What if the Corvette was designed in Britain? General Motors' new U.K. design studio has unveiled a breathtaking British-inspired Corvette concept. Combining iconic elements from past generations like the C2's split window and C3's shark nose, this futuristic design could easily be the blueprint for a future C9 Corvette.
With a mid-engine setup, active aero technology, 3D-printed structures, and stunning gullwing doors, this Corvette concept pushes boundaries like never before.
Will this British Corvette influence the future of American sports cars? Watch the full video for all the exciting details!
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With a mid-engine setup, active aero technology, 3D-printed structures, and stunning gullwing doors, this Corvette concept pushes boundaries like never before.
Will this British Corvette influence the future of American sports cars? Watch the full video for all the exciting details!
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00:00sure it's a weird time to be discussing foreign market anything given that any such conversation
00:09seems liable to be tariffed that'll be 25 for discussing overseas auto industry happenings
00:16but here we are general motors has just announced the opening of its newest design studio located in
00:23royal leamington spa uk and while that news might elicit a yawn or a google search of that mouthful
00:29of a town name gm made sure it'd pop with a surprise corvette design study the automakers uk design team
00:36was loosed on the corvette's 70 plus year history of being america's sports car and apparently told to
00:42go all t and crumpets on it before 2020 such an exercise and certainly the striking concept car
00:49it begot probably would have seemed more extreme but since the corvette at long last ditched its
00:55front engine layout for a more exotic mid-engine design in its eighth generation c8 the goalposts
01:02for freshness in corvette world have clearly moved gm's british team also appears to have done its
01:08homework on corvette ology translating several classic design themes from various corvettes over
01:14the decades into a single futuristic low slone concept car that's both far more exotic looking
01:20than today's c8 corvette and still somewhat recognizable as a vet or at least we could
01:27see this design standing up as a would-be next generation corvette raise your hand if you'd be
01:32offended if chevy came out tomorrow and declared this the c9 corvette we'll wait the pointed three
01:39dimensional snout calls back to the c3's shark nose treatment while the central crease and hood cut
01:46lines remind us of the previous generation c7's body streaks and who can miss the c2 split window
01:52treatment here applied to both the front and rear glass to stunning effect below the painted bodywork
01:59essentially everything from the concept car's waist down is pure new age fantasy a contrasting color
02:06aero deck filled with fence flaps and guide channels the only obvious callback to corvette's past
02:12are the quad tail lights peeking out from just below the rear fenders same goes for the gullwing
02:18doors which are hinged at intriguingly the roof center line along the visual link between the front
02:24and rear window splits the front and rear ends are essentially wide open revealing a chassis setup with
02:32inboard pushrod actuated shocks and springs that could work on an open wheel race car suggesting this
02:38design is as ambitiously racy as some of the wildest hyper cars of today we do not of course know what
02:45powers this would be bet nor is gm saying most of the technical details focus on the aerodynamics
02:51packaging and lightweighting efforts the structure is said to be envisioned being constructed using
02:57additive manufacturing ie 3d printed while the doors open under their own power there are active aero elements
03:05two with fan assistance and active ducting employed to redirect air over and through the vehicle at
03:12speed fins and spoilers that deploy and retract as needed and fan assisted ground effects this wild
03:19stuff is all packaged within an entirely realistic at least in terms of c8 corvette succeeding feasibility
03:27footprint the design study measures and at a very very low 40.7 inches tall ac8 is 48.6 inches
03:35tall 183.8 inches long and super wide 85.7 inches across the c8 is about an inch shorter and fully nine
03:46inches narrower the cabin is simple with clean lines and a warm cocoon-like atmosphere exaggerated by the
03:52egg-shaped greenhouse would the brits ever design a cravette who knows but gm says the uk advanced design
04:00studio exists to help conceptualize and push forward new designs globally including in the u.s this design
04:07is only the first of several corvette ideations gm says are coming from the new facility which is also
04:13working on a yet to be revealed gmc concept vehicle so far all we know about that one are a pair of coordinates
04:20visible in teaser images that point to leicester england and saginaw michigan we'll sort that out whenever gm
04:27actually shows that vehicle but for now we're just going to sit back and mull over how much we dig this
04:34british corvette