Talk:Chevrolet Corvette (C8)

Fixed roof coupe?

I have seen no evidence of a fixed-roof coupe as U1Quattro indicates. From what I can tell, there is only a targa-top available (as there was with the C7), and there is speculation that a convertible will be revealed at some point down the line. Am I missing something here? Aab254 (talk) 16:21, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Just read about it. I apologise for the error.U¹ _quattro TALK 16:28, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Was in development for 67 years

According to the Chevrolet website https://www.chevrolet.com/upcoming-vehicles/next-generation-corvette the C8 was in development for 67 years so there should be a development section mentioning the long development and reasons why it took so long and why Chevrolet redesigned the Corvette many times in the 67 year period as it would appear to be the longest development time for a vehicle ever 71.254.11.98 (talk) 20:57, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

It wasn't the C8. It was the mid engine Corvette concept. The article mentions that after a series of CERV prototypes, this came into being. That is enough. U¹ _quattro TALK 04:50, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

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Description of transmission

The C8 comes with a dual-clutch transmission, which the article describes as an automatic transmission. While it's true that the car doesn't have a clutch pedal on the floor, in most other respects the transmission is more closely related to a single-clutch manual transmission than to an automatic transmission with a torque converter. (The Dual-clutch transmission article spells this distinction out.) I think describing a dual-clutch transmission as "automatic" is common, but it's at best misleading, and I would like to edit this article to clarify this, but I don't want to invest a bunch of effort into edits that will be reverted before the ink is dry. Rks13 (talk) 20:51, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

@Rks13:  Done (let's see if it lasts) Feelthhis (talk) 19:45, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Nice source for this article

I was reading this nice article from SAE and thought that it might have some use here if someone are willing to do the work.

Engineering 2020 Corvette mid-engine architecture (www.sae.org - March, 2020)

Feelthhis (talk) 19:34, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Rear mid-engine

C8 is not the first mid engine corvette. It’s the first production rear mid-engine corvette. Frcefed01 (talk) 11:43, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Source? X750. Spin a yarn? _{Articles I've screwed over?} 18:20, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

The second through seventh generations are technically front mid-engine, in that the engine sits behind the front axle, as opposed to in front of or on the axle. "Mid engine" is usually assumed to mean behind the driver, but technically that is "rear mid-engine". It's one of those semantics things. --Vossanova ^o< 18:41, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

My thoughts too. I don't care to be too pedantic about this. If Frcefed01 wishes to keep it that way, I'm not particularly miffed. X750. Spin a yarn? _{Articles I've screwed over?} 20:45, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

I would feel better if the issue is clarified. It just doesn’t sit right with me that Wiki states C2-C7 are (front) mid-engine and then the C8 page states that it’s the first mid-engine Corvette. As for sources there is a fun to read article in my opinion by Paul Huizenga titled “Don’t call the C8 Corvette “Mid-Engined”. Frcefed01 (talk) 00:38, 2 May 2023 (UTC)