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The mid-engine Corvette is here … and we’re in it FIRST RIDE

“We’re none too pleased to have you here.”

Soul-crushing words from Corvette chief engineer Tadge Juechter. Chevy’s PR department, relenting to MotorTrend’s barrage of begging for early C8 Corvette access, has twisted Juechter’s arm into letting me ride shotgun for three rotations of a development drive in the latest C8 prototypes.

His team is loath to expose the press to anything less than a fully baked, buffed, and polished, production-ready, no-excuses Corvette—and this drive is a crucial step in that process. Upon solemnly swearing not to report on any quality lapses I may detect, I strap into the

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