The father of the Chevrolet Corvette, Zora Arkus-Duntov, began working on a mid-engine Corvette back in 1959. Did the Corvette design team want to link the two products, to maybe help convince current Corvette owners to trade up for the newer model? What will convince current Corvette owners to trade in their cars is the C8's performance. PHOTO (COLOR): Despite the C8 Corvette's mid-engine layout, Chevrolet engineers still found room in the cargo compartment to store the targa roof panels. [Extracted from the article]
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