los Angeles, it will be 10:30am the following morning in Beijing. General Motors knows to whom they are now marketing.


Pericoloso

44,044 posts

162 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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simonbamg said:
I’ll wait till shmee gets hold of one then we will see what’s what
Other test drivers and opinions are available.

Is Shmee the "go to" for everything now ?.....silly

BTW ,that isn't a slight at Tim but I'd take Tiff Needell's opinion over his.

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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unsprung said:
hehe

don't forget to add that the launch car will have the steering wheel "on the wrong side" (not the left side)

Actually... on Thursday at 7:30pm when the car is unveiled in Los Angeles, it will be 10:30am the following morning in Beijing. General Motors knows to whom they are now marketing.
I doubt most little Englander types understand the world doesn't revolve around the UK, different time zones you say, well I never biggrin