CORVETTE TODAY #34-Meet Corvette Exterior Design Engineer, Kirk Bennion!

[Steve Garrett]

Steve Garret brings in another key member of the Corvette Team, Kirk Bennion, for the CORVETTE TODAY podcast. Kirk and his team are responsible for the design and looks of Corvette! Kirk has been with General Motors for over 36 years and started working on the Corvette team in the C4 era.

Steve and Kirk reminisce about Kirk's path to GM, when he and his staff started working on the design of the C8, what Kirk's favorite design elements of the mid-engine C8 Corvette are, what his favorite generation of Corvette is and what outside influences come into the design of Corvette.

It's a fabulous listen from an A-List member of the Corvette Team-meet Kirk Bennion, Corvette's Exterior Design Manager on CORVETTE TODAY!
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[Riley P]

That's really cool.....my only question would be about the wheels on the C8....

 

[carbuff]

Hey Kirk Bennion!

Why did you get a genius designer to smartly copy the Huracan/Gallardo front end, but assigned the back end design to one of your flunkies for the last few decades? Did you run out of funds during design of the rear end again?