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A Mid-Engine Caddy? The last time Cadillac tried to do something with the result was the Cadillac XLR. It was … frankly, a slower, less impressive Corvette with Cadillac looks and slightly better interior materials. It was not very good, to be honest. So when rumors of a Cadillac C8 Corvette hit our ears, we cringed at the thought. The C8 Corvette will debut today. It’s happening this evening and our sister site CorvSport will be showing the live stream […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":348259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,1349,255],"tags":[1336,429,660,1388],"class_list":["post-348256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-audi","category-cadillac","category-news","tag-cadillac","tag-news","tag-chevrolet","tag-chevrolet-corvette"],"yoast_head":"\n
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