Base 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray to boast 490 hp

Essentially the most jaw-dropping second on the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray’s debut occasion wasn’t when the sheet got here off the automobile, or once we heard it roar to life. No, it was once we discovered it might price underneath $60,000.

But, till now, we did not understand how a lot energy the sub-$60,000 Corvette Stingray would offer. Common Motors spokesman Kevin Kelley confirmed with Motor Authority that the bottom Stingray mannequin will include 490 horsepower, and torque will stay unchanged at 470 pound-feet. That is 5 hp lower than the determine touted on the debut occasion. Consumers get the additional 5 hp when choosing the Z51 bundle and the efficiency exhaust. The Z51 bundle on the present C7-generation Corvette Stingray additionally bumps the horsepower from 455 to 460.

2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray

What’s nonetheless unclear is how a lot the Z51 bundle will add to the bottom value, which we determine at $59,995. Nonetheless, 490 hp for lower than $60,000 is sort of a discount, particularly when it is all bundled in a mid-engine bundle that guarantees a Zero-60 mph time of simply over three.Zero seconds.

Each 2020 Corvette Stingray shall be powered by the LT2 6.2-liter V-Eight mounted within the center paired with a dual-clutch automated transmission. Not solely is that this the primary time the Corvette has gone mid-engine (nicely, for a manufacturing automobile), it is the primary time a DCT will deal with shifting duties. Proper now, it seems Chevy has no plans to drop a guide transmission within the C8-generation Corvette. That is a bummer as a result of this may very well be the world-beating Corvette the model has needed to construct for many years. Including a touch of engagement with the powertrain by the shifter and third pedal can be the proverbial cherry on high.

Manufacturing of the mid-engine Corvette Stingray will kick off this late this 12 months, with gross sales to observe quickly thereafter.