C8 Blast From The Past

[John]

A definition of a mule for a brand new vehicle is one which “provides proof of concept.” (Or proves that concept to be a failure.) Clearly, from what we now know, the below mule proved the mid engine C8 Corvette to be a viable option.

We thank Tool Hoarder for this wonderful four year old memory.

4 years to be exact... January 2015 the first Holden ute body mule was seen...

And thank Road & Track for this memorable article.

This is the mid-engine Corvette test mule

It's unreal, yet totally real, and it's happening.

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BY ALEX NUNEZ
JAN 8, 2015 CHRIS DOANE AUTOMOTIVE

This is the mid-engine Corvette that all of you called BS on when that that story broke back in October.

Well, it's obviously not the final car, but it's officially our favorite cobbled-together test mule ever—C7 passenger cell, with flared-out Holden ute bodywork around it. Why make the mule a Vetteamino? Well, that engine's got to go someplace.

Car and Driver has a mountain of additional spy shots, so you should go there right now.


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CHRIS DOANE AUTOMOTIVE


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CHRIS DONE AUTOMOTIVE

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-car...tte-test-mule/

[meyerweb]

I remember that, but I'm not sure that's the C7 passenger cell, as they describe. The windshield doesn't seem raked steeply enough.