Realising a long-standing dream

General Motors has studied the possibility of a mid-engine Corvette for decades. Original chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov conceived of such a variant as far back as the late Fifties. This led to the Chevrolet Engineering Research Vehicle (CERV) I and II of the early Sixties – the latter conceived as a competitor to Ford’s all-conquering GT40. Further mid-engine prototypes were developed, resulting in the XP-882, XP-895 and XP-897GT of the early