# Mid-Engine Corvette C8 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 8, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429 "2015-01-08T14:24:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![LUC1F3R](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luc1f3r/32/7299_2.png) [@LUC1F3R](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUC1F3R)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/461 "2025-08-06T14:02:26Z")
yea active aero is huge there. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/462 "2025-08-06T14:17:50Z")
The only answer is to hand both cars to The Stig and let him do back to back laps with each on the same track. ---
**Author:** ![LUC1F3R](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luc1f3r/32/7299_2.png) [@LUC1F3R](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUC1F3R)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/463 "2025-08-07T11:03:35Z")
after seeing what max just did there after 3 laps i say give them to him ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/464 "2026-01-14T13:36:17Z")
She goes straight real good > **[The King Is Here: Chevy Corvette ZR1X Clocks 1.68s 0-60, 8.67s Quarter Mile](https://www.thedrive.com/news/chevy-corvette-zr1x-clocks-8-675-second-quarter-mile-1-68-second-0-60-time)** > > Chevy's 1,250-hp, all-wheel-drive Corvette delivered a quarter-mile run better than hypercars that cost 10 times more. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/465 "2026-01-21T21:58:08Z")
god damn ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/466 "2026-02-26T15:07:52Z")
And it turns as well > **[Lightning Lap 2026: The Hottest Cars on America’s Toughest Track](https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a70236150/lightning-lap-2026/)** > > This Is Our House: For 20 years, we’ve gone south, closed the gate behind us, and lapped the newest performance cars to see how they handle the hardest test North America offers. We call it Lightning Lap. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/467 "2026-03-01T13:27:55Z")
$240k as tested. Imagine telling your parents that a new Corvette in the future could would cost that much 👀 ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/468 "2026-03-02T13:08:48Z")
Not really a fair way to look at it though. You can buy a 2026 Stingray for low to mid 70’s. A 1991 base Vette was $32500, which adjusted for inflation is $77600. The difference now is the massive gap between the base and the top of the line. A 2026 base Stingray is still a serious performance car, but a $240k ZR1X is like comparing a P51 Mustang and a F22 Raptor. Sure, the Stingray and the ZR1X are both Corvettes but under the skin they are pretty much nothing alike. The ZR1X was built to be one of the fastest cars production street cars (in my best Jeremy Clarkson voice) _in the world_. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/469 "2026-03-02T13:24:28Z")
Sorry, I wasn’t specific enough. I imagined myself traveling back in time to the ‘90s and going to a local cruise night just to film reactions of the folding chair class when I told them that I was a) from the future and b) new Corvettes will be +$200k. 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/470 "2026-03-02T13:51:44Z")
You still gotta tell them they can also buy a Stingray in 2026 for less than they paid for their 1991 (with inflation adjustment), and it would absolutely smoke their 1991 in every performance category. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/471 "2026-03-02T19:14:44Z")
Just go to a corvette meet today and ask people if they remember you. Odds are you would literally be talking to the same person you would have encountered in the past. minus the official while/blue new balance sneakers. I bet at least one will “remember you” ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/472 "2026-03-02T19:31:25Z")
A 1991 zr1 was $65k which is about $155k today. Considering how much more the zr1x is I’ll accept it lol ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/473 "2026-03-25T18:45:51Z")
Confirmed Grand Sport…. Denied manual ever coming ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/474 "2026-03-27T14:38:12Z")
After years of work I hope yall like the new ls6 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/475 "2026-03-27T19:14:23Z")
great work, we will have to grab lunch once the weather is good. ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/476 "2026-04-09T18:16:24Z")
I remember reading a quote from a corvette engineer saying it is hard to buy the current car, when you know what is coming. I made the mistake of walking through design. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/477 "2026-04-09T18:34:53Z")
So you’re saying the C9 will be better than the 8…. ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/478 "2026-04-11T02:17:55Z")
The C9 looks dope, I’ve heard ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429/479 "2026-04-13T18:06:22Z")
Standing on the shoulder of a giant, I would hope they keep the momentum. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mid-engine-corvette-c8-2020/271429.md?page=23)