For over five decades we've been teased with various Corvette concepts displaying the idea that the engine should be moved from just in front of the cabin to behind the rear seats. While this idea might seem ludicrous to purists, we know that it will finally become a reality with the forthcoming C8. But there wouldn't have been a C8 without all the prototypes that preceded it. If everything we've seen and heard in the past couple of years regarding the 8th generation of the Chevrolet Corvette is true, and there's little doubt about it, the C7 will become the final front-engined Corvette because the C8 is bound to have the engine where rivaling Lamborghinis and Ferraris have had it since forever - behind the front seats. A few camouflaged prototypes have been seen testing over the past few months and, while we aren't sure about its name, we know that it'll be based on a new platform and it will cost a whole lot more than the current model. The best view we've got of the new Chevrolet sports car is of a mule testing at the Nurburgring-Nordschleife in Germany. It features a radically different design although some design cues from the current model, like the side air vents up front, remain. We don't know what engine will power the new car, pundits reporting that a racing version seen testing at Road America might sport a V-6, and we might not get much more insight on it until next year's Detroit Auto Show where, supposedly, Chevy will take the wraps off the new model. Until then, here's a look at the plethora of prototypes that predated it.