2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray first drive: Spectacular, High-Performance… and Tame

Tempe, Arizona – The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette is parked in front of the hotel we’re gathered at for the first drive launch of the car, and as per Chevy’s plan it has attracted a growing crowd of lovers of beautiful sports cars. The Torch Red paint finish this particular model is decked in would be enough all on its own to draw attention, but the spectacular shape of this instant legend of a car is a head-turner in its own right.

As this represents very-first mid-engined Corvette, the stakes were high for the carmaker – and it looks like it has won its bet. The spy shots we’d been seeing for months don’t do justice to the looks of the C8 in person. 

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The designers for the model could easily have gone overboard for this new supercar, but in my view they found just the right balance. They even managed to preserve some links to the C7 that preceded it, notably with the plunging hood. This time, however, that hood sits atop a grille that’s higher off the ground and framed by nacelles that house the anti-fog lights.

For the rest, it’s all brand-new, starting with the caved-in side walls that are bordered as you move back by a contrasting air vent, which also houses the electric door-opening system.

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