"The optics on "brand America" are currently being assailed. An interesting time, then, for General Motors to renew its interest in the European market, although the reasoning is sound. Leading the charge is Cadillac's entry into Formula One (it's already competitive in world endurance racing, and the Celestiq luxury EV is burnishing the company's image elsewhere), but also critical is a new push for the Corvette."
"The eighth generation messed with the formula by moving that famous V-8 power unit-a staple of internal combustion for decades-from the front to the middle. That's a very European engineering maneuver, never mind that the father of the original 'Vette, the brilliant Zora Arkus-Duntov, had been pushing for that configuration as far back as the early '60s. (Check out the CERV I and CERV II concept cars for proof, the latter going further still by also featuring four-wheel drive.)"
The first electrified Corvette has arrived in Europe and faced testing on the UK's notoriously poor road surfaces. The hybrid Corvette delivers superb performance, genuinely impressive dynamics, and comfortable daily-driving manners. The electrified powertrain offers very limited EV-only range, while design choices come across as riotously haphazard and the price is shockingly high. General Motors is renewing focus on Europe through racing and luxury EV efforts alongside a revived Corvette push. The eighth-generation Corvette moved the V‑8 to a mid-engine layout, and the latest lineup expands to include a new hybrid variant alongside Stingray and Z06 models.
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