The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is the first mid-engine Vette in history. 
With an LT2 Small Block V8, the new Stingray is the fastest entry-level Vette ever. 
Prior to its on-sale date, the performance car will embark on a cross-country tour. 

The arrival of the mid-engine Corvette Stingray for 2020 is a huge deal. By moving the engine where it belongs, GM has finally stepped onto the world stage of high-end supercars. And they have done so in a manner befitting one of the largest and longest-running manufacturers on the planet. In a way, that it’s taken so long is rather puzzling. GM is embarrassingly rich in resources. And not just development cash, although they do have a ton of that. They have test facilities, computer farms, and buildings upon buildings full of whip-smart engineers who would love to get off the chain and show the world what “Yankee Ingenuity” means. And indeed, GM has shown everyone else how it’s done, from the proverbial clean sheet of paper to the final $60,000 starting MSRP.
2020 Chevy Corvette Stingray: Essential Foundations
The 2020 Corvette?s structure is built around its backbone: the center tunnel. This is not a particularly new idea. Colin Chapman designed a bunch of Lotuses (and even the DeLorean) around a center backbone design. It creates a light, stiff structure as the foundation for everything else in the car. The engine and transaxle sit solidly in the middle of the backbone, and the suspension system...