Corvette Generations:
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8
Corvette: Year by Year
1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 19631964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
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1973 Corvette Four Rotor / Aerovette
Although the 2020 C8 Corvette is the first mid-engine Corvette to be available to the public, it is not the first mid-engine Corvette.
There actually has been a considerable number of mid-engine Corvette prototypes and possibly the most significant one is the 1973 Aerovette.
The four rotor engine in the Aerovette was actually two two rotor Wankel engines harnessed together by a chain drive. They shared common water and oil pumps but each engine had its own distributor and Quadrajet carburetors.
At the time GM was keen on the rotary engine. But then the first of two gas crisis hit in the 1970s and the rotory's excessive fuel consumption caused its enthusiasm to disappear.
With the existence of the four rotor Aerovette it could be said that a Corvette was officially equipped with a rotary engine although none were sold to the public. When it became clear that a rotary engine was not part of GMs future, a Chevrolet V8 was installed and it was renamed Aerovette. The car still exists and is located in a GM museum.
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