Has the rumored mid-engined Corvette been captured on film (well memory card)?

First, the “Zora” trademark filing. Then the spy shots of a mid-engine dressed Holden Commodore hit the internet. Then, glimpses of some clear mid-engine Corvette renderings come out.

Now, General Motors invested $290 million into the Bowling Green assembly for “new processes and technologies.” GM stated it will help the Corvette facility become more flexible. Flexible for what? Bowling Green does only Corvettes.

But now, we get spy shots of a decidedly mid-engined prototype running around GM proving grounds that surely looks like a Corvette. On top of all this, do you really think Chevrolet is going to let their cross-town rival, Ford, have the only mid-engined GT?

When will it be available? The rumor mill has it debuting at the 2018 Detroit auto show for the 2018 or 2019 model year. Price? Well the guesses are between $80,000 and $175,000.

It was 63 years ago today, June 30, 1953, that the first production Corvettes rolled down Chevrolet’s Flint, Michigan assembly line. Little did they know then what they had started. The first cars were simple enough, as they came without options (technically there were 2 options, but you could not order a car without them). You could only get the new fiberglass sportsters in white with a red interior, a 235 ci “Blue Flame” inline-six with a whopping 150hp, Powerglide 2-speed automatic, heater and AM, signal seeking, radio.

Only 300 largely hand-built cars were made the inaugural year, but after a few tweaks the Corvette gained acceptance, and speed. A V8 was added in 1955 to give the Sportster the power people asked for and in 1956 there was a styling update that added roll up windows.

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