C8 Corvette - EURO SPEC: We FINALLY Drove it! | Carfection 4K 

Say what you will of American cars but the vette deserves respect and it has good heritage

I suspect that never in the history of Corvette drivers, has the phrase "love the autumnal colours" ever been uttered.

Yep, you nailed it. This is the everyday version. Take it anywhere, any time. Quiet, comfy, room for luggage - and owners in the US are getting just under 30mpg on the highway! Nothing wrong there! Though if you took the Z51 to the track, it would put down very serious times. But, indeed, the upcoming versions will be more "lively". Aren't we lucky to see a relatively affordable, real sports car we can actually put some serious miles on.

Finally got to see a C8 up close today here in the states, and was amazed how exotic it looks.

Nice to see one doing something other than setting fire to its tyres and going 1/4 of mile.👍

Can’t wait for the triple tests. Porsche Cayman GTS, Lotus Emira V6 & Chevrolet Corvette 3LT.

Loved the colour coordination between the Cola can, McD box and the 'Vette in the background in the opening scene. Well played!

The production quality on these videos is out of this world. So much higher than what you normally expect from a youtube video.

C8 is a game changer.

Henry is the best. What a great ending to this piece.

When you consider the age group that these are aimed at (in the US) it makes sense that the suspension is focused more towards comfort as opposed feedback. It presents something a bit different in a segment filled with harder edged sports cars.

Wait for the Z06. It will answer all of your "this car feels a bit soft" concerns. The base isn't track focused. It's a GT. The Z06 and ZR1 (or Zora or whatever) will be the attack machines. I like that a European tester is critical of an American sports car being refined and not on the edge. It's Opposite Day apparently. lol

I feel like the “base” corvette has always been more of a GT car. I’m curious what your thoughts will be of the Z06. Hope to see you behind the wheel of one.

A simply fabulous thing...that can actually be used in th real world, whatever that is 🤔 great vid Henry

I always look forward to your videos with Henry so much (not that anyone else is bad). Production quality and footage is just top notch.

The flat-plane crank hardcore Z06, the NSX equivalent E-Ray, the twin turbo ZR1, and the Ferrari SF-90 beating Zora are still to come!

Corvette's are great no matter what generation. My favourite is a C3 chrome bumper scoop back

I’m a Porsche guy and believe their engineers design the best sports cars on the planet, but I really like vettes and have a huge amount of respect for the new C8 especially at the price point. Much prefer the older versions, but this is a very nice car.

I just realized, Henry looks like a British Dr. House and I cannot unsee it now.

Another great video Henry & Crew, thank you!

As soon as the Z06 is available to order they won’t be able to take my money fast enough 💰

As an American viewer pretty happy with yalls response to the car I think it’s fantastic. Iv gotten to drive several both with and without magniride and yes the stock suspension is a little more agile but doesn’t do well for bumpy roads

great report. finally a report about the things I find important. Handling analysis, thank you Henry, the Australia need for handling is very similar to the Brits.

Bro, you are simply killing it and making great reviews that are engaging. Worth it

Beautifully done as always Henry!

Seems like the new C8 corvette is the U.S version of an Audi R8 .. R8's are considered one of the best daily driver supercars.

Man i love this channel! love the way videos look so high quality

Wonderful short review with excellent video editing. Great job as usual Henry!

Have to remember this is the base stingray, the hard core variants will come! You can't put all your eggs in one basket

I'm a Yank so I may be a little biased, but it's still amazing to me what Chevrolet was able to accomplish with this car for the price.

Wow didn't realise, so close to a million. Been watching since the xcar days. With the addition of Mr Wolverine, this has been a joy to experience. Thanks for all the effort, presentation and shoot edit , everything. Cheers to the team and to everyone who has watched and commented as each video has such a nice community around it which has made it so engaging.

This a comfy, refined, gentleman's GT cruiser, not a hell-raiser. That said, it's still a very quick and capable car. Fantastic every-day sports car.

Interesting role reversal. From mid 70s to the late 90s the US emissions regs were more strict than Europe's so the European cars in US spec were very often less powerful than the European spec cars. Also US spec European cars back then tend to have more equipment as standard where in Europe it had to be optioned. Prime example being the E28 M5. Now the Euro spec C8 is less powerful than US spec because of GPF and they come standard with Z51 package and Summer Tires. How times have changed!

Henry Catchpole,journo legend!

Once again a really great review. Much appreciated!

Wonderfully deatiled and informative review. Thanks Henry. Sounds like a lovely car too.

In the United States Corvette drivers stereotypically are old men in denim shorts with long white socks. This level of Corvette is nice and soft for them. Can't wait to see the Z06 and ZR1.

Ive had the C8 for 10 months now, the best car ive ever driven. Better than any of my M cars, a GT3 equal on the road IMO, been a wonderful experience thus far.

One passed me on Brno to Prague motorway last week. Gorgeous claret red colour. Thought it was a new Ferrari at first as driver had the roof panel off. Real road presence. Thing is WIDE.

Tempting, very tempting now I have seen your views on it. Thanks as usual

Very honest review.

Ahhh it's just so good! I think it's brilliant that we're finally getting a RHD Corvette - this car does so many things that we wish the German cars were still doing. And that V8, well it's pretty damn good is it not. Just need to stumble across 80 grand now 😂 Awesome video guys!

no one dose videos like Carfection! Keep it up ! Love from Sweden

That V8 makes some wonderful sounds

These things drive fantastically, great review by Henry as per usual 🙌

A really usable GT. That interior is really sharp looking, too. I want the HTC version because not only do you get wind in your hair, you also get more boot space than just about any other open top sports GT on the market with the top down, making it great for cross continental touring for two. So much more than a track toy.

This man allways has amazing reviews 👏 👌

What a review! Bravo 👏

Another Henry vid, as always top stuff in fact I'd go so far as to say the best in the industry. Real, non judgmental information told in an engaging and clever way, I don't know when he sleeps because the hard work shows in every instalment and they are many. Thanks Henry but please don't burn yourself out. Would love to see you review the 917K and the 330 P4 but maybe you just won't fit.

It's so crazy that we've finally got the mid-engined dream car Corvette we've always wanted, and it's going to be replaced by an electric vehicle any day now.

Those roads so smooth

Flaco you are one of the best auto journalists, 🙇🏻‍♂️

These new Vette's look way better in person than they do in pictures/videos...

Chevy have really stepped up their game, build quality is significantly better than previous models. 👌

Getting ever so closer to the 1m subs, keep it up guys!

Such a pleasure to watch this review. Really well done and hit on the points of the Corvette. Most sport cars will do the trick, it's more about the driver than the car. I've been driven in a van around a race track faster than I could drive a formula 3 car when I was first learning. I like the smoothness of the Corvette for 90 percent of the drives, the other 10 percent I would be in a GT3.

Great review. Hopefully UK and Europe won't have the dealer mark ups that have been everywhere in the US

Again, a great review. Really interesting- this looks like a proper sports car to rival the best that Europe has to offer. And more distinctive than the ubiquitous German products. Can’t wait for the Z06 or ZR-1, if they decide to make them.

that is the best driver -centric interior i have seen. salivating

This is a daily super car essentially. A car you can do things with other than race or car shows.

As an American, I offer my blessings to your digestive system and overall sense of well being after eating and drinking that processed crap. Highly recommend a trip to Texas for a fresh piece of cow and a local German-recipe brew. The new Corvette might be the best bargain that ever existed in a sports car. I feel it's the first affordable supercar actually. I've seen a few tooling around Texas. And I am amazed that they are instantly recognizable, from the front at least, as a Corvette. I came up on one at a stoplight and from the rear at a distance, I didn't know if it was a Ferrari or a new NSX. I suppose that's the point. Hey look everyone, a supercar you can afford! Pretty good trick. The only design-flaw I see is the air intakes on the side would have looked better inverted with the long piece on the bottom. Also makes me happy to hear that from a Brit's perspective the quality is good. I know American cars have a lot to compete with when compared to their German and Japanese rivals. And the best part is those LS Chevy engines are ultra-reliable. People are easily getting over 200K miles out of them.

Stay humble people it takes more than 100 years to get an American import in India

Just a reminder, this is the base model car. Nothing too crazy there. The Z06, ZR1 and maybe a Zora model are in the future. Z06 just released…

Performing the "track alignment" and keeping it that way makes the steering feel waaayyyy more sharp and way more "pointy" and direct with the steering. I highly recommend it unless you're really just using it as a GT car. The track alignment makes it a little more twitchy for highway drives so there is a tradeoff.

Nobody ever talk s about polymer fiberglass body basically rustproof!

The choice between this and evo for the first video.. the evo review doesn’t even have Steve in it. No contest carfection perfection. Great video, well shot, amazing soundtrack and awesome presenter. Job done! Great stuff, cheers. Correction the Evo review IS with Steve! Epic!

Great review.

I rly like the way this car looks and sounds Maybe one day Maybe...

1919-1886 = 33 I'm familiar with the Queen's English, of course, but is there also a Queen's Arithmetic? ;)

If they haven't specified at what speed it produces x downforce then assume it's at or near the car's top speed for the sake of marketing a large number...

"Attraction of NA V8 in the sea of turbo sixes". Beautifully stated!

Hello from Atlanta, Georgia, new to this channel and really enjoyed the video. I have a red Z51 on order since a year ago very similar to this one. My spec came to 90k US

Awesome review, I hope it will have lots of angry versions, including overpowered Zora, until it eventually become an electric

Excellent review. The Z06 will be amazing with NA flat plane crank. Either sound much better than modern Ferrari’s.

My dad and I just did a trip to the tail of the Dragon, 1600 miles round trip, in one of these (fully optioned) and I'd agree it is an amazing gt car. It was the easiest 1600 miles ever. All the creature comforts are great and it handles the twisty roads with ease, and we even had the all seasons on and not the performance tires that come with the z51 normally.

Very well done this car! And relatively cheap to get an American car experience in your hands!

Already missing the C7 shape so much

Enjoyed the video even though this car doesn’t interest me.

I love this channel.

Well done

Never in all my life did I think I'd say "Yes, I'd buy a Corvette". I still feel like it looks a bit cheap on the outside, but wow that interior is one of the best quality ones I've seen come out of America. Though, I don't want to know what it's fuel economy is.

Americans are making impressive vehicles lately. Great video!

Henry in a Corvette! Yes!

You guys nail it every time, I see my notification and will make time every time to watch listen and enjoy over a cuppa. Out for a thrash in the project car after to get a lotto ticket after coz I will want one of what every toy your taking me along for the journey with.. To date £10.36 winnings to no purchase yet. Thanks for taking me along for the ride, keep it up .epic.. Stay safe..

I love the look of this car from certain angles but can't help think that from the side, the proportions are just wrong. Its a similar feeling i get when i see the side view of the Hennessey Venom GT. The Exige/Elise looks "right", the Venom looks "wrong". Personal opinion obvs. Great video though Henry/Carfection team

Can't wait to see your review of Z06!

The first, and best American sports car period!!!!!!!!

Can't wait for the Z06 version! Supercar territory ‼️

That opening reminded me of the Rammstein song: Amerika.

Keep in mind that in the U.S., the Corvette has historically been an old man's car despite its sporting pretensions. That's why the standard model isn't razor sharp and works as a GT car very well. Wait for the Z06... It's going to set your hair on fire.

Fantastic car!

Nice video!

I'm sure the experience is somewhat ruined by those particulate filters. Add some camber upfront and remove the filters and you've got a great car!

Henry does not strike me as the kind of man to casually enjoy a chicken nugget.

This is a base model! The zo6 and zr1 will give you the spine tingling your after !!

I like it and I think I might just buy one.

As a Canadian, thank you for the “zed” not “see”. Great review of this car.

Great video. In the States it’s great value for money but I’m just not sold on those looks! It just looks like a cheap imitation of a McLaren . Would rather buy a used Audi R8 , AMG or mustang GT350. Hopefully we’re be getting the Lotus Emira over here as that looks totally stunning and refreshing.

Good review Looks a great car

man, it sounds good