The UK studio is led by Julian Thomson, an experienced automotive designer with Jaguar and Lotus designs, among others, in his background. The 24,584-square-foot Royal Leamington Spa studio, employs more than 30 designers and creative team members, is outfitted for both digital and physical clay model development.

“As part of the Corvette creative study, we asked multiple studios to develop hypercar concepts, which we’ll see more of later this year,” Simcoe said. “It was important that they all pay homage to Corvette’s historic DNA, but each studio brought their own unique creative interpretation to the project. That is exactly what our advanced design studio network is intended to do – push the envelope, challenge convention and imagine what could be.”

The UK team’s concept uses Corvette’s design heritage (don’t all concepts do this? – AutoCrat) into a futuristic aesthetic focused here on clean forms and muscular shapes. The design is said to draw inspiration from the aviation industry in the sculptural and functional elements.