
Shot in the GM Design Staff viewing court 
just before its public debut in early 1970, 
the experimental XP-882 looked production-
ready, thus fueling hopes that the next
new Corvette would have a similar mid-
engine design. It definitely looked like a
Corvette, with overtones of the 1968-
vintage "Shark" model in its low vee'd
nose and four-lamp tail treatment. The
car would have stayed under wraps, but
was shown to counter Ford's announced
sale of Italian-built DeTomaso Panteras.
GM built two XP-882 chassis for
evaluation, but only the first one had the
bodywork shown here.  