Njengoba nazi kahle, isizukulwane esilandelayo iChevrolet Corvette, iC8, izophawula ukuphela kwenkathi emotweni yezemidlalo yaseMelika. Isihambile iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-60 lapho i-Corvette ihlale ithembekile enjinini yangaphambili nangemuva kwe-wheel drive, imoto yezemidlalo yamukela "ukumiswa okujwayelekile" kwezimoto ezinkulu: i-mid-injini kanye ne-back-wheel drive.
Uma kubhekwa lolu shintsho oluseduze, akumangazi ukuthi indali yekhophi yokugcina yesizukulwane samanje i-Corvette, i-C7, ikhiqize isithakazelo esikhulu. Manje, ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule simemezele ukuthi le Corvette C7 Z06 izothengiswa yinkampani iBarret-Jackson, sekuyisikhathi sokukutshela ukuthi le yunithi ibiza malini.
Ithengiswe ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-2,7 (cishe ama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-2.4), inani lokuthengiswa kwaleli khophi laya enhlanganweni esiza abantulayo. Naphezu kwenani eliphezulu, lena akuyona i-Corvette ebiza kakhulu, enamakhophi asendulo emoto yezemidlalo yaseMelika asedayiswe kakade ngemali engaphezu kwezigidi ezintathu zamaRandi.
Yini elandelayo?
Manje njengoba iyunithi yokugcina yesizukulwane se-C7 isidayisiwe, ukukhanya kugxile kakhulu ku-Corvette C8. Kuhlelelwe ukwethulwa ngoJulayi 18, okwamanje akukho okuningi okwaziwayo ngesizukulwane se-C8.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Nokho kwaChevrolet sebekwazisile ukuthi yize injini isiyishintshile indawo kodwa le modeli izohlala ithembekile kuV8. Kakade ngokwamanye amahemuhemu, inguqulo yokufinyelela kufanele ibe nokuvela kwe-LT1 yamanje, ibhulokhi elincane elifiselekayo elingu-6.2 l elisetshenziswa isizukulwane se-C7, kodwa ngamandla akhuphukela enanini elizungeze i-500 hp (+ 40 cv).