It's been 7 months since the last thread was on here about the upcoming Grand Sport and over the summer the focus has been on other models.
Today the chatter about the Grand Sport has resurfaced as now the ZR1 has been announced and the Zora is being track tested over in Germany
for the past couple of weeks. The question then becomes what's next? What will carry the C8's customer excitement up until the launch of the C9?
I spoke about this to my Corvette club's executive this past spring to see if there would be any interest in having a 2028 75th anniversary Grand Sport
car raffle to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the club. I was involved in one of these before with the launch of the Z06 with the Wasaga Beach Corvette
club during the C5 Z06 launch and that raffle still continues today.
So, long story short, here's what to expect. The 2027 will be a short model year build. For 2028 expect an 18 month build perhaps 19 months like the C7 ZR1 was back
in 2018-2019 for the swan song to the C8 being the 75th Anniversary C8 Grand Sport. I don't have confirmation yet of the new LT3 sixth generation small block V8
but do expect 550 HP. The 33 inch wrap around dash will be a carry over from 2026, it will feature a 75th anniversary package with a unique exterior colour, interior and rims
along the lines of prior anniversary models. Grand sports traditionally carry a wider footprint so the Z06 body styling is expected. Pricing with be the C8 plus 10-15K and expect
the 75th anniversary package to be another 8-10K. That should create some excitement for the last year of the C8 by offering pricing of 25K less than the E-Ray.
More information will trickle out over the next year or two but as of now that is the plan for the duration of the C8. This message will self destruct in 15 seconds!
Today the chatter about the Grand Sport has resurfaced as now the ZR1 has been announced and the Zora is being track tested over in Germany
for the past couple of weeks. The question then becomes what's next? What will carry the C8's customer excitement up until the launch of the C9?
I spoke about this to my Corvette club's executive this past spring to see if there would be any interest in having a 2028 75th anniversary Grand Sport
car raffle to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the club. I was involved in one of these before with the launch of the Z06 with the Wasaga Beach Corvette
club during the C5 Z06 launch and that raffle still continues today.
So, long story short, here's what to expect. The 2027 will be a short model year build. For 2028 expect an 18 month build perhaps 19 months like the C7 ZR1 was back
in 2018-2019 for the swan song to the C8 being the 75th Anniversary C8 Grand Sport. I don't have confirmation yet of the new LT3 sixth generation small block V8
but do expect 550 HP. The 33 inch wrap around dash will be a carry over from 2026, it will feature a 75th anniversary package with a unique exterior colour, interior and rims
along the lines of prior anniversary models. Grand sports traditionally carry a wider footprint so the Z06 body styling is expected. Pricing with be the C8 plus 10-15K and expect
the 75th anniversary package to be another 8-10K. That should create some excitement for the last year of the C8 by offering pricing of 25K less than the E-Ray.
More information will trickle out over the next year or two but as of now that is the plan for the duration of the C8. This message will self destruct in 15 seconds!