This Is the Quickest Twin-Turbo C8 Corvette in the World, Does Low-9s Runs 8 Mar 2021, 12:58 UTC ·
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Remember when the original Fast and Furious movie brought the 10-second quarter-mile car under the spotlights? Well, that was two decades ago. Nowadays, you can buy a 9s machine straight from the showroom. Of course, certain aficionados still prefer to distill their own nine-second animals using aftermarket attention. So, why not take the C8 Corvette Stingray down this route? 6 photos
Ever since GM announced the phenomenal sub-$60,000 starting price of the mid-engined Vette back in 2019, enthusiasts had a dream: strap a pair of turbos to the 6.2-liter V8 sitting behind the seats and give supercars/hypercars hell on a budget.
Twin-Turbo C8 Corvette Races Big Boost Audi R8, Cops Show Up 10 Feb 2021, 18:58 UTC ·
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Now that the V8 has migrated to the middle of the machine, you might expect Ferraris to be the primary target of C8 Corvette owners who take their Chevys deep down the aftermarket rabbit hole. And while that assumption is by no means wrong, we can t overlook the Audi R8; before the midship Vette came along, the German toy was the go-to vehicle for those seeking the said configuration on a budget not quite as spicy as that demanded by Italian exotics. 6 photos
So, it s nice to see that owners of the C8 and the R8 are getting along. And by that, we re referring to a friendly session of straight-line racing between a pair of YouTubers owning such beasts.