$80K Mid-engine Corvette - Best Bargain Supercar
The person walking their dog pumped a fist triumphantly into the air upon seeing my Rapid Blue 2020 Corvette loaner drive by. So did a driver in their brand-new Corvette, going the opposite way on I-80. Another driver in an oncoming red Ferrari 488 flashed their lights in greeting.
Wherever you go in the new Corvette, that'll be the standard reaction - for a while, at least, until everyone calms down about the car a bit.
That's because the new Corvette is exciting, and it's a seismic shift from any other Corvette in history. America's Sports Car has finally landed in the form of the mid-engine supercar - an idea that's been in the works since the late 1950s, but never actually came to be.
That is, until now.
The mid-engine Corvette is no longer a myth, no longer a tall tale. This is the real thing, designed to go toe-to-toe against the other midship sports cars and supercars that command much, much higher price tags.
Unlike some of the mid-engine options from Italy or Britain, however, the mid-engine Corvette isn't merely a noisy, one-trick track pony. It calms down into everyday civility, broadening the number of places you can actually use it.
Source: Kristen Lee - Business Insider
Posted 1/22/21