UK VERDICTS
CHEVROLET CORVETTE E-RAY
TESTED 18.9.25, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DELIVERIES NOW
American sports car supplements mid-mounted V8 with electric motor
Ten years ago, you would have been given pretty favourable odds on the next Chevrolet Corvette being not only mid-engined but also hybridised and with four-wheel drive. Yet here we are. The Corvette E-Ray has already been on sale in the US for a couple of years and has now arrived in the UK, where it occupies the midpoint of the line-up, sitting between the slim-hipped Stingray and the escaped racing car that is the Z06. All three can be had in right-hand drive, too – a big development.
Serious hybrid performance cars are no longer remarkable, of course: Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes-AMG and Aston Martin all make at least one. But there’s something a little more curious about a rip-snorting American icon leaning into electrification, as well as the nannyish effects of a driven front axle. Does either element actually improve the driving experience? Or might it ruin it? Or is this just a forgettable toe in the EV water?