The all-new 2022 Corvette Stingray Coupe is built with a smart mixed-materials strategy, enabling key features such as a strong, stiff, and lightweight main structure of six high-pressure diecast aluminum parts (that minimize the number of joints within the vehicle, making a stiffer structure that aids in handling and track cornering), industry-first carbon fiber curved rear bumper beam for weight reduction, and front and rear trunk tubs and dashboard molded from ultra-lightweight “float” derived from fiberglass and a proprietary resin. The center tunnel design offers many advantages, including easier ingress/egress for a mid-engine vehicle (no wide rocker panels), preservation of Corvette’s beloved standard removable roof panel, which can easily be stored in the rear trunk, a front storage compartment that can fit an airline-spec carry-on and a laptop bag, and smart packaging with improved cabin comfort, including an additional inch of rearward seat travel and almost double the reclining angle. The Corvette will deliver the ultimate in riding comfort coupled with outstanding cornering capabilities. This enables a light, stiff structure to serve as the foundation for the suspension system to perform in an optimized manner. The Corvette’s structure is built around its backbone: the center tunnel. The C8 Corvette comes in the following exterior colors: Torch Red, Arctic White, Ceramic Matrix Gray Metallic, Silver Flare Metallic, Hypersonic Gray Metallic, and a combination of Adrenaline Red/Jet Black interiors.
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Premium interior materials executed at a high level of quality and craftsmanship features hand-wrapped, cut-and-sew leather components with thick press stitching, generous use of real metal, stainless steel speaker grilles with Bose Performance Series audio system, and carbon fiber trim on the GT2 bucket-type seats.
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The fighter plane-inspired cabin features a cockpit that was not only moved forward by 16.5 inches but envelops the driver - conveying the high performance and aeronautic theme - vertical climate controls and ultra-thin vents that minimize the height of the instrument panel to create a low, spacious interior, and a new, squared-off, two-spoke, small-diameter steering wheel that enables an unobstructed view of the 12-inch customizable instrument cluster display. It’s the heart of this American supercar, and it sits like a jewel in a showcase, visible through the large rear hatch window much like in hyper-expensive Italian exotics.
The new location of the engine is truly the focal point for the car’s design. It’s lean and muscular, with an athletic sculptural shape conveying a sense of motion and power from every angle. The 2022 Corvette Stingray Coupe’s exterior has bold, futuristic, and I daresay, exotic Italian proportions - but it is still unmistakably Corvette. This is the Corvette that’s nothing less than a quantum leap in terms of technology, design, craftsmanship, luxury, and, of course, performance. Needless to say, I was blown away.Īnd now, The Covenant Car Company, Inc., the official distributor of Chevrolet in the Philippines, has brought over the game-changing, genre-redefining latest version of America’s sports car - the sensational (first-ever) mid-engine C8 Corvette Stingray. Not only that, the drive was held in Spring Mountain Raceway in Las Vegas. And it was the absolutely fabulous C7 version (2014-2019).
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But it wouldn’t be until 2018 - a full 36 years after I first saw a Corvette in the (fiberglass) flesh - when I would find myself behind the wheel of one. Over the years, I was mesmerized by every new Corvette that appeared on the glossy pages of Road & Track, Car and Driver, and Motor Trend - from the Corvette C4 of 1984, to the 1995 C5, to the C6 of 2005.
WHEN I FIRST laid eyes on a Corvette in my first trip to the US I was already a car-crazy 16-year-old, and it was the long-lived third-generation Coke-bottle Corvette (C3) that was on the market from 1968 all the way to 1982. The boldly designed, futuristic 2022 Corvette Stingray Coupe lands in PHL
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