---
title: "2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8 Reveal Is Happening in Orange County, California"
description: "The mid-engine Corvette will debut July 18 among the palm trees."
date: "2019-05-01"
modified: "2019-05-01"
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  - name: "Chris Tsui"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/27760/2020-chevrolet-corvette-c8-reveal-is-happening-in-orange-county-california-report"
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tags:
  - "Chevrolet"
  - "Corvette"
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  - "sports car"
---

# 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8 Reveal Is Happening in Orange County, California

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*\<em\>www.thedrive.com</em>*

As we inch closer to the mid-engined [Chevrolet Corvette's July 18 reveal](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/27395/mid-engined-2020-chevrolet-corvette-officially-confirmed-will-debut-july-18>), the [drip-feed](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/27694/heres-the-new-badge-for-the-mid-engined-2020-chevrolet-corvette-c8>) of 'Vette-related tidbits continues to, well, drip. According to a [*MidEngineCorvetteForum.com*](<https://www.midenginecorvetteforum.com/forum/main-forum/34511-official-c8-reveal-in-orange-county-california>) post by one of the site's co-founders and admins, invites to the much-hyped debut have gone out and the event will take place in sun-soaked Orange County, California, something which Chevy allegedly confirmed to [*Motor1*](<https://www.motor1.com/news/347352/mid-engine-chevrolet-corvette-debut-california/>).

![message-editor%2F1556728586645-image\_6499.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1556728586645-image_6499.jpg>)
**John @ MidEngineCorvetteForum**

If you ask us, the decision to debut the mid-engined C8 in SoCal is telling of a shift in the car's target image. Taking the wraps off on a manicured California lawn is a marked departure from Detroit, Bowling Green, or even New York—locales that are arguably more fitting for the Corvette's status as a blue-collar hero. But hey, if you're gonna stick the engine in the middle like those fancy Europeans at Ferrari and McLaren do, you'd better be ready to party like a fancy European.

Or maybe we're reading too much into things and Chevy's PR department just wanted an excuse to hit up PCH and munch on In-N-Out. In any case, the event will begin July 18 at 8 p.m. local time and be live-streamed in case you can't make it out or, more likely, weren't invited.

Just last week, [General Motors announced that it's adding 400 jobs](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/27680/gm-adding-400-jobs-at-bowling-green-facility-to-keep-up-with-c8-chevrolet-corvette-demand>) at its Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky in anticipation for the [frame-bending, mid-engined C8.](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/26920/chevrolet-corvette-c8-is-so-powerful-it-keeps-bending-its-frame-shattering-glass-report>)

To tide you over until we meet the new Corvette in the O.C., here it is crawling around Times Square on the other side of the country.

![message-editor%2F1556729943218-nextgenvette04.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1556729943218-nextgenvette04.jpg>)
*General Motors*

![message-editor%2F1556729949130-nextgenvette03.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1556729949130-nextgenvette03.jpg>)
*General Motors*

![message-editor%2F1556729952671-nextgenvette02.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1556729952671-nextgenvette02.jpg>)
*General Motors*

![message-editor%2F1556729956214-nextgenvette01.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1556729956214-nextgenvette01.jpg>)
*General Motors*

H/T: [*CorvetteBlogger*](<https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2019/04/30/the-reveal-of-the-c8-corvette-will-happen-in-orange-county-california/>)

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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