^Yup. Hope they sell a lot of them and they don't suck.
It seems like GM is going after a younger fresher audience with the C8. CorvetteBuyer is aging. It does also make sense what they are saying about power levels and weight distribution, if they want to keep making the car faster and faster on a track. The younger buyers in particular will appreciate the incredible price/performance ratio.
I read an interview today where one of the engineers was talking about the structural and packaging interplay between the front wheel well and the drivers legs. It sounded like a 3rd pedal would be ergonomically awkward, or, more probably, unlikely altogether. This also left me with the question - how much front wheel/tire will fit?
I'm excited about it. Half the photos I see I think "this looks nice." The other half leave me disappointed. I do think it'll age poorly, it almost seems generic and in no way classically beautiful. So many slightly awkward lines and creases, so many angles overall yet it doesn't pull off the wild Lamborghini look. I saw a C7 Z06 yesterday and in contrast to the images of the C8, the C7 seemed simple and elegant. But not boring.
Seems to me the ZL1 Camaro is the new Corvette. Honestly having autocrossed both the newest 1LE-equipped Camaros and a few C7s, I'd personally choose the Camaro even if price no object. It's a better drivers car. The C8 looks to be moving the performance bar further from the Camaro. Let's hope the C8 can also improve on driver feel.
Supra does look a little silly now, but my guess is it will be better at daily driving than the C8 so it may still have relevance beyond the nostalgia factor.