{"id":5390,"date":"2019-07-26T09:04:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T07:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscars-technologie.com\/voiture-americaine-france\/?p=5390"},"modified":"2019-07-26T09:07:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T07:07:38","slug":"convertible-top-is-ready-to-drop-for-new-mid-engine-corvette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscars-technologie.com\/voiture-americaine-france\/convertible-top-is-ready-to-drop-for-new-mid-engine-corvette\/","title":{"rendered":"Convertible top is ready to drop for new mid-engine Corvette"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Chevy provides a sneak peak at the upcoming roadster version of the C8<\/h3>

The\u00a0new C8 Chevrolet Corvette<\/a>\u00a0is finally here, revealed Thursday night in entry-level Corvette Stingray form.\u00a0\u00a0However, Chevy also provided a sneak peek at the convertible version of the mid-engine marvel, with a handful of glimpses provided at the end of the\u00a0coupe\u2019s livestream reveal<\/a>.<\/p>

The designers have gone down the proper supercar route by adding a pair of flying buttresses to conceal the rollover bars. A cut line running across the engine bay suggests that the engine cover will flip up to allow the roof to tuck in below. The actual roof isn\u2019t shown but expect it to be a fully automatic retractable hard-top, like those on such exotics as the\u00a0Ferrari 488 Spider<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0McLaren 720S Spider<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Chevy has begun accepting orders for the coupe and will commence deliveries later this year. It hasn\u2019t said when the convertible will debut but an arrival later this year is likely.<\/p>

As for pricing, Chevy confirmed at Thursday\u2019s reveal<\/strong>\u00a0that the coupe will start at less than $60,000. If the C7 Corvette is any indication, we could see the Corvette Stingray Convertible start at less than $65,000, since Chevy charges a $4,500 premium for the convertible on the outgoing \u2018Vette.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In Corvette tradition, the owners of the coupe also can enjoy open-top driving since the roof panel is removable, though there\u2019s something irresistibly sexy about the flying buttresses on the convertible. Although, where convertible buyers miss out is the clear engine cover of the coupe.<\/p>

The new Corvette in Stingray guise is powered by<\/strong>\u00a0a newly developed LT2 6.2-liter V-8 that will deliver 495 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque when equipped with an available sport exhaust system. The engine is mated to an 8-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission as standard and, with an available Z51 performance pack, it will hustle the coupe to 60 mph in under 3.0 seconds, Chevy says. Expect similar performance for the convertible.<\/p>

This article was originally\u00a0published by\u00a0Motor Authority, an editorial partner of\u00a0ClassicCars.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>

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Chevy provides a sneak peak at the upcoming roadster version of the C8 The\u00a0new C8 Chevrolet Corvette\u00a0is finally here, revealed Thursday night in entry-level Corvette Stingray form.\u00a0\u00a0However, Chevy also provided a sneak peek at the convertible version of the mid-engine marvel, with a handful of glimpses provided at the end of the\u00a0coupe\u2019s livestream reveal. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contructeurs-voiture-americaine","category-actualite-voiture-americaine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscars-technologie.com\/voiture-americaine-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscars-technologie.com\/voiture-americaine-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscars-technologie.com\/voiture-americaine-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscars-technologie.com\/voiture-americaine-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscars-technologie.com\/voiture-americaine-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscars-technologie.com\/voiture-americaine-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscars-technologie.com\/voiture-americaine-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscars-technologie.com\/voiture-americaine-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscars-technologie.com\/voiture-americaine-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscars-technologie.com\/voiture-americaine-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}