{"id":24010,"date":"2019-07-22T19:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T23:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=24010"},"modified":"2019-07-22T19:00:27","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T23:00:27","slug":"8-things-that-make-the-8th-generation-corvette-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/8-things-that-make-the-8th-generation-corvette-special","title":{"rendered":"8 things that make the 8th-generation Corvette special"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orange County, California<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 So now you\u2019ve finally seen it. It’s not a Bigfoot or Sasquatch.\u00a0The mid-engine 2020 Chevy Corvette C8 is\u00a0real<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s a rocket. You\u2019ve seen the headliners: Sub-3-second zero-60 time, dual-clutch transmission, 495 horsepower. All for under $60,000.\u00a0But beyond the swashbuckling performance are dozens of details that remake the car from the ground up.<\/p>\n

We interviewed the Corvette’s development team to highlight eight unique aspects of this ambitious eighth-generation car.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0What, no manual transmission?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The demise of the stick is industry wide, but purists will really feel its loss in Corvette, a\u00a0powerful sports car that is fun to manhandle with a manual.<\/p>\n

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