The Market

The State Of The Market: C8 Bargain Hunting: Depreciation, Dealer Margins, And A Market Holding Its Ground

After 20 episodes of hunting, we explore today’s Stingray market through the perspective of a seasoned used-car dealer and compare retail asking prices to real-world wholesale data

Douglas Barton··
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We’re rolling into a milestone moment for CorvSport. Our exclusive Bargain Hunting series—launched on 9/06/2024 and spanning everything from sub-$10K Corvettes to deals for C6 Z06 thrills to hunting down C8 Z06 value—hits its 20th episode today. This chapter narrows the focus to the eighth generation, spotlighting the top five C8 Stingray bargains, while pushing deeper than ever into pricing behavior, depreciation, and what real-world data is telling us right now.

Digging Deeper Into The C8 Stingray Market

This marks our fourth dedicated eighth-generation installment, and the most expanded yet. We’re charting C8 Stingray progress and depreciation from 12/31/2024 to today, asking the big question: are the bargains actually improving? New to this report is a sharper lens from our in-house used-car dealer—pairing wholesale reality with used-Corvette retail asking prices—to see where the market truly stands and whether today’s numbers confirm, or challenge, expectations. We’ll look at the difference between wholesale MMR data and the retail asking price. Is it oddly over- or under-retail? If so, why?

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