Chevrolet Aerovette: An Abandoned Chevrolet Supercar!

https://carssimplified.com/ • Brief Moments in Automotive History presents: The Chevrolet Aerovette: An Abandoned Chevrolet Supercar! A mid-engined GM project based on the Corvette, the Aerovette was a concept car whose history hasn't been very well documented. BMIAH and Cars Simplified have put together this debut episode to share what is known about the XP-882 and XP-895, as well as the 4-rotor Wankel rotary engine that made it into the car. Will traces of this car be seen in the Corvette C8, which may be the first mid-engined corvette? Follow us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/carssimplifiedcom/ Fly by our Twitter page! https://twitter.com/CarsSimplified Follow us on Car Throttle! https://www.carthrottle.com/user/carssimplified/ We can't even! http://carssimplified.tumblr.com/ Credits: Written by: Stephen Brand, Benjamin Taylor Narrator: Benjamin Taylor Editor: Stephen Brand Sources: https://history.gmheritagecenter.com/wiki/index.php/Aerovette http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1970s-chevrolet-corvette-concept-cars.htm http://www.motortrend.com/news/c12-0511-concept-corvettes-comparison/ https://www.hemmings.com/ Source source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Aerovette Image credits: https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/gm-vehicle-collection/1972_Reynolds_Corvette.html https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/gm-vehicle-collection/1973_Chevrolet_Aerovette.html https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/5881503/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ekilby/9200693160/in/photolist-6TvRWd-8Mjbpv-f22XwG