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Outside of a handful of custom SEMA builds, we haven’t seen an official Corvette concept out of Chevrolet since the Stingray show car that previewed the C7 and starred in a Transformers movie in 2009. After a Guns N’ Roses-style hiatus, General Motors has finally had its Chinese Democracy moment and opened the Corvette concept floodgates in 2025. Now, it’s Corvette Nation’s turn to put on its critic hat and weigh in. Which of these new silhouettes best measures up to the great Corvette concepts of the past, and which one would you most like to see foreshadow the C9 and beyond?
Option 1: UK Advanced Design Studio Concept
This flurry of ‘Vette concepts isn’t intended for production; rather, they are meant to highlight the design talent GM employs around the globe. Fittingly, the first volley came from overseas in the United Kingdom, where the C8 is trying to gain market traction by offering right-hand drive for the first time. The UK car’s midengined proportions are highlighted by tall fenders reminiscent of the 1968-82 C3 Corvette, smooth surfaces, nods to the famed ’63 Split Window coupe in the rear and front glass, narrow lights, big wheels, and aggressive intakes out front and on the sides that look like they could be an obvious evolution from what we are seeing in the current generation. Of the three concepts, it adheres closest to the modern road-going racecar motif of hypercars like the Aston Martin Valkyre, but its sharp front also seems the least cohesive with its extra swoopy sideview – overall it’s a stunning piece of kit, as they might say back in its studio, but how does it stack up against the American efforts?
Option 2: “C10” California Corvette Concept
In July, the “C10” concept let the Pasadena studio show how the home team would handle America’s Sports Car, a generation and a half from now. The biggest takeaways for your author upon seeing the California Corvette for the first time were airflow and texture. From the tunnels leading between body and rear wheels, the waterfall hood, and the balanced look of the active rear wing, the C10 is a thing of functional aero beauty. Somehow, it marries all of that sleekness with an abundance of textures. The painstakingly detailed wheels, the dissipating paint design at the back edges of the wraparound windshield, and even the floating 3D glass treatment that ties together the tail and headlights (like a more tasteful version of the Light-Bright brake lights of the Aston Martin Vulcan); the C10 is as visually-stimulating a car as we’ve seen. It also comes with a unique party trick: the ability to remove its entire upper shell to become an open-air speedster. If it has a “but” it is the overall look of the front that comes off like some sort of non-threatening fish, but hey, AMG feels good about charging nearly $3 million a pop for its F1-powered hypercar with that same toothless shark expression, so maybe it’s a desirable look to those with more money than these humble bloggers.
Option 3: CX and CX.R Vision Gran Turismo Concepts (Warren, MI)
Last week, the third concept bowed at Carmel, California’s “The Quail, a Motorsports Gathering” as a part of Monterey Car Week. Dubbed the “CX,” the final Corvette concept was penned back at the Chevrolet Performance Studio in Warren, Michigan, and it got one enormously right that the Californians and Brits overlooked: consideration for an “.R” racing version. If the CX wasn’t inspired by a wireless computer mouse, it could have fooled us. It is smooth, sleek, and somehow ergonomic while also folding in many of the same design cues as the C10, including a wraparound windshield, waterfall hood, the air-through tunnel in front of the rear wheel, active aero (in the style of the last Ford GT), and squinting headlights. While lacking all of the interesting textures of the C10, it does remedy our gripe with the Californian with the application sharper and more aggressive look out front while also bringing an overall more cohesive look to the concept than the UK car. A unique fighter-jet-inspired canopy roof is the calling card of the CX, and the CX.R won us over with the classic Corvette Racing Yellow livery and the only real engine of any concept. While the CX, C10, and UK concepts are all-electric, the CX.R features a small, high-revving twin-turbo DOHC 2.0L V8. It has a claimed 15,000 rpm redline and makes 900 HP with the help of the hybrid system.
Alright, over to you, Vette fans. Stylistically, which of the three concept cars would you choose to take your favorite sports car into the 2030s? Take our poll below and let your voice be counted!
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None of them. Just stick with yearly upgrades to Vette as done in the 2026 Vette!!!!!!
None of these is as elegant as the lines of a P72. I wish GM would go back to fluid instead of the angular kick they’ve been on for 20 years.
The wireless computer mouse? Really??? Interesting. Wonder to what extent the votes were influenced by the CX being the only design that included a “.R” version.
I don’t like any of them and wouldn’t consider buying them if offered. I prefer the classic looks of my C6 Grand Sport convertible.
Option 4. None of the above.
#2 is the most evolutionary styling. #1 UK is closer to the ‘new’ Jag #00 ‘out of touch’ with the brand, #3 is just a beautiful supercar that has no connection to Corvette. I own a Black Rose Metallic C7 GS convertible & a Zeus Bronze C8 Stingray HTC (love the wall of buttons, once living with it and the feeling of being in the pilot-seat). The C7 is the most beautiful iteration of the Vette design language between the two but understand times change. Great style doesn’t.
I actually voted for only one half of Option 3 the CX.R. That’s a no go for me on the CX.
None, this is not a Tron video game
California. don’t like the cow catcher front end on the others. Plus it has active aero.
They are all ugly as a cow patty. Corvettes haven’t really looked very good since the early 1970’s.
California for me and not because I’m a Californian………because I’m a Northern Californian…..
All of you who are complaining, are the same ones who hated how the C8 doesn’t look or represent a true corvette, when it first came out. (I use to be one of them)
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