2020 Corvette

[Doc_Glock]

Enjoyed this.

[RJ]

No C8’s at September Lemans:

https://racer.com/2020/05/11/corvett...Fg-5po-Awm_FK8

Corvette Racing has withdrawn its new mid-engine C8.Rs from September’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The decision follows a similar one from the Porsche GT Team, Corvette’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Le Mans rivals, which confirmed its exit from the French endurance racing classic last week. RACER has also learned the ACO, organizers of the Le Mans event, were notified of the team’s change of plans weeks ago.

Both withdrawals come in reaction to the impact made by the coronavirus. With numerous furloughs and layoffs affecting the domestic and international auto industry, the calls to cut expensive international marketing campaigns like those involving trips to Le Mans fits the need to reduce expenditures



Bummer. I can understand; the savings of not going must be huge. Same for Porsche GT Pro team, they withdrew last week.

[uechibear]

Enjoyed this.

I enjoyed your video, so I thought I'd revive this thread with a video:





They didn't use Launch Control, so the 0-60 time was slow, but that DCT shifts so fast!

[Bucky]

I enjoyed your video, so I thought I'd revive this thread with a video:





They didn't use Launch Control, so the 0-60 time was slow, but that DCT shifts so fast!

I wish there was a track around here I could hit those speeds at.

[uechibear]

I saw that Bucky posted a Ron Fellows car before, but this thread needs more photos!

[RJ]

Dropped in to Sebring a couple weeks ago to check out the gift shop and pick up a T-shirt. Spied this C8 outside. It's still a cool car.

[uechibear]

Dropped in to Sebring a couple weeks ago to check out the gift shop and pick up a T-shirt. Spied this C8 outside. It's still a cool car.

And the C8 happens to be "Sebring Orange Tintcoat", a $995 option.

[uechibear]

I just found out the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring is happening now... until 10:30 tonight. Go Corvette!

[uechibear]

Between last year and MY2021, they've made over 30k of these things, and the waiting list seems to be growing longer, but I still haven't seen one on the road. Their prevalence is probably location-dependent, though. I recently read that 16 owners got together for a drive in the San Diego area, and here's their photo:



The C8 in the foreground isn't white. It's called Ceramic Matrix Gray Metallic.

[WobblyPossum]

One of my coworkers has one and it’s pretty sweet. He said that when he first got it, people were offering him more than MSRP to buy it from him but he didn’t want to risk not being able to get a 2021 so he declined. I’ve seen a couple in the city besides his but they are definitely few and far between.