Adam Boca

Drive.......1st gear

WICKEDFRC

Looking just below your red line behind the seats, is that a painted surface? Could be the lid to hid a retractable roof?

RapidC84B

Guys... just realized the car has a full roll-bar and not just a harness bar... that's rollbar padding on a diagonal bar between the harness bar and main hoop.

64drvr

When you are shifting manually, that will allow large numbers on display.

marknagy13

I noticed that as well. I also noticed that the spot where a potential shifter could be is covered and is lifted off the center console a bit. Potential manual shifter under there?
We've already seen the interior so why cover that up? Also, why would it be lifted up like that when the shots we've seen of the console are flat? Hmmmm.....

RapidC84B

It's lifted up to get your hand under there and work the control which looks like the control in my wife's Mercedes.

NoOne

Not at idle, my C7 was around that when hot idling.

marknagy13

That doesn't necessarily make sense because lots of **** is covered here that the driver might need access to. Secondly, we have already seen the pics of it so why cover it at all?

RapidC84B

The leaked pic was a leak... they still have security protocols in place. The cup holder door is up and some kind of button and wire are taped to the underside. The rest of the covering is up to work the hand pad and dial control like you find in a modern Mercedes... there is no stick shift hiding in there...

RJ-92

Not for modern high-volume pumps at idle. My Yamaha motor SHO used to be around 13 at idle and 55ish around 7000RPM.

jefnvk

A) because camo policy doesn't revolve around supposedly leaked pics on the internet, and
B) because camo policy dictates that area is covered when the vehicle is in public.

Console and dash covers are a royal PITA, but so is getting yelled at if you're the guy that gets photoed breaking it. Yes, they must stay on when driving the car down the road.

ChiefBoats

I love all this back and forth, this is that, and those that say all are wrong, this should be that way, this should be this way............GM is pulling the strings here and jerking some chains, and having a blast, leaking this here and there. They're all kicking back having fun reading all the posts and articles from the forums and rags. They know what they're doing.

WICKEDFRC

Exactly. That is why I was suggesting the panel just behind the seats may be a lid to cover a retractable roof.

And if you follow the window pillar up, there is a split in the molding. Don't have that split in a hardtop.

RapidC84B

There is no true hard top... the coupe is still a targa. Would need to see the back glass on this mule to see which it is. The coupe has a black hard panel and the vert has a canvas piece covering the area.

WICKEDFRC

After viewing the video a few times, I am thinking this video is a staged video that was "proofed" and "edited" before it could be released.

How is it that with the windows down, these putzes with cameras only got quick peeks inside the vehicle and seemed to spend more time on the exterior than the details of the interior?

I mean, not even a video clip how they opened the doors?

For anyone that up and personal with the C8, I'd be panning the hell out of everything, to include the A-Pillars, B-Pillars, roof, center console, engine (if visible) etc.

Seems too....."sterilized" as a video that had so much potential.

Who knows. maybe I am wrong too. Hahahaha

marknagy13

I'm not convinced. If the photo was really a leak, then it wouldn't have had the screens blurred out. I think it was definitely released on purpose. I'm just hoping for a manual hahah

7LitreC5

Sure sounded like it to me.

WICKEDFRC

So, is this a targa or....a hardtop convertible? Where would the targa top be placed if this is in fact a targa?

Meh, nevermind. I see the rooflines clearer in the follow-up link below, POST #330.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...thread-11.html

RapidC84B

Both cars are coupes based on the awesome pics here - https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1599678743

jefnvk

It may have been an actual interior picture. I have no clue. What I do know, as someone who drives camo vehicles, is I don't get to make my own determination that since there are pictures of something online, that I don't have to cover it anymore. If the OEM tells me to keep the interior covered, I keep it covered.