The cockpit rises like a fighter jet, the windshield becomes a screen, and fans literally suck air through the body. The Chevrolet Corvette CX and CX.R Vision Gran Turismo are the boldest predictions for the future of America's most iconic sports car. And yes, we'll be driving them in Gran Turismo 7.
Chevrolet revealed a pair of Chevrolet concepts at Monterey Car Week, at the prestigious The Quail event Corvettes CX (road-oriented vision) and CX.R Vision Gran Turismo (racing interpretation for digital and real tracks). They are not prototypes for direct production, but a blueprint for the design and technological dialect of future CorvettesBoth were designed and built by the studio Chevrolet Performance Studio in Warren, Michigan, as the conclusion of this year's GM global design experiment. “We have stepped away from the limitations of production vehicles,” they say at Chevy.
Design: forward to the future, with a mirror in the rearview mirror
Chevrolet Corvette Signature Lines are here: nose pushed forward, horizontal “chine” line, which delimits the upper and lower parts of the bodywork, and double rear light elements. Proportions? Long, low, athletic – the roofline measures less than 41 inches (≈104 cm). Doors? There aren't any. You enter the cabin through hunting-inspired “canopy”, which is more “Top Gun” than “stunt”.
Aero, which makes the wind: Vacuum Fan System + active wings
CX is not just a beautiful sculpture. In collaboration with GM Motorsports Aero Group they channeled air through open body tunnels, built-in fans They pull it through the bottom and diffuser, adjusting the aerodynamic balance in real time. The front diffuser and rear wing are active, forehead Suspension A-arms are shaped like winglets to reduce lift on the nose. This is “fan-car” for the 21st century – an elegant suction monster.
CX: electric hypercar with four motors and 90 kWh
The basis Corvette CX it is four-wheel drive with four electric motors, one by one on a bike, for the total >2,000 hp (≈1,491 kW) and four-wheel torque vectoring. Battery 90 kWh It's mounted low in the chassis for ideal weight distribution. While Chevrolet isn't yet giving acceleration times or top speed, the math and aero suggest it'll give the asphalt a serious shake.
CX.R: a hybrid with three-motor electrics and a V8 that screams up to 15,000 rpm
CX.R Vision Gran Turismo builds on CX’s architecture, then picks up the pace: front two electric motors, the third in an eight-speed DCT transmission, but behind mid-mounted 2.0-liter DOHC biturbo V8, which alone can do 900 hp (≈671 kW) and rotates to 15,000 rpm. V8 powered renewable e‑fuel, but together the system still aims around 2,000 hp (≈1,491 kW) – with all the explosiveness instant torque and precise vectoring. This is AWD in a racing style, in a yellow-black livery as a tribute to a quarter century of Corvette Racing.
Cockpit: digital windshield and “yoke” for gamers who drive in reality
Cabin CX it opens a door (well, a dome) to the future. Digital windscreen change the windshield to 360-degree display with real-time data, and the main functions are integrated directly into the steering wheelThe demo version also showed yoke steering wheel and a custom HUD – sort of AR cockpit, who wants you to look ahead, not at the menus. Sit in Inferno Red fabrics and charcoal from forged carbon rounding out the “NASA‑meets‑Miami” aesthetic.
Virtual runway: GT7 update this month
A duo CX and CX.R VGT is not just a static showcase piece of art. Chevy and Polyphony Digital have prepared detailed chassis, drivetrain and aerodynamics plans, so we will already this month drove in Gran Turismo 7 – an interesting short journey from the design studio to your living room. In the digital world, it will fan-car could show what "glued" means.
Speed figures? Shrouded in mist for now
Chevrolet currently does not provide an official 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) or top speed. – and rightly so. These are concepts, intended for research, not homologation. What is written is the architecture: >2,000 hp, 90 kWh at CX, three e-motors + 2.0 TT V8 at CX.R, active aerodynamics and Vacuum Fan System. We will (first) measure the rest in GT7.
The Corvette Genetic Code: Seven Decades in Two Radical Moves
CX and CX.R continue 70+ years Corvette traditions – from stingray silhouettes to four-wheel racing victories – and they write it into the dictionary of the future. This is last act this year's cycle of concepts designed by GM studios around the world (including the UK and California) – Warren's interpretation is perhaps the most "American": bold, uncomplicated and with a degree of serious technical background from the racing department.
In the fine print (which you'll want to read)
- Roof < 41 inches (≈104 cm), canopy access. No frills and no classic doors – because futurism.
- A-arm as a wing, open air ducts and active wings validated by Motorsports Aero Group.
- V8 on e‑fuel + DCT 8-speed + three e-motors at CX.R; four engines and 90 kWh at CX.
Conclusion: A Chevrolet Corvette That Makes a Splash – and the Direction for a C9, Maybe Even a C10
If Corvettes represented the democracy of speed for decades, CX and CX.R her futurology: fan-car without shame, electricity without excuses and e‑fuel V8, which is advertised at 15,000 rpm. It all works together as “first in GT7, then on the road” protocol – and that’s real news. MotorTrend says that CX is not C9, but will leave a legacy for future generations heavy impactThis is a Corvette that doesn't copy Europe; this is a Corvette that defines its future - with four engines, three motors, fans and a huge smile under the hood. canopy. Prices? There are none, because these are not production vehiclesBut take this as a hint: when the next “real” Corvette arrives, it will have genetic code CX deeply embedded. And that's a good reason to keep your finger on the "Update" button in GT7 – before being pressed in Bowling Green.
Gran Turismo 7 it is video game (read: “game”), but also the best home simulator of ego and speed that the living room has – and they come into it both of them concept: Corvette CX and CX.R Vision Gran Turismo. Chevy and Polyphony Digital have officially confirmed that the models will later this month driving in GT7, which means you will Vacuum Fan aerodynamics, a digital windscreen and 2,000 horsepower were experienced where courage is tested today: on the PlayStation steering wheel. A virtual world as a laboratory for the future Corvette? Exactly.
