{"id":98232,"date":"2020-12-03T12:49:02","date_GTNN":"2020-12-03T17:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hautetime.com\/?p=98232"},"modified":"2020-12-03T13:31:27","modified_GTNN":"2020-12-03T18:31:27","slug":"2020-corvette-stingray-coupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hautetime.com\/2020-corvette-stingray-coupe\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Corvette Stingray Coupe: The American Legend Becomes A World Car"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2020 Corvette Stingray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Photo Credit: Chevrolet<\/span><\/p>\n

In the early 1950s, when Chevrolet announced that it was going to create the first American sports car, the rumor was that there were two models — a coupe, called a \u201cCor-vette\u201d, and a convertible, called a \u201cCor-vey\u201d. Perhaps the rumor started since Corvette was a French word and Americans didn\u2019t always know what to do with a French word with the letter \u201ct\u201d near the end \u2013 give it a had a hard or soft \u201cT\u201d ending. However, as Shakespeare might have said were he a Mad Man from the 1950s: \u201cA sports car like this with any other name would go as fast\u201d.<\/p>\n

Or maybe not.<\/p>\n

\"2020<\/a>Photo Credit: Chevrolet<\/span><\/p>\n

You see, once we learned that there was only one name for the car and it had a hard \u201cT\u201d at the end, we also learned that it had a pretty puny engine. The engine in the inaugural Corvette, in 1953, was called the \u201cBlue Flame\u201d motor but with six cylinders, 235 cubic inches and 150HP, \u201cBlue Flameout\u201d was more likely. Coupling that six-banger to a two-speed automatic that could motivate the Vette to 60MPH in about eleven seconds was a pretty unremarkable performance metric, even then. Only some 300 Corvettes were produced the first year as Chevrolet wasn\u2019t sure if the car would be a success. 1954 was slightly better for the Corvette but not good enough \u2013 Chevrolet apparently even considered dropping the line until Ford introduced the two-seater Thunderbird sports car and the race for America\u2019s heart (or male lust) was on. Corvette then upped the game in 1955, with a small V8, and even added fuel injection as a 1957 option. In 1958, Ford seemingly ceded the sports car competition to Chevrolet as the T-Bird that year was bigger, heavier and had four seats.<\/p>\n

\"2020<\/a>Photo Credit: Chevrolet<\/span><\/p>\n

Through various iterations, and through the intervening almost seventy years and seven prior generations of the Corvette (\u201cC1\u201d through \u201cC7\u201d), the Vette has become more and more popular. Nevertheless, to people of a certain age, and especially during the years of the TV show \u201cRoute 66\u201d (1960-1964), which prominently featured two guys looking for America, the Corvette was the ticket to freedom, to explore the country, to heed the call of the open road, to be a man\u2019s man \u2013\u2013 that was the promise of the Corvette.<\/p>\n

Despite the many competitive incursions into America\u2019s sports-car love affair which were created, mostly in Europe, Corvette remained steadfast \u2013 lots of power up front driving only the rear wheels. A longish hood and a short tail. You know, Chevy is \u2018MERICAN! The \u201cHeartbeat of America! I mean, who drives a Ferrari to the levee? But rumors started flying again a few years ago that the Corvette would become a mid-engined car (the engine behind the driver but in front of the rear axle), to provide other styling alternatives and make the car handle better, but it wasn\u2019t until the Corvette Stingray \u201cC8\u201d (the eighth-generation Corvette) arrived that we were sure that it was going to happen. Although \u201cgoing to the dark side\u201d didn\u2019t please everyone, I, for one, am very glad to see the results of that metamorphosis.<\/p>\n

\"2020<\/a>Photo Credit: Chevrolet<\/span><\/p>\n

The C8 Corvette has taken a giant leap into the new millennium (albeit two decades in), with a car that\u2019s at once very American with deep roots in Italy and England (like many of us Americans). Many who see the new Stingray think it\u2019s a Ferrari or a McLaren and they can be excused as the styling cues certainly are similar. With the form-follows-function needed to attain great speed (0-60 in 2.9 seconds and a top speed of 194 mph for the Z51 base<\/em><\/strong> model!) and handling (over 1g on the skid-pad), one would think that you needed to source this car in Italy, Germany or England but it comes from . . . Kentucky (Corvettes have been made in Bowling Green, KY, since 1981).<\/p>\n

I was fortunate to spend a week with the new Corvette in July. \u201cMine\u201d was \u201cElkhart Lake Blue Metallic\u201d with \u201cJet Black\u201d interior and it was stunning, with or without the removable top panel in place. Of course, the quarantine orders created some challenges, but I loved my time with the car. It was amazing how the car drew a crowd wherever I went and how so few people know what it was until seeing the Chevy \u201cbowtie\u201d badging.<\/p>\n

\"2020<\/a>Photo Credit: Chevrolet<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s talk about pricing first as Chevy has done something unbelievable \u2013 the base price is $58,900! You may not see one at that price for a while but, even with many options, the Vette is well below its European competitors. Mine had special sound system, front and rear cameras (the back camera drives a cool new TV screen rearview mirror!) and more ($7,300) the \u201cZ1 Performance Package\u201d ($5,000) which includes upgrades to brakes, exhaust system, suspension, bigger wheels, upgraded bucket seats, painted brakes and more, adding a total of $18,175 in options \u2013 when all was said and done, it had a sticker of $78,170. What can you get that performs \u2013 goes and<\/u> handles and<\/u> stops \u2013 like this car? Nothing!<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s it like? I am pleased to report that \u2026 it was perfection! It started up with a serious authority, not a \u201cka-boom\u201d exactly but enough to tell the local denizens that something wicked this way is coming. The sound portended great performance and the Vette did not disappoint. With an unusual 40\/60 weight distribution, well over half of the car\u2019s heft was on the rear wheels, which no doubt allowed for 0-60 times which were unbelievable for an American car just a few years ago \u2013 0-60 I under three seconds puts the C8 in very rarified company!<\/p>\n

\"2020<\/a>Photo Credit: Chevrolet<\/span><\/p>\n

Another surprising fact \u2013 the new Corvette is larger (longer and wider) than its predecessor. It didn\u2019t look bigger to me and it sure didn\u2019t drive like it was. I had tested last year\u2019s model and really enjoyed it but the C8 feels and acts shorter. I assume that the seating position on the new car is closer to the center of the vehicle but, whatever the reason, it was terrific to drive it in the canyons around Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

My time with the new Corvette came to an end too quickly (though I am promised the convertible variant soon \u2013 can\u2019t wait!). Living with the C8 as my daily driver was a breeze, with ample storage fore and aft and eminent drivability. Docile when I just wanted to cruise and breathing fire when requested, the car is an all-around American success story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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