Video: Watch Footage of the Mid-Engine Corvette at the Nurburgring
09-04-2018, 05:25 PM
#21
Pro
If you're paying attention to the side scoop you can see the final shape will be very close to the C8R pictures. There are a few of the side shots with it banking around a corner and the loose camo pulls up enough to show the outline. I'm extremely curious about the hood scoops/shape as well as whether the convertible will go topless for a lap or two.
09-04-2018, 05:29 PM
#22
Instructor
All aesthetics aside, no one alarmed at the fact that the test car was an auto. Is the C8 auto only?? The shifts are slick, but no good old stick shift!!! Makes some of us sad 
09-04-2018, 05:31 PM
#23
If you're paying attention to the side scoop you can see the final shape will be very close to the C8R pictures. There are a few of the side shots with it banking around a corner and the loose camo pulls up enough to show the outline. I'm extremely curious about the hood scoops/shape as well as whether the convertible will go topless for a lap or two.
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GundamX7X (09-05-2018)
09-04-2018, 05:36 PM
#24
Race Director
09-04-2018, 05:40 PM
#25
Pro
It's very hard to catch when pausing the video but 0:16-0:18 is a good close up where you can make out a shape behind the camo scoop. 0:56-0:58 is a similar view with better lighting. 1:30 there's a sharp angle that can be seen and 1:49 has the same sharp angle. 2:21 is probably the best view of the shape IMO. I could be seeing something that isn't there (that's camo's job after all) but we already know the thin camo covering the scoop is not a body panel.
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ColoradoGS (09-04-2018)
09-04-2018, 05:41 PM
#26
Burning Brakes
DCT fellas, DCT.
DCT =/= Automatic
DCT =/= Automatic
09-04-2018, 05:57 PM
#29
Melting Slicks
If you turn up rather speakers at the 1:53-1:55 mark,
you here a descent sized blip of the throttle.Sounds at least half cool...
Maybe overriding the rev-match ?
Still seems like DCT ,all the way,but something doesn’t sound conventional.
you here a descent sized blip of the throttle.Sounds at least half cool...
Maybe overriding the rev-match ?
Still seems like DCT ,all the way,but something doesn’t sound conventional.
09-04-2018, 06:03 PM
#30
Race Director
Going through the vid in sections mentioned in this thread, there is, IMO, some fake shape/line work in place. Guess time will be the final judge on it, but GM still has the body lines hidden for the major features, I think. The front facia and side scoop appear to have a lot of work done to hide real lines.
09-04-2018, 06:03 PM
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I have a Porsche with a DCT, have also seen other videos with a DCT car and while the sound is very similar, Like Pietro C7 said, something is different. Maybe the exhaust, Corvettes usually don't have great sounding exhausts from the factory. Well, at least the C6 didn't.
09-04-2018, 06:07 PM
#32
Race Director
I think GM did a lot of work under that wrap to hide the real facia. I would believe the major lines are more or less real, but the openings are definitely defined as somebody in GM wanted by the wrap and not the actual panel.
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09-04-2018, 06:14 PM
#33
Somba master
Definitly a V8, likely NA. DCT for sure, by the speed of the shifts. Not an all-out speed run by any means, but I wonder if someone timed the runs.
09-04-2018, 06:17 PM
#34
It's very hard to catch when pausing the video but 0:16-0:18 is a good close up where you can make out a shape behind the camo scoop. 0:56-0:58 is a similar view with better lighting. 1:30 there's a sharp angle that can be seen and 1:49 has the same sharp angle. 2:21 is probably the best view of the shape IMO. I could be seeing something that isn't there (that's camo's job after all) but we already know the thin camo covering the scoop is not a body panel.
09-04-2018, 07:08 PM
#36
Drifting
I don’t know about the rest of you but the side scoops in the video looked like they were tacked on to hide what I’m guessing are a more subtle and aesthetically pleasing version behind the door. I can’t see GM having a scoop that extends in the door like that. GM is really gaming us on that one. Unless the door goes vertically (which I seriously doubt), the scoop will be entirely in the rear quarter and NOT be part of the door.
Just my 2¢. YMMV.
Just my 2¢. YMMV.
Last edited by dreamr616; 09-04-2018 at 07:09 PM.
09-04-2018, 07:10 PM
#38
Drifting
The front bumper/facia looks to be tall. European bumper, pedestrian laws require a taller bumper. On impact the taller bumper will only crush your femors. 
Ferrari, McLaren and Lamborghini are exempt because they are low volume manufacturers.
Ferrari, McLaren and Lamborghini are exempt because they are low volume manufacturers.
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Michael A (09-07-2018)
09-04-2018, 07:15 PM
#39
Safety Car
It's very hard to catch when pausing the video but 0:16-0:18 is a good close up where you can make out a shape behind the camo scoop. 0:56-0:58 is a similar view with better lighting. 1:30 there's a sharp angle that can be seen and 1:49 has the same sharp angle. 2:21 is probably the best view of the shape IMO. I could be seeing something that isn't there (that's camo's job after all) but we already know the thin camo covering the scoop is not a body panel.
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