The new Corvette is going topless
The new Corvette is going topless. Here what else you can expect from the highly anticipated 2020 muscle car.
The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has dropped its top.
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Chevrolet unveiled the convertible version of its forthcoming mid-engine sports car Wednesday night at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a location meant to evoke the days when astronauts with “The Right Stuff” cruised around nearby Cocoa Beach in their Corvettes.
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It’s the first Corvette convertible to employ a folding hardtop, which stows under a lid that also covers the engine bay. A retractable rear window, mounted between sleek nacelles that stretch back from behind the passengers’ heads, can be opened or closed independent of the roof.
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Chevrolet says this eighth-generation Corvette was engineered from the start with a convertible in mind, so its chassis is structurally similar to the coupe. The convertible gets just a few tweaks to its suspension and has the same aerodynamic drag as the coupe when their roofs are closed, with the "coupe" featuring a manually removable Targa-style roof panel.
Chevrolet hasn’t detailed the difference in weight, but both cars use the same 6.2-liter V8, with up to 495 horsepower, and the eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission that goes with it.
The Corvette coupe comes standard with a manually removable roof panel. (Chevrolet)
The convertible retains a trunk behind the engine that’s large enough to fit two golf bags, as well as a second compartment in the nose of the car. Pricing starts at $67,495, which represents a $7,500 premium over the coupe, and deliveries are scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2020.
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The Stingray coupe features a transparent engine cover in place of the convertible's tonneau. (Chevrolet)