The World's Starting Fourth Dimension Chevrolet Corvette C8 Sold For P 152.5 Million

The history-making VIN # 0001 of the first mid-engined Chevrolet Corvette was sold for a whopping USD three i G 1000 ( P 152.5 million) at the 49th Annual Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction.

The black-on-black Corvette Stingray 3LT alongside the Z51 surgical operation parcel was auctioned to tending The Detroit Children’s Fund, a nonprofit focused on high-potential investments to render Detroit schoolhouse children the chance to have an first-class education.

The winning bid was placed past times Rick Hendrick, founder too CEO of Hendrick Companies.

Hendrick volition locomote able to drib dead his mid-engined Corvette before than everyone else every bit assembly of the all-new sportscar hasn’t fifty-fifty started yet. Regular client deliveries volition commence before the halt of February.

The all-new 2020 Corvette comes alongside a 6.2-liter V8 producing 495 horsepower too 637 Nm of torque. It’s the most powerful Corvette e'er alongside a 0-100 km/h fourth dimension of well-nigh three seconds. It’s every bit good capable of achieving inwards excess of 1G on the sideslip pad.