First in the U.K. and California, and now Detroit has the chance to imagine the next-generation Corvette; the design possibilities of the Chevrolet Corvette of the future have been highlighted. More exactly, Warren, Michigan, is the focus here. As the home of the famous General Motors Design Center, the Chevrolet Corvette CX Concept provides the most revealing look yet into the future of Chevy’s top-level sports car. Second place goes to Corvette ZR1X, which became America’s first 1250-hp hybrid hypercar.
Chevrolet says this is not the next-generation Corvette, which would be known by the internal designation C9 upon its debut a few years hence. Although they admitted it would have a major impact on the C9, company representatives stressed it is only an idea. The name CX was deliberately chosen to inspire designers to look beyond the C9 and into the C10, the model following the next one once the current-generation C8 reaches the end of its lifetime.
Although Chevrolet includes many design components from the two previous international ideas, it claims this is mostly arbitrary. Every design team came up with their own ideas; afterward, all three worked together to improve them. Moreover, Chevrolet Corvette CX is still a Chevy even with the premium components that will be examined shortly. It seems as though an internal effort to make Corvette into its own sub-brand with several models was abandoned. Chevy is clear that these ideas aspire to elevate the Corvette name within the Chevrolet brand.
Like the original California Corvette Concept, this model is an electric car. (The first U.K. concept was an electric vehicle devoid of a specific name or propulsion.) With four electric motors, one at each wheel, the Chevrolet Corvette CX is said to have 2,000 hp, enabling all-wheel drive and active torque vectoring. Here, the word reportedly is used since all of these criteria are as fantastical as the automobiles themselves. To maximize weight distribution and center of gravity, a 90-kWh lithium-ion battery is situated low inside the chassis. Chevrolet says the battery pack will be housed in a completely carbon-fiber chassis meant with aerodynamics in mind, much like an Aston Martin Valkyrie.
