CHEVROLET CORVETTE

⋆ Rating 4.5

ENGINE 6162cc V8, OHV, 16v

POWER 369kW @6450rpm

TORQUE 637Nm @4500rpm

0-100KM/H 3.0sec (claimed)

WEIGHT 1655kg • PRICE $160,500

LIKE: Charisma of that V8; atmo power delivery; benign ride and handling

DISLIKE: Styling might take some time to get used to; order lead time

PRODUCTION OF THE eighth-generation (C8) Chevrolet Corvette got off to a slow start at the end of 2019. Much of 2020 was also understandably problematic. Other than for mask makers and online retailers, of course, it can’t have been a good year for anyone.

Now, however, Chevrolet’s production lines at the Bowling Green plant in Kentucky are cranked up and running apace, building Corvettes at a rate of some 50,000 per year, most of which are currently being gobbled up by the North American market. Wherever they’re headed, that’s