A pair of interesting model codes from General Motors have leaked online, indicating that the Chevrolet C8 Corvette will be sold as a 2020 model, or that a final C7-based Corvette will arrive before the new mid-engine model.

The codes, 1YC07 and 1YC67, were published online by the Mid Engine Corvette Forum and represent the first five digits of the vehicles VIN numbers. The codes of existing C7 Corvette models all start with 1Y but then vary depending on the model. For example, the Stingray Coupe is 1YY while the Grand Sport is 1YW, the Z06 is 1YZ, and the range-topping ZR1 Coupe and Convertible both wear 1YV.

What none of the current Corvette models feature is a VIN starting in 1YC.

This means one of two things. The first possibility is that the codes refer to the C8 Corvette which we know is coming but have differing reports about when exactly we will see it. Alternatively, the codes may signify a final C7 Corvette that will be offered in both Coupe and Convertible guises. We think the latter is the most likely.

While the first six digits of the model codes of C7 Corvette variants change, what remains consistent across the broad is that the fourth and fifth digits are either ’07’ or ’67’. The first of those is used by Coupe models while ’67’ is featured on Convertible versions. As both the 1YC07 and 1YC67 codes are for 2020 models, they may not in fact refer to the C8 because it seems unlikely the new supercar will be sold in Coupe and Convertible forms at the very start of its production run.

Whatever the case may be, we know that we are in for a very exciting couple of years.

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