Chevrolet Corvettes have been built for performance since their inception, but does that power come with reliability?

Here it is: our first instrumented test of the monumental new Corvette. We drove the car as hard as possible around the skidpad and figure 8, place paces at the dragstrip. Want to know the numbers?

We walked away from testing the 2020 Corvette C8—our Car of the Year—hugely impressed. Still, our tight figure-eight handling course revealed some less-than-perfect performance mid-corner. The ...