Judging by the newest photographs of a Corvette in a ditch in Florida, ‘Vette homeowners are going to have to start out driving a bit of extra rigorously in the event that they don’t wish to steal the Mustang’s popularity.

Naturally, we should always make it clear that our first concern is for the occupant(s) of this Corvette and we’re heartened to see that each one issues thought of, the automobile seems to be relatively intact, so we hope everybody’s OK.

Photos in a second put up from the C8 Corvette Owners Facebook page present front-end harm with a bent entrance lip and an open frunk. We additionally think about {that a} again finish sitting in water like that’s lower than healing for the mid-engine Corvette.

Sadly, we don’t have a lot details about how this accident occurred. The Fb put up that first shared this image means that it occurred in Panama City, Florida, which is on the Gulf coast close to Tallahassee.

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Regardless of trying via press releases issued by the city’s police (in addition to its social media posts) and in search of additional information on-line, we haven’t been capable of finding something extra about this accident.

Sadly, there’s no scarcity of tales like this. Since August 2019, we’ve reported on 12 C8 crashes. Naturally, any automobile that gives efficiency just like the Corvette’s to many individuals is more likely to get entangled in an accident for quite a few causes, one among them being the driving force not having the ability to reign in such a robust automobile, however we are able to’t assist however really feel unhappy each time we see a Corvette (or any automobile for that matter) crunched up like this.

Prospects who’re nonetheless ready for his or her C8 Corvette will little question really feel fairly sore about seeing one like this, particularly one which seems to have the hard-to-get Carbon-Fiber package.