1970 Corvette XP-882
Shot in the GM Design Staff viewing court just before its public debut in early 1970, the experimental XP-882 looked
production-ready, thus fueling hopes that the next new Corvette would have a similar mid-engine design. It definitely
looked like a Corvette, with overtones of the 1968-vintage "Shark" model in its low vee'd nose and four-lamp tail
treatment. The car would have stayed under wraps, but was shown to counter Ford's announced sale of Italian-built
DeTomaso Panteras. GM built two XP-882 chassis for evaluation, but only the first one had the bodywork shown here.
