2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray - POV First Driving Impressions
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2024
- MSRP: $104,900
Total horsepower: 655 hp, e-AWD
495hp from the 6.2 L V8 and 160hp from the front Electric Drive Unit
Torque: 6.2L V8: 470 lb-ft, front electric motor 125 lb-ft
Transmission: 8-Speed Dual Clutch
Battery: 1.9 kWh lithium-ion
1/4 mile: 10.5 @ 129mph
MPG: 16 City / 24 highway / 19 combined (no gas guzzler tax)
Sea Wolf exterior color with Natural Dipped Interior
0:00 Walkaround
7:45 First Driving Impressions
22:24 Good Driving Roads
26:00 More Thoughts
34:33 Wet Driving Roads & Final Thoughts
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That sound is absolutely insane. Sounds like an LMP1 car.
It’s fake.
Interesting take
@@eliud369xixwhat @JuanPabloRiojasGaming might’ve meant was “It does sound impressive, although it might not be up to LMP1 spec.” 😊
@@JuanPabloRiojasGamingstill cool
No it doesn't.
Finally, an affordable, practical family car option from Chevrolet
😂😂
The best comment here
Family car with kids: NO!…..DINK?….Hell Ya!
Funny, ha ha.
With the current cost of groceries, that frunk is more than adequate. 😁
N/A V8 + Hybrid = Rocket 🚀
I love the sounds of the new German i6 PHEVs, too! (Like the one found in the M760 / 545e BMWs etc)
@@maxnewts Yes👍
Electric power and big loud ICE engine is best combo
Hybrid power, not hybrid fuel. I've seen a fair amount of unclear info about this.
@@The.Sky.Driver yes!
I actually totally love the electric whine combine with the old school V8 roar.
Soooo addictive!
Definitely sounds pretty good. Different for sure too.
The c8 corvette: GM's middle finger to the supercar world.
Yet it has lost its soul.
@@PeterBee911it's a car.
It lost that stupid front engine that should have never been there in the first place.@@PeterBee911
@@PeterBee911yeah because going to mid engine is losing it's soul 🙄
@@OpinionSauce
Bro, should have never been there!? How many mid engine cars were there in the early 50s? Wtf are you talking about? You said never. It's a performance car hailing from the mid 1900s... corvette has generally progressed well over the generations. I don't see any validity in your comment. Think of the logistics. At best why would they convert to even rear engined when they performed so well as they were then?? SMH
That interior looks better than some supercars. Corvette came a long way.
personally its too good for a vette. they should be basic street able race cars but now they're luxury gt/supercars. yes im the only person who moans about modern interiors lol
@@SamFBM 99% of new car buyers are buying for how cool they look, their interior, and the brand name. People hated the C6 because of its cheap interior despite (still) being an amazing car for the price. It's dumb but they've gotta do it
It looks very driver focused like the Supra's, makes the driver feel like a pilot which is great.
all made from Chinesium, though, I can guarantee it.
@@CMAC.1483 No... not at all. Anyone who's been in a c8 can tell you, it is built very well. It feels as solid as a modern mercedes, and the fit and finish is as good as it gets.
I really dig the interior
its really Cozy but like a serious jet fighter's cockpit or something
Love the colab with Redline, you're both excellent with reviews!
They are literally my top 2 TH-camrs for automotive reviews 😄😄
They’re the two only TH-camrs for cars I subscribe with 😂😂😂
Thank you. I can hardly wait for my ERay... in Status 3000's at BGA now!
Awesome review. I have seen at least 100 reviews for c8 stingray and z06 and nothing close to this review. No one drove this car as regular driver but this guy did it to show how smooth auto up/down shift works. Amazing review.
Wasn’t expecting to see redline reviews in your vid!!! What an awesome surprise lol.
The way this thing accelerates out of corners is incredible!
Lifted Rally Corvette E-Ray would be a dream come true.
That sounds nuts! I also really like that startup chime, very pleasant and soft 😂
Performance hybrids are the future!
I actually love the "fake noise" sound
It sounds sort of like a supercharger. That's why.
If the real noise part wasn't there you wouldn't like it so much. I have to agree though, the 2 combined is actually pretty cool and unique.
@@dlj1285ok thank you, in some of these comments people are saying it’s clearly just fake noise and I’m like, isn’t there a huge fkin engine in the back l lol
@@devonwilliams2423 lol, well, I think clearly a lot of these people are missing the point. I think GM was trying to do something different and sorta futuristic to fit with the vibe of the car. I think it works.
Half these people would probably experience the whole thing in person, along with that crazy acceleration, and be like….I like it ;-0
Hey, I know those roads! Cool to see you out in CO!
Absolutely love the videos. You are living the dream! All the best.
Finally a designer that make most things right, especially the push button shifting that looks elegant and functional. There's a right amount of touch display.
Thank you dad
Man...that thing is gorgeous. But at that price, I'll be in my 17 2SS a bit longer :) That's a wicked car for sure though.
Ditto
You ain’t kidding. 65 year olds and rappers!!
Right, I could afford used in a few years, if I trade in my C7 Grand Sport and financed another 40k
@@efabiano82 Right? It's cool as shit, no doubt. But... Not that cool lol. Doubt I'd wanna have one past 75k miles or so. Gotta be ridiculous to work on. Cheers! I actually went out looking at C6s & C7s particularly GSs, and brought home a Camaro lol. Not for not liking the Vettes though. At 6'4 275, it was just a more comfy fit 🫡
@@J.Wick. I certainly wouldn't consider a high mileage Vette of any kind, personally. Something like sub 30k miles.
8.5/10 wheels, good 5 rim pieces are goated
Amazing car, but will probably be a nightmare to fix in the future when something goes wrong
This is what I tell myself too when I can’t afford it :(
It won’t much much more difficult to fix than the regular corvette. The battery and motor are pretty easy to access as they don’t require the car to be lifted. Not to mention GM has over a decade of electric powertrain experience in their portfolio.
@@beanapprentice1687 I'd like to say that is reassuring, but it is not. This is GM we're talking about here. These cars will be super expensive to fix. But hey, it's NOT a blue collar car anymore so it doesn't really matter.
As a 15 year old, i’m in love with vettes 🔥🔥
It's too bad Acura doesn't make the NSX anymore. It would have been the most obvious competitor to compare the E Ray to. Especially the Type S version.
didn’t know they stopped making them. why did they?
@@bruskii5604overpriced and underperformed
@@bruskii5604
NSX
Other People: Underrated car
Me: My dream car😍
They didn't make too many of them to begin with, so the price was pretty high. But it was a hybrid supercar back when there weren't any. It'd be cool if someone did a review comparing it to the E Ray
@@G0ddEityawesomethe nsx has never been the top performer in any catagory, but what it has no other car in it’s category can touch. Reliability and maintenance cost, plus all generations hold their value pretty well.
Wow, premiering this thing along side Leno. That's quite an honor. Oh, and shout out from the Springs! I hope enjoy your time in town. If you get to drive that monster I'm sure you will! If you stop by PPIR don't forget to hit up the Dairy Queen in Fountain. ;)
At first I thought "how lame, a hybrid Corvette." But I am thoroughly impressed.
what I love about the Corvette engine sound is how different it sounds compared to pretty much every other Supercar
even compared to other american muscle cars it sounds different, which I appreciate
You can see the engine on the convertible now too as there is a factory clear cover as an option this year, also the Stingray emblem on the trunk is different to the standard one on the C8.
So glad its a hybrid and not full electric. W chevy
Now my first new Corvette hybrid car to buy.
The crossover with sofyan is the crossover i never expected to see!! ❤❤❤
I love when people complain about glove boxes that arent damped or lined with felt or turn signals that arent LED
Im blown away by this car, its so beautiful with its figter jet looks that really appeals to my personal taste, interior looks so nice, like e cockpit, the sound, the performance, the engineering. Oh how i wish a was born under a lucky star to afford such a beautiful vehicle. Im not an american, but this car awakens something in me that i believe every true american feels 😊❤
dakar offroad version of this would be insane value. imagine if its topless too. safari
Kudos to you and Sofyan for posting back to back reviews. I subscribe to both and like Redline, but for this review at least I got a better sense of the car. At half the price of a 911 Turbo, sign me up!
As someone who works around and talks about these for a living, the E-Ray is the most exciting Corvette model to date. EAWD means no regular AWD powertrain loss, immediate torque from the electric motor when you're on throttle if the 6.2 has to downshift or whatever. Can't wait for the customers to start getting these! Z06 is hot, but this is my favorite. So much engineering and thought went into the powertrain.
It's so heavy.
@@876yuugt The coupes are 3900lbs iirc. Still lighter than many alternatives.
Great, honest, no bullshit professional report.
I LOVE the synthetic sound they added!
Better than that fake "engine sounds" that manufacturers have been doing lately
I've been hyped for this
TWO OF THE BEST CAR REVIEWERS TOGETHER IN ONE AWESOME MACHINE 😊
Man, these GTA6 graphics look incredibly lifelike!
Nice! I'm excited to watch ^w^
Awesome drive! I felt like I was behind the wheel!
can I just mention how absolutely beautiful those wheels are. God I need them
Beautiful machine inside and out
The way this thing behaves combined with the hybrid aspect makes it seem like a PERFECT SUPER FUN SPORTS CAR DAILY DRIVER... this thing will get you to and from the grocery store, but it will also get you to anywhere else with a TON of power, fun, handling/grip, no inconvenience of having to charge like an EV, and with hella head-turning style... plus that v8 sound... phenomenal... I still don't know whether I would go for the ordinary petrol one or the hybrid but honestly having driven full EVs like teslas and VW ID4, I have come to enjoy the EV aspect, and in this case it's perfect because you have the best of both worlds... no range problems, no lacking on either end (both EV and v8), plus you have those beastly electric motors in the front adding to anything you do in the back which are probably also electronically controlled along with the back axel to improve handling and traction to lay that power down perfectly... another thing I appreciate about any corvete is that chevrolet is super experienced in making them... they've had AGES to perfect the design, chasis, and everything else about it, plus they've been making family sedan hybrids for AGES and have pretty much perfected both departments and technologies, it's definitely a sure bet... plus it's a mass production car so it's not too expensive but gives you the performance and luxury of a much more expensive european car and these new vetes are super sexy... so overall, relative to the entirety of the auto world, I'd give this package a solid 7/10... where the rest is restrained to hypercars... as for supercars I think this vete is one of them hands down... I'd rather buy this car than a lambo quite frankly... the only other classic supercar I'd entertain is probably the Porsche 911 GT3 (and possibly the good ol Nissan GTR)... those are my current humble dream cars because I like to drive in normal street settings a lot, I'm responsible and ex-professional driver, so I don't want something I can't for example tour up and down the east-coast around subtle freeway potholes, I want my creature comforts, I want my style, I want my reliability, I want my servicability, I want a non-overpriced price tag, I want something unique but not screaming "I'm a rich snob, look at me everyone, I bought this crazy car and I don't even know how to drive it faster than 30mph while burning the clutch"... I prefer manual transmission but with a car this perfected through so many generations, I think the auto is the way to go... it's enough to say "manual in this power train is a bit of a dumb idea... keep the manuals where they belong, in down-to-earth cars... because this thing is a rocket ship past Mars". If I were to buy say an Audi A4 for a family daily driver, I'd get a manual if it's offered, but I don't want to deal with laying down this much power in this power train with a manual clutch and gearbox... it's not only a pain because you're constantly making sure you don't abuse it by getting lazy, but you're dealing with stop-go traffic in a car way overpowered for a manual gearbox... so a robot with paddle-shifters is where it's at for sure (or my other favorite, the gear-knob up/down shifter that feels more like a manual by habit... in this sense I'm not a huge fan of paddle-shifting, I'd rather just sports-mode it, but my whole thing with paddle/knob-shifting is solely for doing highway or acceleration pulls where you want to feel that moment you want to shift or downshift, rev up, and apply that boost gradually to go fast)... anyways, this car is a solid 7/10 for me and a 10/10 will buy it soon. Plus I am not into American muscle, I love the corvete though... it's the only American car I am truly interested in because I'm not the hellcat or whatever other car guy... I want my performance without horrible handling gimics... I want more than to drive in a straight line as fast as possible, granted I am Russian and we lean more european (handling/rally) and asian (drifting/JDM) than we do anything muscle car... anyways, going to go work on my grind so I can afford this car lol... so clooose. Lastly, the one thing I also truly appreciate about these corvetes is that they are NICELY DONE... it's not cheap crap... it's not overpriced... it's legit the perfect down to earth super car. It's truly a bang-for-the-buck type of intelligent driving-guy (moreso than car guy) ride... it's pretty much perfect. I also love the fact it feels like you're in a race car cockpit while you have all the modern luxuries and crazy power... it's just awesome, I want it, as you can tell if you got this far...
Wow thanks for the review, I’m considering getting this .
Only thing negative really, is that since it's a hybrid, down the road in miles, it might have more costly/ complicated issued and expensive repairs.
That Stealth Mode is just asking for the Kids to steal Daddys car and go out for a joy ride. LOL
The Zora will be insane.
Geiles Cockpit! Sieht echt stark aus!
Well, I've found my next car... if I ever win the lottery that is. My new dream car. I would take this over the Z06 myself.
Yup 👍
So, Just think, you can get a z06 for track and an eray for a daily rather than getting a Turbo S OR a GT3 RS. Not saying you would, but its crazy that you could
Those wheels are awesome
I love the sound of this thing ., wow v8 and that whine is fantastic.. Zo6 sounds like a bee hive lol.. damn this car sounds great 👍
E-ray is lit! Love it!
I love the convertibles for these cars! They look way more exotic! ❤
Incredible engineering in this machine. Much rather have this over any other hybrid.
Incredible engineering, huh? You've made that assessment on its proven track record I suppose? Time will tell.
Finally, a car that doesn't advertise I'm compensating. 😁
Honestly I just want Hybrids to be in everything. Such great concept. The hot hatch market could easily be dominated by hybrid cars. I'd go wild for a hybrid Golf R.
Also you might be a little biased toward the eRay safari...
do you also want all cities to be "walkable cities"
@@badcholesterol Lmao. I'm not even going to fall for the bait.
No.
So you want your daily street car to be heavier and more complex for what? Better throttle response?
Nuffin like Savagegeese and The Topher dropping reviews I was not expecting, but let's watch
Car and Driver was definitely right about the road noise or maybe the mic is amplifying it
I was actually looking to see if people had done C8 rally builds as he was going over the styling. It would be a brilliant platform for a Dakar competitor.
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Wait is that sofyan
Redline reviews be like: “I wish this E-Ray had a sunroof, massaging seats and power lift frunk option.”
I wish they put the LT6 in the Eray!! Best of both worlds!! Visceral sound plus traction
LT6 & hybrid is the rumored zora i think
I pilot a 2014 Z51 and it has been such a great car but this new ERay is just insane. Maybe one day I can get one if I am fortunate enough.
Sounds insane with the electric motor and the V8
And to think, Lingenfelter performance, already has a 700hp 7L stroker motor for the LT2. 👍
I know nothing about this class of cars but what I do like is it is made by GM and you would not be ripped off paying for European prices for a European car in this bracket, fit and finish looks perfect.
It's almost like they used the electric powertrain to replace a supercharger. Brilliant.
I like that you can go into stealth mode with the electric and just go balls deep with the v8
I know those roads well… oh wait, I saw a train of Vettes go by and thought it was a car club out having fun.
Done found my dream car thanks
I feel like this is the true future of cars this hybrid type, with self charging it charges itself as you drive it.
Thing looks amazing
I didn't expect to like the E-Ray. Im happy I was proven wrong
Beautiful machine
Awesome review as usual but question please ;how its ground clearance? Is it practical and easy to pass most of the humps?
I knew the e-ray was going to be sweet and be the grand sport for the c8. But I thought it was going to be full electric. But the hybrid solution is so cool
Why doesn't it have a triangular steering controller? What does GM have against triangles?
Seriously sounds like the bat mobile
What strap is that on your speedy? Another great video!
Okay. I want one of these.
The sound is similar to the v8s in cyberpunk 2077 cars 😂
Im basic sold on the eray from this video alone. Every sports car should have this type of hybrid system. One gripe given me stealth mode on a isolated switch and I’m content
how many "charge cycles" does the battery suggest before replacing?
my AFM detonated my engine on the C7 7M. Have they fixed AFM, or are we all subject to engine failures (hopefully under warranty?)
what a beauty
How long will it take to fully charge the battery 🔋 after pressing charge+
Ultimate daily. Can run street tires and hook. Can get decent mpgs for what the car is. And wont eat tires every 2k miles
When I first heard the v8 sound I thought it sounded fake. Then you said that it’s synthesized?
I couldn't imagine this powertain with a manual transmission. I would actually be jealous.
The Charge Plus mode seems to be a glorified regenerative breaking. So you'd rather use it going downhill than uphill. And like you said, it must be pretty neat if you want to start up your car in stealth mode the next day.
But for track purpose, I don't know if it would be really useful. Sure, you'd charge up the battery for the next acceleration, but that drag that you feel must be pretty detrimental to your laptime.
I’m sure it wouldn’t be that bad if you made some aero mods and a little weight reduction.
GM knocked it out the park. Gorgeous in person everytime i see one. Ford and GM are advancing while keeping true to American design language.
love it
I love the 5 spoke wheels
i was like i know these roads and airport like the back of my hand like i have seen them somewhere, and then poof, oh this is near where i live and drive here often haha. i had no realization of the centennial airport lol until my brain realized it eventually haha
Holy shit that thing is a scalpel in the canyons!!
Excellent
I will win the lottery just to buy that C8 E-thunder off roader!
It’s quick as the Camry passes you