Corvette Projects a Digital Future with CX and CX.R Concepts

Chevrolet pulled the wraps off two bold Corvette concepts at Monterey’s Quail gathering: the all-electric CX hypercar study and the CX.R Vision Gran Turismo, a virtual racer destined for the digital realm. Both bristle with futuristic engineering promises, but neither will ever roll off an assembly line.

The CX is presented as a radical glimpse of an electric Corvette, packing four motors and a claimed output exceeding 2,000 horsepower. Its aero arsenal ranges from active diffusers to ground-effect suction fans, all cloaked beneath a roofline that dips below 41 inches and a canopy cockpit that lifts like a fighter jet. Power comes from a 90-kWh battery, though the reality of such figures translating into production is slim at best.

The CX.R Vision Gran Turismo pushes the fantasy further. Designed for the digital circuits of Gran Turismo 7, it carries the same 2,000-horsepower total but pairs a screaming 15,000-rpm turbocharged engine with three electric motors. Painted in black and yellow, with featherweight components and exaggerated racing cues, it extends Corvette’s mythos into a space where the laws of physics are as malleable as the game code.

Chevrolet is upfront about the intent: these are design exercises, not prototypes. The goal is to shape Corvette’s image, inspire future models and tap into the crossover between car culture and gaming. In that sense, the CX and CX.R are less about pointing the way to the next production Corvette than about refreshing the brand’s narrative for a generation that experiences cars on a screen before they ever encounter one on the street.