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MotorTrend Exclusive: What We Know About the 2020 C8 Corvette With Jacked Wheels

Thanks to a tip and quick sleuthing from editor Erik Johnson, MT has photo and video of one of the world’s first minor C8 tragedies: A 2020 Corvette up on blocks, its wheels stolen, and its axle on the ground. Conrad Trzeciecki gives his take.

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For 70 years, MotorTrend has crowned a “Car of the Year”—the new or significantly revised vehicle that hits hardest against six key criteria, from standard metrics like fuel economy and safety to more editorial decisions, like advancement in design and performance of intended function. In this way, cars from the Kia Soul to the Porsche 911 can compete in a single competition. Curious? Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the decades-old process.

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