Chevrolet has updated the interior of the C8 Corvette and removed the WALL OF BUTTONS

Well, in a rather ironic twist of fate, it would seem the Americans are now taking down walls rather than building them. You see, Chevrolet has updated the interior of the Corvette for the 2026 model year, and in doing so it has removed its controversial WALL OF BUTTONS.

Yep, all variants of the C8 Corvette have been updated, so all now get their HVAC controls moved to a more conventional position under the central infotainment screen. Thankfully they’re still proper buttons, and there’s now a hero handle for the passenger to grab onto when the driver shouts 'WATCH THIS'.

Elsewhere on the redesigned centre console there are new cupholders with ambient lighting to give your coffee a proper glow, plus a new USB-C port for the passenger below the grab handle. There’s also a new drive mode switch near the gear selector, plus a wireless charging pad with a cover so that your phone doesn’t fly off when you boot the throttle.

Chevy said the removal of the WALL OF BUTTONS (sorry, we’ll stop that now) means the cockpit now provides “a more open environment between driver and passenger”.

Oh, and you’ll have noticed the screens. There’s a three-screen layout with a larger 12.7in digital dial display, a bigger-is-better 14in infotainment screen and a new 6.6in auxiliary touchscreen to the side of the still-square steering wheel.

That small third screen apparently provides “dedicated, driver-configurable space for instrumentation like trip mileage or Performance Traction Management”. There are also new designs and animations for the different drive modes, with Tour, Sport and Track each getting their own graphics and speedo displays. Oh, and the full Corvette lineup now gets access to more performance data, with every car now getting the inbuilt E-Ray Performance App. That can show things like acceleration times, g-force gauges, tyre pressures and temperature gauges.

All new Corvettes also get a Google Built-in infotainment system, but Chevrolet is quick to point out that Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are also available.

Other changes include the addition of two new exterior colours to the range – Roswell Green Metallic and Blade Silver Metallic – and you can now spec an asymmetrical interior with an Adrenaline Red ‘Competition’ spec driver’s seat and a Jet Black ‘GT2’ passenger seat. Or if symmetry is more your bag, there are four new interior colour schemes to choose from too.