When Chevrolet introduced the sportscar to the American motorist in January 1953, it became clear that Detroit had had enough European brands trumping American soil with their pompous attitude. The Corvette became a symbol of national pride, and seven decades later, it stands tall and proud as the longest-running nameplate in the sportscar business.
America was also very gracious in introducing the world to another magic automotive innovation—the station wagon, which eventually spawned the sports utility vehicle genre that is so ubiquitous today. The SUV (and its many derivatives, but let’s call it what it is) has become the tyrant of the highway inasmuch as nearly all brands go head over (w)heels to have at least one in their lineup.
There’s a four-door, raised-driving-position option for all tastes from Rolls-Royce to Lamborghini and from Porsche to Ferrari. (Ferrari, shut up and sit down, the Purosangue is a damn SUV, no matter what you claim, just like the original Ford Thunderbird was a sportscar). However, the Corvette kept true to its origins and didn’t steer clear of its bloodline one-tenth of an inch (until now, at least).
But what if it did? What if the most sportscar ever made suddenly decided that soccer mums need to compete in the Grocery Challenge Cup and offer a fast alternative to the city-hall-sized SUVs? Like, say, a Corvette wagon. A proper five-door wagon derived from the eighth generation of the legendary nameplate, like the one envisioned by Garrett Reed, a Digital Creator best known for his cyberworld persona @americanmusclehd.
Photo: Instagram/@americanmusclehd
His latest dream revolves around the idea that all men are equal. Still, they don’t all have the necessary horsepower to line up at the strip with the whole family in the car. So here it is, a spacious automobile wearing the Corvette C8 emblem of distinction and offering two rows of seats and enough trunk to go on vacation with two kids and a dog.
Now, don’t go asking about that mid-engine insignificant detail because that’s why pixels were made for – to allow every drop of imagination to become (virtual) reality. And who’s to say it’s not an electric vehicle, anyway? Oh, yes, the quad tailpipes – well, if you put it that way, I don’t know what else to say other than, ‘Maybe he put the engine where it belongs and not in the trunk?’
This cool power wagon deserves the full accolades of a roaring All-American V8 (ok, maybe not all-American, since Ferrari inspired the flat-plane crank V8 in the Z06 variant of the Corvette C8). But whatever it is, please make it a proper V8 muscle engine for this ‘I must be dead and in car heaven’ sacrilege to the Corvette heritage.
In fact, if we take a grammatical approach to this conceptual proposal, this Corvette is the real Sport Utility Vehicle. Yes, there are German wagons with plenty of horsepower to shame traditional sportscars. Still, those are designed and engineered to be a family hauler right off the bat. And the Ferrari 456 GT Venice (all seven examples) custom-built for the Sultan of Brunei doesn’t’ count.
After nearly two decades in news television, Răzvan turned to a different medium. He’s been a field journalist, a TV producer, and a seafarer but found that he feels right at home among petrolheads. Full profile
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