Since July 2019, the one word that can accurately describe the state of America’s Sports Car is “unprecedented.” After decades of rumors, it is still kind of surreal to think that we live in a world where the Corvette wears its engine in the middle, and now we’re staring down the barrel of a hybrid, all-wheel-drive sports car with the Crossed Flags affixed to its trunk. It is truly stupefying, but the C8’s uniqueness boils down to so much more than the car itself. Production has been a whirlwind of worker strikes, natural disasters, parts shortages, and even a pandemic, and for the first time ever, new models are arriving with little-to-no surprise factor. More or less, we’ve known Chevrolet’s entire game plan for the C8 since the first year of production. This kind of insider information doesn’t just leak, especially at General Motors, but the Corvette seems to have made a transition to a place that can only be illustrated by a really good, physical, run-first football team; no trick plays necessary, here is exactly what we are going to do, stop us if you can.