Yesterday we posted these fantastic spy photos showing the 2024 Corvette E-Ray on the Nurburgring from Stefen Baldauf and now that I’ve had some um, personal time alone with the images, I want to share these extreme close-up shots that really help to bring the car to life.
We already see that this Corvette prototype has drilled brake rotors which appear to be a first for the C8 era. So what else do we see looking at the high-res photos?
One of the interesting items we found on one of the Corvettes is this sticker of a mystery man affixed to the No.7 Corvette just behind the passenger window:
We reached out to several team members to try and find out more about it, but they are keeping their cards pretty close to the chest. Corvette vehicle chief engineer Josh Holder told us “It’s an inside joke…probably only funny to us,” while another team member told us through a third party that it’s “just guys goofing around…nothing to see here.”
We also mentioned yesterday that the No.4 Corvette E-Ray has these plugs with Red and Black caps mounted on the driver-side front fender. We don’t see these plugs on the No.7 prototype:
Before yesterday’s Nurburgring pics arrived in my mailbox, I had just featured some of the Z06 Accessory items that include this visible carbon fiber accessory spoiler. As soon as I started reviewing the Corvette E-Ray photos, that rear spoiler jump right out at me and on review it appears to be the same as the Z06 Accessory spoiler:
Some of the comments we hear all the time from enthusiasts has to do with complaints about the C8’s wheel gap. I think the engineers nailed it here:
Here is a comparison of the LT2 vs LT6 corner-mounted exhaust ports. The E-Ray seems to be using the same tips as the Stingray (so far), while the Z06’s Export Exhaust has the squared top and rounded bottoms:
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Photo Credits: Stefen Baldauf-SB Medien
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Helluva wicker bill…how many pounds of downforce there??
It’s a Freddie Mercury sticker because even the engineers think the idea of an electrified Corvette is gay.
Wheel gap? Ha, if you weighed 8000 lbs you wouldn’t have any wheel gap either!
That’s Nichola Tesla………SHOCKING !!!!
Mike hit it right on, baggage load.
Looks like Bill Aucoin, former manager for KISS.
Or Craig Singause from MOTOWEEK
Red and Black caps: Positive and Negative charging for front-wheel electric motors. But why are they not the GM-style EV plug? If the car has dual motors, might they be a different configuration than The GM-style EV plug?
Don’t worry it will be 225K.
Jim’s Freddy Mercury post wins the internet today.
I know I’m not supposed to laugh at that, but….LOL!
hey Keith Cornette / admins: can you delete Jim’s homophobic comment above?
The Corvette community doesn’t need that mentality – using “gay” in a derogatory way or as an attempt as an insult is archaic and hurtful (not to mention lazy, stupid and unimaginative) and brings down this blog. Thanks.
I’m with Vee Eight….homophobes need not apply here!!….And of course Queen Freddie would approve of something so electrifying!
I think the majority laughed. A funny joke is far from being a homophobe comment.
BlitzBabb: majority? you’re assuming.
I don’t find jokes funny that use an entire group of people as a derogatory punchline.
Here, let me explain it in a way that will hopefully help bring out your empathy: take Jim’s “joke” and substitute the word *gay* with a different group of people, like perhaps *your* specific ethnic or religious group. I think you would find the “joke” much less funny. ✌️
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