What was the last news in American sports cars as significant as the mid-engined Corvette? Independent rear suspension for the Mustang or the Hellcat Demon's ludicrous power look as important as new wheel options by comparison. For more than half a century the Corvette has been front-engined - and proud of it - and now, suddenly, there's going to be a mid-engined one. There's an argument to say it's as important as a 911 going mid-engined, although that's a discussion for another time...
The latest C8 Corvette news centres on then interior, our latest spy shots hastily captured with every effort seemingly made to stop them. What can be seen? There's nothing truly out of the ordinary, given there's a wheel, two stalks, an instrument cluster and a, er, driver - but a few details are worth noting. The digital dash is the most notable change from the C7, the speedo now incorporated into the tachometer with no separate dial. There's also a G-meter, with an info display opposite, all framed in a steering wheel with a hint of LaFerrari to it (in that the top section frames the instruments in a rectangle, and the spokes have controls). A few bits are carried over from the C7, too, including the 'favourite' buttons on the wheel and the indicator stalks.
These latest pics sadly don't show any more of the exterior, the silhouette familiar but the details still camouflaged. What we do know, at least, is that the car will use Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S tyres, measuring 245/35 ZR 19 at the front, and 305/30 ZR 20 at the back. So that's something.
With the car still believed to be a 2020 model, we can't be far from the full reveal of a mid-engined Corvette. Could it perhaps be one for Monterey Car Week in August? Or LA later in the year? Perhaps - and this, admittedly, is a long shot - the C8 could be seen at the New York show this month. Certainly there are a multitude of fans keen to know exactly what the Corvette future holds - more as we have it.
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