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First Pics of Mid-Engined Corvette C8.R Revealed

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Looks great even in the camo wrap. The car is so low in stance. Virtually no wheel gap which is extremely visually pleasing to me. Functional too I assume. Some big air exit vents on the front fenders. I expect the front is packed with heat exchangers and fans. Wonder if we are getting back to the hot center tunnel full of fluid lines back and forth from the heat exchangers. See a little scoop on the back ahead of the wing too. Interesting to see if this makes it into the production road models.
First impression of this cars appearance is Wow good for me.
 
… and we wonder why Derek & I just keep jabbering on about whether one of us will start to seriously kick C7 Zr1 tires when this C8 is apparently coming around the corner … I just hope they still roll new Zr1s off assembly once we get to see the real C8 - just in case I really don't like it. The drawback is that I just lose interest in both and keep what we already have … which isn't really a drawback at all.
 
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Much better pictures … is it me or does this look way too close to the ground for it to be a retail production version?
 
Much better pictures … is it me or does this look way too close to the ground for it to be a retail production version?

It's a C8.R Spence so it's the race car not the production car. It will share the body panels/shape; suspension, aero and tires will be different from the production vehicle. Definitely won't be as low. Having said that it's got a fair bit sex on wheels appeal to me even in camo.
 
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OK good to know … this retail guy did not realize off the get go as they have R's all over some Corvette model names
 
Its a pretty good looking body..... however, I'm not overly keen on the look of the taillights. IMO they should not have 'bastardized' the C7 lights to adapt them to the new C8. I'm also thinking the side air intakes may not be as aggressive on the non R version C8..... but I hope I'm wrong.
 

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