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GM Working on Expanding Corvette Line With Crossover SUV

  • Program is referred to internally as Project R, people said
  • Automaker’s designers are testing out a variety of concepts
2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray

Corvette may be going plural.

General Motors Co. is working on a strategy to build at least one new electric vehicle inspired by its Corvette sports car, potentially expanding the brand from a single performance model into a family of vehicles, people familiar with the matter said. If the plan is approved, the most likely model to emerge later this decade would be a marriage of a crossover SUV and a sports car.