{"id":24107,"date":"2019-08-15T10:15:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T14:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=24107"},"modified":"2019-08-15T10:15:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T14:15:18","slug":"corvette-mid-engine-supercar-starts-at-59995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/corvette-mid-engine-supercar-starts-at-59995","title":{"rendered":"Corvette mid-engine supercar starts at $59,995"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">Chevrolet announced pricing for its first mid-engine Corvette Stingray today and as promised, it will \u2014\u00a0like the outgoing, front-engine Stingray \u2014\u00a0start at less than $60,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">Just barely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Including a destination charge of $1,095, the 2020 C8 Stingray starts at $59,995 for the 1LT base trim, making it by far the most affordable\u00a0mid-engine supercar on the planet. Competitors include the Acura NSX at $159,300 and the McLaren at $195,000.<\/p>\n<div id=\"module-position-SBSGuXqy_Qk\" class=\"story-asset image-asset\">\n<aside class=\"wide single-photo\"><div align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/08\/14\/PDTN\/81ec4c72-63a1-4da8-ab3e-125e8385022e-tdndc5-76a7o8t93u8k06n541p_original.jpg?width=540&amp;height=&amp;fit=bounds&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Chevrolet announced pricing for its first mid-engine Corvette Stingray.  Including a destination charge of $1,095, the 2020 C8 Stingray starts at $59,995 for the 1LT base model.\" width=\"540\" data-mycapture-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/08\/14\/PDTN\/81ec4c72-63a1-4da8-ab3e-125e8385022e-tdndc5-76a7o8t93u8k06n541p_original.jpg\" data-mycapture-sm-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/08\/14\/PDTN\/81ec4c72-63a1-4da8-ab3e-125e8385022e-tdndc5-76a7o8t93u8k06n541p_original.jpg?width=500&amp;height=333\" \/>Chevrolet announced pricing for its first mid-engine Corvette Stingray. Including a destination charge of $1,095, the 2020 C8 Stingray starts at $59,995 for the 1LT base model.\u00a0<span class=\"credit\">(Photo: Associated Press)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/aside>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Equip the rear-wheel drive \u2018Vette with the $5,000 Z51 performance package and it will run sub-3 second zero-60 times alongside an all-wheel drive $204,000 Lamborghini Huracan. Top speed for the Stingray? 194 mph.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cMost people thought when we moved the Corvette to mid-engine it would no longer be attainable, but we knew we couldn\u2019t mess with a winning formula and the 2020 Stingray proves it,\u201d said Brian Sweeney, Chevrolet U.S. vice president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">The out-going\u00a0front-engine C7 Corvette starts at $56,945.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Two more trims are offered above the base model: the 2LT starts at $67,295 and the top-level 3LT begins at $71,945. All are available with the Z51 package.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cWe\u2019ve packed a lot of performance into the Corvette Stingray at this price when you consider an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission, small-block V-8 and engine-mounted dry-sump oil system are all standard,\u201d said Corvette chief engineer Tadge Juechter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Interested Chevrolet Corvette Stingray shoppers can view a pricing guide with available options to pre-order their car by visiting the 2020 Corvette reveal page at Chevrolet.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">The 2020 Corvette Stingray goes into production at GM\u2019s revamped\u00a0Bowling Green Assembly plant late this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chevrolet announced pricing for its first mid-engine Corvette Stingray today and as promised, it will \u2014\u00a0like the outgoing, front-engine Stingray \u2014\u00a0start at less than $60,000. Just barely. Including a destination charge of $1,095, the 2020 C8 Stingray starts at $59,995 for the 1LT base trim, making it by far the most affordable\u00a0mid-engine supercar on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}