[ACCIDENT] First 2020 Corvette Stingray Crashes

Aug 10, 2019

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[ACCIDENT] First 2020 Corvette Stingray Crashes

This morning we wake up to find the first 2020 Corvette Stingray accident has occurred as Chevrolet continues to validate the cars prior to production starting in December.

We came across the photo that was posted to Facebook via Wrecked Muscle Cars and Classics from Adam Newman and there is a description of the crash. Props to the original photographer who wasn’t named in the post:

The first of I’m sure many 2020 Corvette Stingray wrecked on the road. Wife spotted on her drive to Yosemite here in Ca. The car was apart of a rally with GoPros mounted on the vehicle. Took a wide turn and the rear wheel off an SUV with a family in it heading opposite direction around a turn.

Sounds like this Elkhart Lake Blue Corvette was part of the caravan of 2020 Corvettes we wrote about earlier this week that is testing out west. Those aren’t GoPros on the cars, they are some sort of monitoring or testing equipment that each of those cars we saw had mounted on the passenger side of the roof.

This accident with the C8 prototype is strangely reminiscent of the very first 2014 Corvette Stingray crash that also featured a Blue car and a very curvy Arizona road.

We see that the airbags went off and hopefully everyone involved is okay. Despite the negative publicity that a crash in public brings, it’s also an opportunity for the Corvette Team to review the safety systems and the structural integrity of the car to make sure it performed as it should.

We’ll add any further details as they become available.

Source:
Adam Newman / Facebook

8 COMMENTS

C6ron7 Aug 10, 2019 At 11:14 am

RIP Little Buddy ?
TONY MILO Aug 10, 2019 At 11:33 am

OUCH !!!
Bob Manwaring Aug 10, 2019 At 12:59 pm

Unsafe at any speed? DOH!!!
73shark Aug 10, 2019 At 1:32 pm

I guess it won’t take as much Crusher time now. 😉
linelock Aug 10, 2019 At 4:40 pm

lmao it was buddies wife driving too he wouldnt let her drive finally she bitches enough, he pulls over, they swap, and within 2 minutes its a head on collision
Henry Aug 10, 2019 At 6:41 pm

Pic reminds of an old quote about Vettes back in the 70’s….
They break apart like ceramics !!
Luigi Aug 11, 2019 At 4:13 am

I would buy it as is for 1G
Charles Duzzie Aug 11, 2019 At 11:03 am

So, does that make GM responsible for endangering private citizens on the road??