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It is actually easier (though not often enough done) to get a good weight distribution for a fast road car with a front engine than with mid.
I suspect this car is to homologate this layout for racing in the very competitive production car series. Will winning its class at Le Mans etc add to sales? I doubt it so, as you write, this may be much less suited to current owners than the existing one.
The only Corvette I have driven was a ZR1 and I loved it, though the interior was a bit low-rent and rattly for the price (here in the UK)
I think one of the better short descriptions of recent Corvettes was when someone said, "Performance of a car costing twice as much, build quality of a car costing half as much". I do think the interiors have been the weak point.
The Corvettes have had 49 front/ 51 rear weight distribution since the 1970s. A few engine transmission options alter that a percent either way. I would think a mid-engine car has a lower polar moment of inertia. Which I am supposing is better for racing though whether that is true you'd know that much better than I.