RJ-92

Has anyone else noticed the rear of the car? Particularly the area on the edge of the deck-lid? There appears to be a movable spoiler sitting on top with a small gap int he middle. I assume this would be something similar to that on the McLaren 720S. It appears that it's non functional on the C8 R but I'm sure it will be functional on the street car.

firstvettesoon

Yes! I had posted something similar. I believe we will see an active or adjustable spoiler that will give a similar effect as the 488 with its so called "Blown Spoiler" concept, but adds the raisable/active spoiler.

RJ-92

Anybody have some computer skillz to zoom in and clear up the rear spoiler area?

Buddhaman

This is likely due to the "gap" seen from the paint booth rear bumper. Possibly active aero.

firstvettesoon

jagamajajaran

GM's active spoiler patent was recently approved.

dreamr616

You mean something like this?

ByByBMW

What is different about this spoiler as opposed to current "active spoilers" already out?

B-Myster

Sweet, an active spoiler powered by the Genie screw drive.

Shaka

Not a spoiler. It's a wing. The screw type actuator locates the wing in a fore/low and aft/high position. The aft high position gives the highest downforce with more drag than the fore low position. Looks pretty dumb to me. How do you cover the slot required for this contraption? Screw actuation is slow. Stupid. This dumb idea has much more drag than the McLaren which in it's retracted position reduces drag significantly. The C7 (shown) wing aft, also increases the moment which moves center of lift aft which may be OK for a tail happy FE car but will cause push or a tight car. Another thing, the incidence changes with the fore and aft movement of the wing. Requires two electric motors. Dumb, dumb dumb.

keagan

Always loved that Render!

C7pimp

They got the side scoop inlet design right, just reversed lolol

WhiteDiamond

If they have to do some sort of wing, I guess I would rather it be a movable surface that is flush when parked. At least the car will look good at the car shows. Maybe they can put a defeat switch on it, too, so I don't have to have to up at freeway speeds............Current ZR1 look really scares me in terms of what GM thinks is ok to put on the street........

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CorvettoBrando

While I think the blown spoiler concept would be really cool, I believe that is the cut out for the integrated third brake light. The only other location option for the US required third brake light would be along the rear-facing edge of the cross beam that connects the B pillars, above the rear hatch glass (or short window - depending on the model and final design). From a cost-perspective, integrating it into the top edge of the rear deck makes more sense. A folding spider soft or hard top would require the brake light on the rear deck so it was operational when the top was down - why would they spend money/increase cost to have a different version for the coupe?. Locating it in the cut-out shown on the top edge of the rear fascia shown in the paint shop photo aligns with the Corvette's history of locating it there (think C4 refresh, C5, C6, C7, where it's also integrated into the top area of the rear fascia, or, in later generations, in a small, integrated spoiler). I do believe we'll see active aero back there, just not in this "blown spoiler" location of the body as you've shown it.

firstvettesoon

K-TownMike

I really hope this come to fruition on the C8. The giant wings, while functional, are incredibly tacky.

Speednet

I was just about the write something similar. I have absolutely no excitement for the ZR1 specifically due to the giant fixed wing and messy front-end, so I hope GM does not do a repeat performance of it. Active aero would be fantastic.

keagan

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