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HE new-generation C8 Corvette has
finally been announced, and as well
as being the first-ever mid-engined
’Vette, this is the first time the car
will leave the assembly line in a right-hand-
drive configuration to be made available to us
Aussie battlers straight from Holden dealers.
The new C8 comes fitted with the 6.2-litre LT2
V8, pumping out just shy of 500hp, and will be
auto only. Local pricing is still to be confirmed,
but with US prices starting at $60,000, the
threat of our government’s unexplainable
luxury car tax sinking its claws into this new
Ferrari lookalike is worryingly high. We shared
the news on our Facebook page; here’s what
you had to say.Jason Cant – It looks more like a cross
between a Ferrari 458 and an Acura NSX.
Sean Hammond – It kind of looks like a
redneck Ferrari, but in a good way.
Dave Anderson – It’s not a ’Vette anymore.
Joel Maddick – Yeah it is, it’s a mid-engine
Corvette. This is more Corvette than the new
Supra is a Supra.Greg Damiani – It looks like the first ’Vette
that doesn’t have a unique look, which is a
shame.
Joel Maddick – It’ll be better than anything
Australia has ever produced. This is good.
Imagine pulling up in your Mustang at the
lights and you have a Camaro wanting to race
you, and then you both get overtaken by a
mid-engine sports car. Good time to be alive.
Michael Hughes – That’s a nice Corvette
GTO 458.
Kim Sullings – I’ll have one, count me in!
Justin Roser – Gross, it’s bad enough
seeing those dirty Mustangs.
Johan K Van Hooff – I thought it was a
Honda NSX at first glance.
Ben Wakeford – Is it trying to be a Ferrari
or a GT40?
Missy Marnie - No no no no NO! It’s meant
to be a Corvette, not a Ferrari!
Paul Harrigan – It looks more like Eurotrash
than American muscle.
Dave Baudinette – It will be interesting to see
what money it is in RHD, Aussie-complianced
form. I don’t think it will be a competitor to theMustang dollar-wise, but I also can’t wait to
see one in the road here.
Dwayne Hood – I am a Chevy guy, and they
crossed the line. They just stole the model of
the GT Ford. I hate Ford, but that is what it
looks like. It’s a sad design by their engineers.
Evan Mándís – You’d hope the designer of
the Ferrari 458 got some royalties for this!
Adam Conti – I would love to slap a Corvair
badge onto it just to piss Corvette fans off
even more.
Aiden Sibrava – Ferrari be like: “Sure, you
can copy my homework, just change it up a
little.”
Peter Brock – Talk about the wrong
direction. If Ford had so much success
revitalising the Mustang, why on earth didn’t
they make a retro Stingray?
Julian Newton – Best-value supercar this
world has ever seen, irrespective of Aussie
price!
Phil Saunders – Auto trans only, how
exciting.
Thomas Sidney Sanderson – It looks like
a Grand Theft Auto V rip-off of a supercar.
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