--- title: "Chevy Is Already Doing Concepts for the Next Corvette" date: "2025-04-07" modified: "2025-04-07" authors: - name: "Nico DeMattia" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/nico-demattia" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/chevy-is-already-doing-concepts-for-the-next-corvette" categories: - "Chevrolet News" - "GM News" - "News" - "News by Brand" tags: - "Chevrolet" - "Corvette" - "sports car" --- # Chevy Is Already Doing Concepts for the Next Corvette ![Electric Chevy Corvette Hypercar concept]() *General Motors* Corvettes have long been designed and built in the United States. They're as American as hot dog pie and baseball sandwiches. But the next-generation [Corvette's]() design may have dual citizenship, as its design could come from just outside Birmingham, England. And if it does, it's going to look like a mid-engine sci-fi hypercar. GM recently opened a new design studio in Royal Leamington Spa, a town 20 miles outside Birmingham, as part of the Detroit giant's global design project to imagine the next-generation Corvette. The man in charge of GM's U.K. design studio, and who's been tasked with pitching a Corvette design, is Julian Thompson, a former Lotus, Jaguar, and Land Rover designer. You might not know him by name, but you know his work, as he worked on some of the prettiest Jags on the road, including the XK and [F-Type](). Thompson leads a team of 30 designers in the 24,584-square-foot U.K. studio, who were tasked with coming up with the look of a Corvette of the future. ![]() **General Motors** The Corvette has always been the everyman's sports car; something with world-beating performance but also something that the Average Joe could save up to afford. However, for this new project, GM asked a few design studios to come up with a hypercar version, something that pushed boundaries, and that's what you're looking at. As much as GM and Thompson say that this concept is meant to take elements of the Corvette's history to inspire the future of design, that didn't seem to happen here. Take the checkered-flag badge off the front end, and you might think this was an electric car concept from Lotus or maybe even an upstart like Rimac. The only design element seemingly taken from Corvette history is the [C2-inspired split window](), which Thompson and his team added to both the front and rear windows, instead of just the rear like on the original. The split front window is something Thompson calls its "Apex Vision," and the central spine that splits the windows is said to be a structural component. ![]() **GM** Since it's an electric hypercar concept, it has an ultra-low and narrow passenger tunnel, with the wheels pushed out wide. Between the wheels and the main chassis of the car are massive aerodynamic air inlets and it features powered, gullwing doors. I'm not sure it looks anything like a Corvette as we know it, but it's pretty cool. That said, GM clarifies that "this is not a production-intent concept," and that it will be unveiling two other Corvette concepts later this year out of its stateside design studios in Warren and Pasadena. But if GM can somehow manage to take this hypercar concept look and scale it down to be as affordable as the Corvette always has been, it could be one of the more exciting electric sports cars in the world. It might not feel like a traditional 'Vette, but neither did the C8, and it could be the best one of them all. ![]() **GM** *Got tips? Send 'em to tips@thedrive.com* ## Author Nico is a writer and reviewer from New Jersey who probably thinks he’s a lot funnier than he actually is. His love of cars began when he was just a kid playing Gran Turismo 3, grinding out enough race wins with a Mazda Miata to save up for an in-game RUF 911. That passion for small, lightweight sports cars drove his desire to learn more about the industry, get his hands on as many cars as he could, and bring those experiences to life on the page. He cut his teeth writing about BMWs, Volkswagens, and Audis, mostly, and has owned far too many of each. He’s on his fourth 3 Series sedan, but all of his old, cheap German cars have forced him to learn more about car maintenance than his mechanical capability can handle. Too many late nights have been spent scrambling to get a car running by morning so he could get to work. For some reason, he never seems to learn that old Bimmers probably aren’t the best daily drivers. But he loves more than just old German cars. He’ll gladly drive and discuss anything with four (or even three) wheels. Cars aren’t his only passions, though. Nico is also a big nerd and loves movies, video games, comic books, and cares far too much about the New York Giants. So don’t be surprised if you see football references or dumb, obscure movie quotes in any of his car reviews. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()