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**Introducing the Mid-Engine American Sports Car**

Guys and gals, you frickin' car nerds, it is here at last - a real, honest to dog, production ready, fast AF, mid-engine American sports car. We have been dreaming and speculating and gossiping for literally decades about this thing.

**The Hype Surrounding the Car**

And I can't think of another car that's been hyped more than this besides the Supra. But the difference is, this one didn't disappoint everybody. It blew everyone's frickin' minds. Let's find out why this thing, this beautiful thing, is so special.

**Exploring the C8 Corvette**

We're going front to trunk, bumper to bumper, on the new mid-engine C8 Corvette. Big ol' big boy thanks to this week's sponsor, Audible.

**The Benefits of Listening to Audiobooks with Audible**

Listen, I like to listen to audiobooks because I never have time to read. And the Audible app makes it super easy. I actually use this almost every day. You can choose up to three titles a month - one audiobook and two Audible originals. And they have a ton of great titles to choose from in basically any genre.

**A Great Title to Listen To**

I'm looking forward to listening to Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s autobiography, which is available on Audible.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en(upbeat band music)- Guys and gals,you frickin' car nerds,it is here at last,a real, honest to dog, production ready,fast AF, mid-engine American sports car.We have been dreaming andspeculating and gossipingfor literally decades about this thing.And I can't think of anothercar that's been hypedmore than this besides the Supra.But the difference is, this onedidn't disappoint everybody.It blew everyone's frickin' minds.Let's find out why this thing,this beautiful thing, is so special.We're goin front totrunk, bumper to bumper,on the new mid-engineC8 Corvette.(lively rock music)Big ol' big boy thanksto this week's sponsor,Audible.(thunder cracks)Listen, I like to listen to audio booksbecause I never have time to read.And the Audible app makes it super easy.I actually use this almost every day.You can choose up to three titles a month,one audio book and two Audible originals.And they have a ton ofgreat titles to choose fromin basically any genre.I can't wait to listento Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s autobiography,"Racing To The Finish."Start listening with the30-day Audible trial.Your first two audio booksplus two Audible originals are free.Visit audible.com/bumper2bumperor text bumper2bumper to500-500 and get started today.Support the companies that support Donut.We couldn't make our content without them.Now back to the show.(dramatic jazz music)Now I'm as excited as youguys to dive into this car.But before we do that,we need to understandhow this car happened.(tones squeal)Mid-engine Corvetterumors and concept carshave been swirlin' aroundGM since the 1960s,thanks to engineer and avidracer Zora Arkus-Duntov.The first gen Vette startedout as a total flop.But when Zora waspromoted to Head Engineerof the Corvette program,everything changed.(upbeat electronic music)He started puttin' buffer and buffersmall-block V8s under the hood.But he always knew thatthe mid-engine layoutoffered better performance.It would push the Corvette into the ranksof exotic European sports cars.(engines rev)And even though Zora Arkus-Duntovisn't here to see it,his hard work has paid off.And I think that if Zora were here today,he would be the proudestdad that you ever did see.I've never seen a proud dad.(mellow jazz music)So the new Corvetteis a slightly different shapethan the Corvette has sort of always been.And a lotta people on the internetare boohooin' about how the new lookmight ruin the character of the Vette.But those people haveonly seen pictures of it.And in person, it looks very Corvette,the angular body lines, the sharky nose,the quad tail lights, allunmistakably Corvette.Only now, it's unmistakablyvery well-vented Corvette.There are vents in the front.(bell chimes)There's vents on the sides.(tones squeaks)There's vents above the engine.There's vents across the back,all for the sake ofcoolin' this beast's heart.Don't worry.I'm gonna get to thatafter you ring that littlenotification bell.(bell chimes)And you guys clicking thatis how we get to do stuff like this.And I don't wanna stopdoin' stuff like this.(exhales deeply)Puttin' the engine in theback means that you haveall this other room upfront for activitieslike a lower hood lineand a bigger windshieldfor better forward visibility.And yeah, now you get a frontthat can carry a suitcaseor a couple of duffle bags full of money.The critical part of thisis that if you buy one,you get to say frunk all the time.Oh, you wanna go work out?Yeah, let me go grab my gym bagfrom the frunk.(tones squirt)Sir, do you have anythingillegal in your frunk?Nah, frunk the police.The door handles are verycleverly hidden(tones chime)under the black side trimwhich keeps the designlookin' nice and clean,just like your boy.It feels like Chevy keptthe black vent trim elementfrom the C7's front quarter panelto retain some of that old character.The Corvette's hallmarkremovable roof panel is(drumbeats rattle)still removable.And it fits in the trunk, locks in nice.And the trunk can stillhold two golf bags.Now this is a very, veryimportant selling pointfor Corvette buyers.Golf bags and Corvettes go togetherlike Goober grape peanutbutter and jelly and bread.(lively jazz music)Apparently, the C8's bodyis 10% stiffer than the C7'sfor two big reasons.One is the huge, and Imean huge, center tunnelthat acts like a super strong backbone.The other is six(tones zing)extra large, extra beefy,extra strong aluminum castingsthat make up the frame.That's gonna make the newVette handle even betterthan the last one.And the last one handled very, very well.And now, it's time to go backto the back of the car.(electronic tones reverberate)(mellow jazz music)The back of the car isprobably the most identifiableCorvette part of the entire thing.The high set tail lights,(tones zing)the black low trim, they'reall a natural evolutionof all the previous designs.But there are a lot of changes too,like the vents that pass hot airout of the engine compartment.The quad tail pipes usedto be in the center.I really liked that.Now they've been squared up and split up.Don't worry, you guys.There's still four tail pipes.They're just separated.Also, you can't see it,but the rear bumper beamis made out of carbon fiber.Now that's to help offsetthe weight of the enginebeing in the back now.I know; I know.But I'm gonna say that one more time.The engine is in the back now.Well, it's in the front of the back.Okay, so like I got a tramp stampwhen I was 12 years old.And then, I hit a growth spurt.So now, my tramp stamp isat the middle of my back.Max, can we see a picture of that?(screams)Which brings us to theexciting part, the engine.It's still a pushrod engine,but its shape allowed GM to mount itlower in chassis for abetter center of gravity.And it's no slouch.The Stingray's new 6.2 liter LT2 V8makes 495 horsepower and470 pound feet of torquewith the Z51 package whichis what this car has.That includes performance exhaustsalong with improved engine cooling vents,better brakes, cooler aerodynamics,an electronic LSD and stickier tires.(mellow jazz music)Every single C8 is gonnahave a dry sump oil system,this car that costs lessthan 60 grand. (chuckles)And that'll keep the enginefrom starving for lubrication,even when it's pullin'a G or more.(engine revs)I cannot wait to see what the aftermarketdoes with these things, man.People all over the world are gonna besoupin' these bad boys up.Seein' 'em this year is gonna be sick,Corvette, Corvette,Corvette, Corvette, Corvette.(chuckles) Cool dude.(car door slams)Whoa, this is sick.It feels like a cockpit.This is the nicest cockpitof any Corvette ever, 1,000%.Goose, take me home or lose me forever!Chevy had a few goals when designingthe cockpit of the new C8.Goal number one, perfecting driver focus,optimizing the F out of visibility.I think they did a good job.The steering wheel is a new square design'cause it's square.And it's shaped so the driver can seethe entire gauge cluster.And let me tell you guys,this gauge cluster is sick.The dash also sits as low as possible,so you can see the road betterover the really small hood.This is like no Americancar dash I've ever seen.Like the amount of texture and elevation,landscapey changes, Ican't believe that thisis a $55,000 Chevy.(funky electronic music)Chevy's second goal wasto do somethin' new.And they did that for sure.The vertical climate control cluster,a.k.a. the climate control strip,is like a partition separatingthe driver and the passenger,the designers obviouslygoing for a fighter jet vibe.And this unconventional design,the layout really remindsme of a MKIV Supra,a lot more than the new Supra does.Some people like it.Some people don't like it.Personally, I love it.I feel like I get into a lotta cars,and I don't know how todo the basic car stuff,how to turn on the AC,how to turn on the seatheaters or whatever.And in this car, everythingis right here, very clear.So I can focus on lookin'cool and my golf game.(lively electronic music)That being said, the C8 doesalso have a touch screenwhich is pretty commonplacein new cars today.But what makes thisone a little bit coolerand a little bit differentis the performance datarecorder or PDR which is cool.It records your laptimes, breaking points,bunch of data when you're at the track.It's race car stuff.Race car stuff is cool.(engine revs)So let's talk about somethingthat we don't see in thecockpit, a gear shifter.For the first time in thehistory of the Corvette,it will not be availablewith a manual transmission at launch.Let's just take a momentand mourn it and move on.There is a lot of speculationthat Chevy will add one in the future.But I'm not necessarily holding my breathbecause apparently, 15% of C7Vettes were sold with a stick.And Chevy isn't gonna spend the moneyto develop a manual ifno one's gonna buy 'em.So it sucks, but it'sour fault. (chuckles)Welcome to Business Lesson 101.Don't make a product ifno one's gonna buy it.But that is not to saythat the new eight-speeddual-clutch transmission isn't great.It clicks off shifts inless than 100 millisecondsand provides continuous torque.So it is absolutely faster than a manual,hard facts from big bro.(mellow electronic music)The final goal is make theCorvette a true super car killer.And that takes more than just speed.Because who buys super cars?Rich guys.It's gotta have a nice interior.And this one is a very nice interior.GM has been hammered bypeople on the internetabout the Vette interior for a long time.So the team went out of their wayto give the C8 the feelingof true interior quality.The seats are real leather.The metal accents are real aluminum.Some trim levels will havereal carbon fiber accents.They could've just made this interioras a plastic, cozy coupe'cause that would have reallyhelped their bottom line.After all, GM is in thebusiness of making money.But they're playing with themid-engine kids now, all right?The piece that looks like amaterial is that material.This is a really big deal.This car is a very, very big deal.I just wanna thank everyonewho watches all of our videosbecause three years ago,I would never think thatother than my mentor andbest friend Jay Leno,I would be the second personstarting this car on YouTube.So thank you.(Vette engine rumbles)(engine revs)(laughs)This thing is very, very cool, dude.It's very weird because I knowI'm sitting in a Corvette.But I hear so much intakenoise right behind my headwhich is the coolest partabout driving a mid-engine car.Not the coolest part, it'sa very cool part though.(engine revs)(lively band music)I can't figure out how GM has made a carthis advanced, this fast, this nicefor under $60,000.In a couple of months, we're gonna seelike a thousand horsepowerversions of thesewhen people start boltin'on superchargers and turbosand stuff like that.And those cars will stillbe less than $100,000.This is a game changer, y'all.I'm probably the furthest thingfrom a Chevy guy that you will find.But I respect Chevy so much.And I wanna thank them for respecting us.They listened, and they gave the peopleexactly what they wantedand more for less.Respect.The builders of this Cressidaare the Moonlight Runners,also known as John and Astrid.They grew up in the American punk scene.And they felt a special connectionwith the boasters of the cultureof young motor headswho challenges boring.When they discoveredthey didn't quite fit inwith typical car enthusiasts around here,they were inspired tobuild something different.