With a lineage that stretches back to the 1950s, the Chevrolet Corvette is a mainstay of performance-car culture, and the current C8 model takes that tradition to a new place with a 490-hp V-8 engine mounted behind the passenger compartment and a still-affordable price tag. The C8 Corvette represents the eighth-generation of the Corvette nameplate. The mid-engine sports coupe is the biggest-ever performance and engineering departure from traditional, front-engine Corvettes.