Even before the eighth-generation Corvette debuted, there were rumors of a bonkers new model named after Zora Arkus-Duntov—the father of the Corvette. The famed Chevrolet engineer envisioned a powerful, mid-engine sports car decades before the C8 arrived. Concept cars through the 1980s and 1990s teased the future, but sadly, Zora wouldn’t live to see a production ‘Vette with the engine behind the driver. He died in 1996.
