Right now the automotive media is soiling their drawers over what is known as “Project Emperor”, a.k.a. the mid-engined C8 Corvette. Yeah, we know that mid-engine ‘Vettes have been the ultimate benchmark for the plastic fantastic fans since the 1970s, but unlike other attempts by GM, the C8 Corvette appears to actually exist, with fresh spy shots of a certainly mid-engined creature, potential Corvette successor appearing a day or two ago. That’s nice and all, but in the grand scheme of things…we don’t care. Not until a mid-engined Corvette proceeds to piss off Ferrari and Ford at LeMans, anyways.
Honestly, this burnout-prepared, LS-swapped C4 ripping it up in Australia has our attention, and for good reason: we’ve said before that if you quit looking at C4s as sports cars and start looking at them as a two-seat muscle car, suddenly things will make more sense. Don’t see the gold-chainer’s ride…see instead an IROC-Z that lost that near-useless back seat and a bit of weight! Remember, kids…Corvettes were meant to be used, not to be polished up lawn art!
