Mid-engine Corvette C8: Our best look yet

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If recent reports are to be believed, the long-rumored mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette could be here as early as 2019. Naturally, Chevy is trying to keep a tight lid on the development, but these fresh spy photos give us the clearest look yet at the upcoming car.

They’re far from conclusive, but whatever Chevy is cooking up, it’s a radical departure from the Corvette as we know it -- and the engine is definitely not up front.

For years, we’ve heard rumors that the C7 would be the last “traditional” Corvette -- that, with the latest (and truly excellent) Corvette incarnation, the front-engine, rear-wheel-drive formula has been pushed to its limit. The vehicle we’re looking at, then, is very likely the next step in Corvette evolution. It still looks a lot like a development mule with a handful of C7 carryovers (the taillights, for example), but that extremely short nose and elongated rear end speak volumes.