The upcoming Chevrolet Corvette generation appears to have received an early tease through video captured during a tour of the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, the home of the sports car development.

NBC broadcast the facility visit featuring an interview with GM CEO Mary Barra, where background monitors displayed coupe designs with the model's signature forward-leaning front end.

It could represent the initial public view of the ninth-generation C9 Corvette, which reports indicate will reach production in 2029. The footage also captured a full-scale clay model of a two-door sports car.

Ms Barra moves through displays of concept vehicles, notably the Corvette CX electric model and the track-oriented V8 hybrid CX.R, both introduced during 2025 Monterey Car Week before appearing in the Gran Turismo 7 game.

These Corvette concepts appear on screens during the Barra interview and among clay models at the center, indicating their strong influence on the C9 styling direction.

"The CX and CX.R Vision Gran Turismo show our design teams breaking free from production limits to explore creative ideas," Chevrolet design director Phil Zak noted following the concept unveilings.

"This process has expanded Corvette possibilities and set the styling path ahead."

That direction seems to carry into the interior, where the bold Inferno Red cabin of the CX concept remains largely intact from its prior reveal, entered through a rising canopy.

The CX concept delivers all-wheel drive electric performance via four in-wheel motors and a 90kWh battery pack, exceeding 2000hp output.

The CX.R matches that 2000hp figure but combines a 2.0-litre twin-turbo V8 petrol engine revving to 15,000rpm with three electric motors, including one in the eight-speed transmission.

Although neither setup has been confirmed for the C9, GM is adding a new base V8 to the current C8 model launched in 2020, which may continue into the next generation.

The fresh 6.7-litre LS6 V8 will supplant the 6.2-litre LT2 unit in the base C8 Stingray.

Production starts mid-2026 with the C8 Corvette Grand Sport. It becomes the largest V8 in the lineup, delivering 393kW and 705Nm versus the Stingray's 369kW and 637Nm.

The C8 Grand Sport remains unconfirmed for Australian markets, as does the LS6 engine despite its US role as the main Stingray powerplant.

The Grand Sport arrived with the Grand Sport X variant replacing the E-Ray sold locally, though neither has been verified for Australian availability.

The C9 marks the first Corvette after the exit of longtime engineer Tadge Juechter, who led development for 18 years until 2024. Tony Roma, previously with the Cadillac Celestiq, now holds the chief engineer position.

GM adjusted the Corvette team further after the early departure last year of Harlan Charles, who managed product marketing for the car over 24 years.