There’s Still A Little Bit of the C7 in the C8

Chevrolet Carried Over a Single Part from the C7 When Designing the C8 Corvette

When Chevrolet announced that the 2020 Mid-Engine Corvette was all-new, they weren’t joking.  Considering that this car takes almost everything we know about the traditional Corvette and throws it out the window, it should be no surprise to anyone that we’re entering uncharted territory here.  Still, there’s a certain symmetry in the knowledge that the C8 does incorporate one part from the C7 Corvette.  It serves as a “passing of the baton” and reminds us that there still a tiny bit of Corvette’s design history in the new mid-engine platform.

The question is – which part has been carried over?  Chevy made the announcement that one part was carried over unchanged from the C7, but didn’t say what it was.  However, our friends at Road and Track were able to dig deep and discover the answer.