This is the 2020 mid-engine Chevy Corvette / C8 Corvette Z06 revealed

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85k + 10k-15k dealer purse ...?
I wonder.

If it arrives with a more or less standard Corvette engine, can't see it being that much more expensive than something like a grand sport vette.

Surely though the ZR1 caliber car will be well over 100k.

In typical corvette fashion, the dealer markup will exist for about two-and-a-half months and then be followed be steep discounts and manufacturer incentives.
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I think both of them will be at the Detroit auto show.
 

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Hmm. What makes you think that? Not to be contentious in any way, just want to see your reasoning.
The Supra didn't have all that silly camouflage even a year ago.
 

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Hmm. What makes you think that? Not to be contentious in any way, just want to see your reasoning.
The Supra didn't have all that silly camouflage even a year ago.
Talks on the vette forum.. and reports from insiders there. I’m sure it can be way off but the level of camo hasn’t gone down on these cars for at least two years now.
 

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Automobile is claiming that the C8 is going to start at close to the current C7 base price, and will have the same engine. If the Supra comes in at $55k it will have a tough battle on its hands.

Here in Canada they don't add much of a premium to the price of a Vette to compensate for the currency difference. If the C8 turns out to be an attractive mid-engine exotic of reasonable weight costing little more than the Supra up here, it will be a very appealing alternative.
 

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https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1118350_gm-trademarks-zora-name-around-the-world

GM trademarks Zora name around the world

If the name Zora means anything to you, you're probably a fan of the Chevrolet Corvette. Zora Arkus-Duntov (shown below) was the guy who helped put a V-8 in the original 'Vette, turning it from a boulevard cruiser into something approximating a proper sports car—and making him the honorary father of the Corvette in the process.

Arkus-Duntov was also huge fan of motorsport, and worked his magic on the Grand Sport program that took the Corvette C2 racing. It's here where he saw the need for a mid-engine layout, which led to him convincing General Motors to build mid-engine concepts for testing purposes, the first being the CERV (Chevrolet Engineering Research Vehicle) concept rolled out in 1960.

Sadly, GM never merged Arkus-Duntov's love of the mid-engine layout with the Corvette while he was still alive. But we know a mid-engine Corvette is coming next year for the eighth-generation redesign, and Arkus-Duntov could be honored with one of the variants being named after him.

Trademark protection for the Zora name was filed by GM with the United States Patent and Trademark Office back in 2014. The folks at the Mid-Engine Corvette Forum have since discovered that GM has filed similar trademarks for the name all over the globe. They were discovered in intellectual property registries in the European Union, Australia, China, Japan, Korea and the United Kingdom.

Companies often do such things to protect parts of their history, but GM using the Zora name on a variant of the upcoming mid-engine Corvette, ideally a range-topping variant, would be pretty darn cool.

What would also be cool is GM finally selling the Corvette in markets all over the globe. Even if the car may not be a volume seller, it's the perfect halo for the Chevrolet brand which has struggled in key markets outside of North America.

The mid-engine Corvette is expected to bow early next year, arriving initially with an upgraded version of the current Corvette Stingray's 6.2-liter V-8 delivering about 500 horsepower. Later, a 5.5-liter V-8 with a flat-plane crank and DOHC design is expected to be dropped in, complete with about 600 hp. Then a twin-turbocharging option for this engine could surface, seeing output rise to 800 hp.

But wait, there's more. At the top of the heap is expected to sit a hybrid—yes, a hybrid Corvette—powertrain adding an electric motor to the front axle and utilizing the twin-turbo V-8 for the rear axle to generate a hypercar-rivaling 1,000 hp. Hopefully this is the car that dons the Zora name.
 
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We lack any concrete information on the new ME C8, but if it’s priced around 65-70k for base as speculated, I’ll probably go with that tbh. I think something real pretty is hiding beneath all this camo.

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We lack any concrete information on the new ME C8, but if it’s priced around 65-70k for base as speculated, I’ll probably go with that tbh.

Not trying to derail the thread, but I think something real pretty is hiding beneath all this camo.

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Fuck yeah!!! There is a ton of hype around this car, and for good reason.
 

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Honestly do you really think a mid engine corvette will be in the 65/70k base price? Zero chance
I honestly do. Because if they price it higher than that, doesn’t it sort of go against what a Corvette truly stands for? They’ve always been affordable to some degree. You’re telling me that just because they’re moving from and FE to ME platform, that that dictates a huge price bump? Lol all speculative of course, but everything so far has pointed to the C8 using the same LT1 from the C7
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