The Corvette E-Ray Hybrid is the Quickest Corvette Ever - But is It the Best? - The Smoking TIre

The all new Corvette E-Ray is designed as a very fast year round Corvette Grand Tourer, but that doesn't mean it's not quick. With 655 HP combined and all-wheel-drive, it's actually the quickest accelerating Corvette ever. It can be driven in all seasons and all conditions. But is that what people want? is it the best Corvett ever or just middle of the road?

Check out my written review at Road & Track!

GM provided flights, vehicles, accomodations, and track time for this review.

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The Corvette E-Ray Hybrid is the Quickest Corvette Ever - But is It the Best? - The Smoking TIre
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[dhoosee]

Looks a LOT better in the single color configuration. Highlighting the scoops in black doesn’t do the design any favors IMO

[Ngoful]

I think the super and turbo charged hybrid Volvos might be in contender for the most complicated consumer product ever.

[VanjaPejovic]

The sliding footage at the end was great. I liked how you showed that you didn't quite get it at first, but then you adjusted and got longer slides with each attempt.

[connormckay]

Idk if id consider it a "consumer product" but what the mad lads do over at Koenigsegg is pretty complicated, nonetheless Chevy wasn't taking any prisoners with the C8 generation and in this day and age we have to commened them for that!

[ajfreshkid]

The electric whine kinda sounds like a supercharger 😍

[biznatcho]

Seems like the natural competitor to the E-Ray is the 911 4S/4GTS even more than the 296 and Artura.

[cavemandan]

They did a great job on the sound tuning, it sounds like a car out of Cyberpunk 2077.

[michaelouz]

Truly one of the most "The Smoking Tire" videos on the channel!

[bbbt]

Im a NSX guy all the way over this but this is a very nice setup. Chevy out did them selves. Just like the NSX Hybrid, give it 2-5 years and these will be worth more than the Stingray all day lol

[jeffeffinggluck]

Love the mono color scheme and the sound of the electric motor, reminiscent of a supercharger.

[The_Stanman]

Mercedes newest plug-in AMGs (like C63 and S63e) are far more complicated.

Have electric turbos, 2-speed trans for e-motor + multi-clutch ICE trans, variable AWD for both electric and ICE motor (rather than kne for each axle), air suspension, anti-roll bars, etc.

[mafico]

I know you’ve said there will be more info in the article and later videos, but boy is this a compelling package. The corvette owner stereotype rings true for my retiring sales guy dad, who’s gunning for one of these for the coastal wilds of further-north California for his ‘last’ car. Thanks for the video.

[LivingRoom-ty]

This new Chevy NSX seems pretty cool.
WILD to think that claiming to be "the most complicated vehicle ever made" is a selling point? Aka "you'll have EXPENSIVE problems."

[rotorblade]

perfect setup for a hybrid sports car. This is use on racing car prototypes but they use even a smaller batteries/energy storage that are good for like 10 seconds only. For that setup you have the option to engage the motor only when you want ar a push of a button usually on straight lines. That makes driving the car unique and challenging because you need to find the best strategy for the win . but with a bigger battery that is not necessary, it keeps things a bit easier

[sachachanyan]

I‘d buy this one because I‘d use it as a daily, all weather, all season GT to get to wherever I need to get to with all my stuff (guitars and related equipment, not golf bags) while enkoying my car and the downtime of every commute with utmost grip and safety.... It combones practicality and enjoyment and breakneck quickness and speed, not to mention that it looks amazong! It‘s a win on so many levels. DREAMCAR!!
All I have to do now is pray for the money to buy one 🙏

[CorvetteFun]

Great review, Matt, thanks! I'll check out your Road & Track article, but it's too late now to pull my order back from the factory (not that I would), so I should have an ERay of my own very soon!

[steven-fury]

image this with a turbo kit on low boost. Would be an absolute monster

[The_Stanman]

Some of those upshifts seemed super slow. At ~6:45 mark there is a big delay between paddle and shift.

Edit: it might be that the audio and video arent perfectly sync'd?

[corvettesupercars]

Epic Videos as always Matt. Can’t wait to read the article in Road & Track and I am sure you Podcast this.

[LitleBear]

For the road, this seems like such a sweet spot.