---
title: "Here’s the New Badge for the Mid-Engined 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8"
description: "Chevrolet's halo car has always had its own logo, and the mid-engined C8 Corvette will be no exception."
date: "2019-04-26"
modified: "2019-04-26"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/27694/heres-the-new-badge-for-the-mid-engined-2020-chevrolet-corvette-c8"
categories:
  - "Chevrolet News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Chevrolet"
  - "Corvette"
  - "Coupe"
  - "sports car"
---

# Here’s the New Badge for the Mid-Engined 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2019/04/C8-Corvette-New-Logo.jpg>)
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The [2020 Chevrolet Corvette](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/27680/gm-adding-400-jobs-at-bowling-green-facility-to-keep-up-with-c8-chevrolet-corvette-demand>) will bring changes big and small to the iconic Americn performance nameplate. Chevy finally owned the worst-kept secret in automotive history when it confirmed the C8 'Vette's [mid-engined migration](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/27429/final-front-engined-chevrolet-corvette-to-be-auctioned-for-charity-before-switch-to-c8-platform>) earlier this year, and today it's showing off the next generation of the Corvette's historically unique logo.

Compared to the outgoing, front-engined C7, the C8 logo adds a sharper pitch to the V-shaped design by removing the notch at the bottom and pressing the two branches closer together. There are a few other changes—the pattern on the checkered flag is reversed and darkened, there's no longer a small line beneath the fleur-de-lis, and the Chevrolet logo is outlined in black rather than silver—but it's a decidedly cautious update compared to what GM is doing with the new Corvette powertrain.

![message-editor%2F1556316840820-newcorvettelogoinline.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1556316840820-newcorvettelogoinline.jpg>)
**Chevrolet**

Chevrolet's halo cars have been graced with their own emblems since the very first Polo White convertible rolled off the line in June of 1953, and the automaker [put out a neat animation](<https://www.facebook.com/corvette/videos/344463072847213/>) showing how they've changed over the decades.

What started as friendly pair of interlocking flags—one checkered, one bearing the Chevy cross and a fleur-de-lis to honor company founder Louis Chevrolet—has since evolved into a more abstract, angular semaphore leaning heavily into the current car's high-performance aspirations. This latest version looks to further that image with its raked-back style.

It's also helping to set the stage for the Corvette name's inevitable expansion. The National Corvette Museum's Facebook page [posted a brief clip](<https://www.facebook.com/corvettemuseum/videos/332776424106553/>) showing how the logo will be used in the car's infotainment and gauge cluster startup animations, which includes the phrase "Corvette by Chevrolet." If that's not some ['50s Chrysler Imperial-level branding](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_(automobile)>) we don't know what is. There have been rumors of a Corvette crossover in the past—hey, don't shoot the messenger.

The mid-engined, new-logo'd 2020 Chevrolet Corvette [will finally emerge from its camouflaged cocoon](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/27395/mid-engined-2020-chevrolet-corvette-officially-confirmed-will-debut-july-18>) on July 18. Look for more information to dribble out before then.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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