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How Much Love Do You Have For The C8?

Let's take a walk down memory lane with the phenomenal eighth-generation Corvette

Douglas Barton··
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A remarkable day in Corvette history/image courtesy of Car & Driver

I know it wasn’t the moon landing or a similar historical moment, but do you remember where you were when GM revealed the revolutionary eighth-generation Corvette? I do, as I was perched by my computer in the lobby of my used car dealership, with customers shunned and door locked so I could focus on every nuance. There was a plethora of excitement surrounding the C8, as this was not your typical evolutionary generation progression (like the C5 to C6), but a groundbreaking all-new design, most notably the placement of that glorious LT2 engine behind the enthusiast.

The edgy design and proper “supercar” location of the engine broke the stereotyped “jorts and New Balance” mold, and the C8 shattered demographic barriers as it entered this new era of Corvettes. As an active daily participant in multiple Facebook C8 pages, I see this phenomenon of demographic diversity demonstrated daily.

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