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History of GM’s fits-n-starts road toward finally getting a mid engine Corvette. Thanks to Mark Phelan of the Detroit Free Press for this inciteful history lesson. Your article Mark is a superb primer for those who want to learn how we got to the 2020 Stingray from the beginning. From an acclaimed concept car John DeLorean reportedly dismissed because he wanted something “smaller and more European,” to the design that ended a feud between a pair of GM giants — but may have set the Corvette back decades — a trove of unique documents, sketches and models tells a secret history of the 60-year quest to build a midengine Chevrolet Corvette. The story begins in the late 1950s with legendary Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov and came to fruition when the first midengine 2020 Corvette Stingray sold for $3 million at auction in January. Titled “The Vision Realized: 60 Years of Midengine Corvette Design” and created by GM Design Archive & Collections, the exhibit includ...