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Mid-Engine Chevrolet Corvette Reveal to be Livestreamed Globally 7/18/19 7:50pm PDT

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MID-ENGINE CHEVROLET CORVETTE REVEAL TO BE LIVESTREAMED GLOBALLY
Chevrolet
July 8, 2019



Following the reveal, the Next Generation Chevrolet Corvette will embark on two nationwide dealership tours

DETROIT — The late Zora Arkus-Duntov, the father of the Chevrolet Corvette, had a vision for a mid-engine Corvette. That vision will come to life the evening of July 18, 2019, in Orange County, California, and the world can watch the reveal via livestream from the comfort of their own homes.

The livestream opens at 7:30 p.m. PDT/10:30 p.m. EDT on July 18 and can be accessed through media.chevrolet.com/nextgenCorvette, which also will be sent out on Chevrolet’s social media channels. The stream will include Corvette video footage, a hosted preshow and the reveal presentation. It will be available for viewing across the globe, in all seven continents.

“There is a large contingent of Corvette fans across the world waiting for the reveal of the Next Generation. We’re happy to give these fans, and all sports car enthusiasts, a way to see and learn about the vehicle at the same time as those participating live in California,” said Barry Engle, executive vice president and president, the Americas, GM. “Viewers will hear directly from Chevrolet leadership, engineering and some special guests about the highlights and background of this first mid-engine Corvette.”

Following the reveal, the Next Generation Corvette will hit the road for two national dealership tours that will include vehicle specialists and numerous interactive displays. At these events, Chevy dealers will host customers to showcase the new mid-engine supercar, display customizable parts (seats, wheels, accessories, etc.) and teach people how they can personalize their own Corvette.

“With all the excitement around this vehicle, we don’t want people to have to wait to experience it in person,” said Engle. “Our national tours will bring the Next Generation car right to our customers’ local Chevrolet dealership, where they can start imagining themselves in their very own personalized mid-engine Corvette.”

The tours will begin on the East and West Coasts and stop at more than 125 select dealerships across the U.S. starting after the reveal and extending through early 2020. Tour dates and cities will be available starting on July 19.
 
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Re: Mid-Engine Chevrolet Corvette Reveal to be Livestreamed Globally 7/18/19 7:30pm P

Is anyone else surprised and maybe a little concerned that only recently there were stories about the C8 being too powerful and twisting its frame, and now just a short time later the car is apparently ready to launch?
 
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Is anyone else surprised and maybe a little concerned that only recently there were stories about the C8 being too powerful and twisting its frame, and now just a short time later the car is apparently ready to launch?
Nope, rumours about the C8 were all over the map. Remember the "starting at 150K" rumour? GM seems to have successfully kept a lid on this. All we do know for sure is they have hired quite a few people for the BG plant. Even the rumour the base engine being a LT2 could be wrong. 7/18/19 is the date we will know facts for sure.
 
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Are they trying to say the Corvette will be a global car?
GM trying to say Corvette or Cadillac are global ain't even funny anymore. It's just miserable.
If You want to see a global American vehicle have a look at Wrangler or just watch Mustang global reveal on YT that took place in U.S/Europe/China and Australia.
 
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All the "the next Camaro/CTS/everything will be electric!" pronouncements seem like wishful thinking. Or a recipe for failure. What has GM produced thus far, the Bolt? I think I've seen two of them ever. And I'm not against electric vehicles. But until a charging infrastructure exists where you can charge your car as readily as you can buy a tank of gas, I won't buy one.

Yeah I know most people don't drive that much in a given day. In my normal driving, an electric would be just fine. But I take a couple of long trips a year and I don't have any intention of mapping out recharging stations in advance like I'm charting out oases in the desert. Not to mention taking a considerable amount of time to recharge.

That being said, if anything should be electric, maybe a Camaro would be a good choice. They tend to be 2nd vehicles anyway, so the reluctance to buy an electric vehicle due to trip limitations would not be as big a factor. Long trip? Take your other car.
 
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T minus 8 days and counting.

Some are comparing this to the Apollo missions. I put Apollo just a tad higher. :)
Get outta here with your 8 days and counting!! It’s about 7 days 2 hours and 24 minutes!! Damn your right lol. 8 days 2 hours. I was thinking when the embargo would lift at 9:00-9:30 pst next Wednesday. :hyper::hyper:
 
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I'm thinking the press release won't hit until at least 10 pm Eastern time. They don't want people getting the Cliff notes early. They want people to tune in. I'm betting the whole thing will be about a half hour long & the first 20 minutes will be spouting off about the history of the Corvette, the testing for the C8 & a video or 2 showing camouflaged prototypes running around various tracks. Then, we will get 2 more minutes to hype people up & lastly 6 minutes to see the car before the stream ends. Then, the press release will drop.
 
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Steering wheel:
https://media.chevrolet.com/media/u...rolet/Other/2019/corvette-steering-wheel.html

Wonder what that large silver button does? Is that a "Z" on it?

From the other site:

"Finally, we should note that the steering wheel seen here seems to be missing the metallic-looking scrollers present in the spy shots. We image that this is because this is a photo of a pre-production wheel that Chevrolet released, rather than the very final version".
Or perhaps it is the final version, and the designers had a change of heart decided that the metallic-looking scrollers was just a little too much bling. I think it is unlikely that Chevrolet would issue of a picture of the steering wheel that isn't 100% production accurate.
 
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From all of the pictures of the C8 interior that various sites have had for a few months, the materials look very premium. I hope this means that the next Cadillac releases (from 2021 Escalade on) are going to have a similar uptick in the material quality. The Dash and console of the new Escalade certainly do, at least in perceived or visual quality.
 
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I'm an a-hole. If there are going to be metallic "looking" scroll wheels in a high end Corvette, I want them to be metal, not plastic with a coat of Dupli-Color on them.
 
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I saw a different photo with a couple of semi's at the door of the hanger. That thing is friggin huge. The semi's look like little toys. Reminds me of when I was sailing once with some friends and we passed a aircraft carrier in San Diego that was docked. The top of the mast was like a toothpick against that carrier.
 
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How bad would it suck to die right now....You've waited all this time to see the C8 and lights out for you......turrible turrible
The EMT’s just left and it was just heartburn. As of now, my schedule is still ‘C8’
tomorrow, and not ‘See gates’.
 
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