CORVETTE GENERATIONS
The C7 Corvette (2014–2019)
The last front-engine Corvette and the first to carry the Stingray name since 1976: six model years, 2014 to 2019, and 189,507 cars. Tom Peters’ sharpest body on an aluminum frame, the direct-injected LT1, the first seven-speed manual, the 650-hp supercharged Z06, the Grand Sport, the 755-hp ZR1 that was the fastest Corvette ever built, the Carbon 65 and C7.R Editions, and the C7.R that swept Daytona, Sebring and Le Mans in a year.
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The Basics
Generation: C7 Corvette, the seventh generation; the Stingray’s return and the last front-engine Corvette
Body Styles: Two-door hatchback coupe with a removable carbon-fiber roof panel and two-door convertible with a power top, both on every model: Stingray (2014–19), Z06 (2015–19), Grand Sport (2017–19) and ZR1 (2019). 189,507 cars: about 120,300 Stingrays, 39,940 Z06s, 26,280 Grand Sports and 2,953 ZR1s
Production: 189,507 over six years: 37,288 / 34,240 / 40,689 / 32,782 / 9,686 / 34,822 (2014–2019); the 2018 run was cut to seven months by a plant shutdown and is the lowest since 1959
Designers: Tom Peters (exterior) and Ryan Vaughan (interior) under Ed Welburn; chief engineer Tadge Juechter; Corvette Racing run by Pratt & Miller with Doug Fehan
Chassis: Front-engine, rear-wheel drive with a rear transaxle on an aluminum frame built at Bowling Green for every model, 106.7-in wheelbase; carbon-fiber hood and roof, composite panels; aluminum double wishbones with composite leaf springs, Magnetic Selective Ride Control optional (standard on Z06, Grand Sport and ZR1); electronic limited-slip differential; Brembo brakes, carbon-ceramic with Z07; Performance Traction Management
Engines: 6.2 L Gen V LT1 with direct injection, 455 hp, 460 with the NPP exhaust (Stingray, Grand Sport); 6.2 L supercharged LT4, 650 hp (Z06); 6.2 L supercharged LT5 with port and direct injection, 755 hp (ZR1)
Transmissions: Tremec TR6070 seven-speed manual with Active Rev Match; 6L80 six-speed automatic (2014), 8L90 eight-speed paddle-shift automatic (2015–19); all in the rear transaxle
Original Price: $51,995 Stingray coupe / $56,995 convertible in 2014 to $56,590 / $60,590 in 2019; Z06 $78,995 (2015) to $80,590; Grand Sport $66,445 (2017) to $66,590; ZR1 $119,995 coupe / $123,995 convertible (2019); all including destination
Assembly: Bowling Green, Kentucky, including the aluminum frames from 2014; LT1 from Tonawanda, New York; LT4 and LT5 hand-built at the Performance Build Center, which moved into the Bowling Green plant in 2014; C7.R built by Pratt & Miller
Predecessor: C6 Corvette (2005–2013)
Successor: C8 Corvette (2020–)
The Overview
The seventh-generation Corvette was revealed in Detroit on January 13, 2013 as the Stingray, a name Chevrolet had not used since 1976, and it was the car the bankruptcy nearly killed: its development was frozen in 2009 and restarted only when General Motors could afford it. What emerged was the most thoroughly re-engineered front-engine Corvette since the C5. The aluminum frame that had been the Z06’s was now built at Bowling Green for every car, 57 percent stiffer and 99 pounds lighter than the C6’s steel one; the hood and roof panel were carbon fiber; the body was Tom Peters’ angriest, with the first non-round taillamps since 1960; the interior was finally a $50,000 car’s, and the LT1, a new 6.2-liter Gen V small block with direct injection, continuously variable valve timing and cylinder deactivation, made 455 horsepower, 460 with the dual-mode exhaust, through the first seven-speed manual in a production car.
The range then rebuilt itself around it. The 2015 Z06 put a 650-horsepower supercharged LT4 under a wide body with a convertible option and an eight-speed automatic for the first time, and the Z07 package gave it carbon-ceramic brakes and an aero kit; the 2017 Grand Sport put the Z06’s body, brakes and Magnetic Ride under the LT1; and the 2019 ZR1 put a 755-horsepower LT5 with a 2.65-liter supercharger under a carbon-fiber halo hood and ran 212 mph, the fastest and most powerful Corvette ever built, at $119,995. Around them came the Premiere, Z06 C7.R, Grand Sport Collector, Carbon 65 and Drivers Series editions and five pace cars, and the C7.R won Daytona, Sebring and Le Mans in 2015 and three straight IMSA GTLM championships.
Chevrolet built 189,507 C7s, 40,689 of them in 2016 and only 9,686 in the shortened 2018, before the last front-engine Corvette left Bowling Green on November 15, 2019 and sold for $2.7 million for charity. In 2026, Stingrays sold for $27,000 to $59,000, Grand Sports for $27,500 to $62,700, Z06s for $41,500 to $110,000 with Classic.com’s benchmark around $76,600, Carbon 65 Editions for $71,500 to $110,000 and ZR1s from $125,000 to $340,000, with manual ZTK coupes on top. This page is the hub: the story, a year-by-year table, every engine, the Z06, ZR1, Grand Sport, special editions and the C7.R, a buying guide with current prices, and links to the six model-year pages and the research behind them.
The C7 Corvette Story
The C7 was designed twice. Work began in 2007 under Tom Wallace and Tadge Juechter on a car that would have reached dealers for 2011, with a mid-engine layout seriously studied and rejected again; then the credit crisis arrived, General Motors stopped funding every program that was not a volume car, and in 2009 the Corvette team was cut to a skeleton and told to wait. When the money came back in 2010 the car was re-planned for 2014, and the three-year delay is why the C7 arrived so complete.
Stingray
Tom Peters’ exterior studio, with Ryan Vaughan on the interior under Ed Welburn, drew a car that owed more to the C6.R than to any road Corvette: a 106.7-inch wheelbase an inch longer than the C6’s, a wider track, a carbon-fiber hood with functional vents, a carbon roof panel, 18- and 19-inch wheels, quad exhausts and, for the first time since 1960, taillamps that were not round. The bodywork managed air at the front, over the hood and through the rear quarters, and the Stingray name came back because Welburn said the car had earned it. The interior answered twenty years of complaint: a wrapped dashboard, two seats including a competition bucket, an eight-inch configurable cluster and a driver-facing console. The frame was aluminum on every model, built in a new shop inside the Bowling Green plant, 57 percent stiffer and 99 pounds lighter than the C6’s steel frame, with aluminum suspension arms, Magnetic Ride optional and an electronic limited-slip differential in the Z51 package. Chevrolet revealed it in Detroit on January 13, 2013 and sold the first one, VIN 001, at Barrett-Jackson for $1.1 million for charity.
The LT1 and the seven-speed
The LT1 was the first Gen V small block: 6.2 liters, aluminum, pushrods still, with direct injection, continuously variable cam phasing and Active Fuel Management that shut four cylinders on the highway, 455 horsepower and 460 lb-ft, or 460 and 465 with the NPP exhaust, and 29 mpg on the EPA highway cycle. Behind it sat a Tremec TR6070 seven-speed manual with Active Rev Match, the first seven-speed in a production car, or a six-speed automatic that gave way after one year to the 8L90 eight-speed paddle-shift automatic, which shifted faster than Porsche’s PDK on paper and was built by GM at Toledo. A Z51 Stingray ran 0–60 in 3.8 seconds and the quarter in 12.0 at $54,795, and 57 percent of 2014 buyers took Z51. Chevrolet built 37,288 in the first year, including 1,044 Premiere Editions in Laguna Blue (coupes) and Lime Rock Green (convertibles).
2015 to 2016: the Z06 and the C7’s best year
The 2015 Z06 broke with its predecessors: it came as a convertible as well as a coupe, because the aluminum frame no longer needed a fixed roof for stiffness, and it came with an automatic, the eight-speed, which was quicker than the manual. The LT4 was an LT1 with a 1.7-liter Eaton supercharger, titanium intake valves, forged pistons and a dry sump, 650 horsepower and 650 lb-ft; the body was 2.2 inches wider at the rear with its own front splitter, rear spoiler and brake ducts; and the Z07 package added carbon-ceramic brakes, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires, a bigger splitter with wickers and a clear wickerbill spoiler, which took the Z06 to 1.2 g and a 7:13.9 Nürburgring claim. It cost $78,995 and ran 0–60 in 2.95 seconds; 8,653 were sold in 2015 and 14,275 in 2016, the C7’s peak year at 40,689 cars. The 2015 Stingray gained the eight-speed and the Performance Data Recorder, a camera and data logger built into the car, and Jeff Gordon paced Indianapolis in a Z06; the 2016 added the Z06 C7.R Edition, 650 cars in Corvette Racing Yellow or Black with the Z07 package, Apple CarPlay and a front camera.
2017 to 2018: the Grand Sport and the short year
The Grand Sport returned for 2017 as the C7’s sweet spot: the Z06’s wide body, Magnetic Ride, eLSD, brakes and 19- and 20-inch wheels with the 460-horsepower LT1, and for the first time on a Grand Sport the Z07 package, for $66,445; 11,958 were sold the first year and the Collector Edition, 935 cars in Watkins Glen Gray with Tension Blue leather, marked the name’s history. A Grand Sport paced Indianapolis. The 2018 was the Corvette’s 65th year and the shortest model year since the 1950s: Bowling Green shut for three months to rebuild its paint shop, the 2018 ran from June 5, 2017 to January 28, 2018 and only 9,686 cars were built, the fewest since 1959, among them 650 Carbon 65 Editions in Ceramic Matrix Gray with a carbon-fiber ground-effects kit and hood, 297 Grand Sports and 353 Z06s. The Z06 got its cooling fixed after two years of complaints about heat soak on track.
2019: the ZR1 and the end of the front engine
The ZR1 was the C7’s send-off and the fastest Corvette ever built. Its LT5 put a 2.65-liter Eaton supercharger, 52 percent bigger than the Z06’s, on the LT4 with port and direct injection together, 755 horsepower and 715 lb-ft, under a carbon-fiber halo hood that was the only way to clear the blower; a high-wing ZTK package added Cup 2 tires and a stiffer setup for the track, the low wing for the 212-mph top speed; it ran 0–60 in 2.85 seconds and the quarter in 10.6, and Chevrolet claimed a 7:04 lap of the Nürburgring that it never officially released. It cost $119,995 as a coupe and $123,995 as a convertible, 2,953 were built, and one paced the Indianapolis 500 after a GM executive crashed the first pace car at Detroit. The 2019 also brought the Drivers Series Grand Sports, 95 cars in five drivers’ liveries, and 100 Hertz Z06s. On July 18, 2019 Chevrolet revealed the mid-engine C8, and on November 15, 2019 the last front-engine Corvette, a black Z06, left Bowling Green; Rick Hendrick bought it at Barrett-Jackson for $2.7 million, all of it to charity.
Corvette Racing in the C7 years
The C7.R was built alongside the road car, which is why it looked like one. It debuted at Daytona in January 2014 with a 5.5-liter naturally aspirated engine of about 490 horsepower, and 2015 was the best year Corvette Racing has had: class wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the same season, the only time a team has swept all three in GT, with Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Jordan Taylor winning Le Mans. The C7.R won Daytona again in 2016 in a photo finish, Sebring in 2016 and 2017, and the IMSA GTLM drivers’, team and manufacturers’ championships of 2016, 2017 and 2018, before a winless 2019 and the C8.R. Larbre Compétition and Team AAI ran customer C7.Rs in the World Endurance Championship.
What the C7 left behind
The C7 is the front-engine Corvette at its limit: 755 horsepower through the rear wheels, a seven-speed manual, an aluminum frame and a body that still looks like the race car, in the last generation where the driver sat behind the engine. It gave the C8 its LT engines, its Magnetic Ride, its eLSD and its aluminum construction, and it is the last Corvette with a manual gearbox. For buyers it is the modern Corvette that has held its value best: the ZR1, the Carbon 65 and the C7.R Edition have appreciated, the Z06 and Grand Sport have held, and the manual cars bring a premium that grows every year. The year pages linked below carry the full specifications, options, colors, VIN ranges and production figures for each of the six years.
The 650-hp, 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is one of the most capable vehicles on the market, capable of accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in only 2.95 seconds, achieving 1.2 g in cornering acceleration, and braking from 60-0 mph in just 99.6 feet.
The new 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport combines a lightweight architecture, a track-honed aerodynamics package, Michelin tires and a naturally aspirated engine to deliver exceptional performance. Inside, the Grand Sport Collector Edition features a unique Tension Blue full leather and suede-wrapped interior, a three-dimensional representation of an original Grand Sport race car is embossed in the headrests and that shape is also used on an instrument panel plaque that carries a unique build sequence number.
The last front-engine Corvette, a black 2019 Z06 built on November 15, 2019, sold at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale in January 2020 for $2.7 million, every dollar to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation; Rick Hendrick bought it, as he had bought the first C7 and the first ZR1. The C7 ZR1’s halo hood exists because the LT5’s supercharger sits 2.9 inches taller than the Z06’s: the carbon hood is cut around the blower cover, which is the only part of the engine you can see from outside.
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The C7 Corvette Year by Year - The Model Timeline
Six model years and three engines. The LT1 Stingray ran all six years and the Grand Sport, the same engine in the Z06’s body, from 2017; the supercharged LT4 Z06 from 2015; the supercharged LT5 ZR1 in 2019 only. The quick tells are the body (narrow Stingray; wide Z06, Grand Sport and ZR1, the Grand Sport with its fender hashes and the ZR1 with its halo hood and high or low wing), the taillamps and quad exhaust, the automatic (six-speed in 2014 only, eight-speed from 2015), the 2014-only Premiere colors, and the edition liveries: Corvette Racing Yellow for the C7.R Edition, Watkins Glen Gray for the Collector Edition, Ceramic Matrix Gray for Carbon 65.
Production ran at 32,000 to 40,000 a year except for the 2018, cut to 9,686 by the paint-shop shutdown, which makes the 2018 the scarce year and the 2016 the common one. The collectible C7s are the ZR1 (2,953, manuals and ZTK cars on top), the Carbon 65 (650), the Z06 C7.R Edition (650), the Premiere Edition (1,044), the Grand Sport Collector Edition (935), the Drivers Series Grand Sports (95) and the Hertz Z06s (100); the 2014–16 Stingray coupes are the least expensive modern Corvettes with 455 horsepower.
2014 Corvette
The seventh-generation Corvette arrived as the Stingray, revealed at the Detroit show on January 13, 2013 and built from August 2013: an aluminum frame on every car, a carbon-fiber hood and roof panel, a new interior, the 455-horsepower direct-injected LT1 (460 with the NPP exhaust), the seven-speed manual with rev matching or a six-speed automatic, and the Z51 package with the eLSD, dry sump, bigger brakes and cooling that 57 percent of buyers chose. It cost $51,995 as a coupe and $56,995 as a convertible, and 37,288 were built, 1,044 of them Premiere Editions in Laguna Blue or Lime Rock Green. The first car sold for $1.1 million for charity.
2015–2016 Corvette
The Z06 returned for 2015 with the 650-horsepower supercharged LT4, as a coupe or convertible, with the seven-speed or the new eight-speed automatic and the Z07 package of carbon-ceramic brakes, Cup 2 tires and aero, at $78,995; 8,653 were sold. The Stingray got the eight-speed, the Performance Data Recorder and the Atlantic and Pacific design packages, and a Z06 paced Indianapolis with Jeff Gordon; 34,240 were built.
2016 was the C7’s best year at 40,689 cars, 14,275 of them Z06s. The Z06 C7.R Edition put the Z07 package, carbon-fiber ground effects and the race team’s yellow or black on 650 cars at $112,395; the Stingray gained Apple CarPlay, a front curb-view camera and the Twilight Racing, Spice Red and Jet Black Suede design packages, and three new colors arrived, Corvette Racing Yellow, Long Beach Red and Admiral Blue.
2017–2018 Corvette
The Grand Sport came back for 2017: the Z06’s wide body, Magnetic Ride, eLSD, brakes and wheels with the 460-horsepower LT1, Z07 available, from $66,445, and it sold 11,958 in its first year; the Collector Edition (935) came in Watkins Glen Gray with Tension Blue leather, and a Grand Sport paced Indianapolis. 32,782 were built, and the Z06 got the Z07 package’s aero made available on its own.
2018, the Corvette’s 65th year, was cut to seven months, June 5, 2017 to January 28, 2018, by a three-month shutdown to rebuild the Bowling Green paint shop; 9,686 cars were built, the fewest since 1959. The Carbon 65 Edition, 650 cars in Ceramic Matrix Gray with carbon-fiber ground effects and hood, 297 Grand Sports and 353 Z06s, cost $15,000 over a 3LT or 3LZ; the Z06 received revised cooling, and new 19- and 20-inch wheel designs arrived.
2019 Corvette
The last front-engine Corvette and the fastest: the ZR1 with the 755-horsepower supercharged LT5, a carbon-fiber halo hood, a choice of low wing for 212 mph or the ZTK package’s high wing and Cup 2s for the track, $119,995 as a coupe and $123,995 as a convertible, 2,953 built; it had paced the 2018 Indianapolis 500. The Grand Sport Drivers Series put five Corvette Racing drivers’ liveries on 95 cars, a Grand Sport paced the 2019 race with Dale Earnhardt Jr., Hertz took 100 Z06s and base prices held at 2018 levels. 34,822 were built between January 29, 2018 and November 15, 2019, when the last C7, a black Z06, left the line; it sold for $2.7 million for charity. The mid-engine C8 had been revealed on July 18.
MORE: PRODUCTION FIGURES / BUILD DATES
| YEAR | BUILT | BASE PRICE | ENGINES | WHAT CHANGED |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 37,288 | $51,995 / $56,995 convertible; Z51 +$2,800 | 6.2 L LT1, 455/460 hp | All-new Stingray: aluminum frame on every car, carbon hood and roof, LT1 455/460 hp, seven-speed manual, Z51 with eLSD; Premiere Edition (1,044); 37,288 built |
| 2015 | 34,240 | $54,995 / $59,995; Z06 $78,995 / $83,995 | 6.2 L LT1, 455/460 hp; Z06 supercharged LT4, 650 hp (8,653) | Z06 returns: supercharged LT4 650 hp, coupe and convertible, eight-speed automatic, Z07 package, $78,995, 8,653; Performance Data Recorder; Z06 Indy pace car |
| 2016 | 40,689 | $56,395 / $60,395; Z06 $80,395; C7.R Edition $112,395 | LT1 455/460 hp; LT4 650 hp (14,275) | Best C7 year, 40,689; Z06 C7.R Edition (650); Apple CarPlay, front camera; three design packages; Corvette Racing Yellow |
| 2017 | 32,782 | $56,445 / $60,445; GS $66,445 / $70,445; Z06 $80,445 | LT1 455/460 hp (Stingray), 460 hp (Grand Sport); LT4 650 hp (7,273) | Grand Sport returns (11,958): Z06 body, Magnetic Ride, eLSD and brakes with the LT1, Z07 available; Collector Edition (935); Grand Sport Indy pace car |
| 2018 | 9,686 | $56,490 / $60,490; GS $66,490; Z06 $80,490; Carbon 65 +$15,000 | LT1 455/460 hp; LT4 650 hp (2,802) | 65th year; seven-month model year around the paint-shop rebuild, 9,686 built, fewest since 1959; Carbon 65 Edition (650); Z06 cooling revised |
| 2019 | 34,822 | $56,590 / $60,590; GS $66,590; Z06 $80,590; ZR1 $119,995 / $123,995 | LT1 455/460 hp; LT4 650 hp (6,937); ZR1 supercharged LT5, 755 hp (2,953) | ZR1: supercharged LT5 755 hp, halo hood, ZTK, 212 mph, $119,995, 2,953; Drivers Series Grand Sport (95), Hertz Z06 (100); Grand Sport Indy pace car with Dale Earnhardt Jr.; last front-engine Corvette built Nov 15, 2019 |
C7 Corvette Model Year Research Hubs (2014–2019)
One page per model year with everything we have on it: the story, specifications, every option and its price, the color chart, VIN ranges, production numbers, pictures, videos, cars for sale and the questions people ask. Start with the year you own or want.
C7 Corvette Special Models, Race Cars & Concepts
The rare ones: the 2014 Premiere Edition, the Z06 C7.R Edition, the Grand Sport Collector Edition, the Carbon 65 Edition, the Drivers Series and Hertz Z06, the five Indy pace cars, the Callaway SC627, SC757 and AeroWagen, the Hennessey and Yenko/SC cars, the Genovation GXE electric Corvette, the C7.R and the Corvette Racing Yellow editions. The Z06, ZR1, Grand Sport, special editions and the C7.R have their own sections below.
The 2015–2019 Corvette Z06
The first Z06 with a convertible body and an automatic, because the C7’s aluminum frame no longer needed a fixed roof. The LT4 put a 1.7-liter Eaton supercharger, titanium intake valves, forged pistons and a dry sump on the LT1 for 650 horsepower and 650 lb-ft; the body was 2.2 inches wider at the rear with its own splitter, spoiler and ducts; the Z07 package added carbon-ceramic brakes, Cup 2 tires and the big aero for 1.2 g. 0–60 in 2.95 seconds with the eight-speed, $78,995 in 2015 and $80,590 by 2019, and 39,940 built: 8,653, 14,275, 7,273, 2,802 and 6,937, including the 650 C7.R Editions of 2016 and 353 Carbon 65s of 2018. In 2026 driven Z06s sold for $41,500 to $99,000 and delivery-mileage cars to $110,000; Classic.com’s benchmark was about $76,600, and the C7.R Edition’s $93,824.
MORE: THE Z06 GUIDE / THE LT4 / ALL Z06 POSTS
The 2019 Corvette ZR1
The fastest front-engine Corvette and the last: the LT5, a 6.2-liter with a 2.65-liter Eaton supercharger and both port and direct injection, 755 horsepower and 715 lb-ft, hand-built in Bowling Green, under a carbon-fiber halo hood cut around the blower. A low wing for 212 mph or the ZTK Track Performance Package’s high wing, Cup 2 tires and stiffer springs for the track, Magnetic Ride, carbon-ceramic brakes, a seven-speed manual or the eight-speed, 0–60 in 2.85 seconds, the quarter in 10.6 and a 7:04 Nürburgring claim. $119,995 as a coupe and $123,995 as a convertible, 2,953 built in one year, 2,441 coupes and 512 convertibles, and the pace car of the 2018 Indianapolis 500. In October 2026 Classic.com’s benchmarks were $160,593 for an automatic coupe and $220,516 for a manual, with manual ZTK coupes selling for $200,000 to $340,000 over the previous year, the most of any modern Corvette.
MORE: THE ZR1 GUIDE / THE LT5 / ZR1 VALUES / ALL 2019 ZR1 POSTS
The 2017–2019 Corvette Grand Sport
The Z06 without the supercharger, and the C7 most people should buy: the wide body, Magnetic Ride, electronic limited-slip, Brembo brakes and 19- and 20-inch wheels on Michelin Pilot Super Sports, with the 460-horsepower LT1 and a standard dry sump, Z07 available for the first time on a Grand Sport, from $66,445. It ran 1.05 g and 0–60 in 3.6 seconds, and sold 26,280 in three years: 11,958, 3,081 and 11,241. The Collector Edition of 2017 (935, Watkins Glen Gray, Tension Blue) and the Drivers Series of 2019 (95 cars in the liveries of Gavin, Milner, Magnussen, Garcia and Taylor) are the editions, and Grand Sports paced Indianapolis in 2017 and, with Dale Earnhardt Jr., in 2019. In 2026 Grand Sports sold for $27,500 to $62,700, most 2LT and 3LT cars between $48,000 and $62,000, and Collector Editions for about $57,500 to $60,000.
MORE: THE GRAND SPORT GUIDE / THE COLLECTOR EDITION / THE DRIVERS SERIES / ALL C7 GRAND SPORT POSTS
The C7 Special Editions & Pace Cars
Six factory editions and five pace cars. The 2014 Premiere Edition (1,044, Laguna Blue coupes and Lime Rock Green convertibles with the full option list); the 2016 Z06 C7.R Edition (650, Corvette Racing Yellow or Black, Z07, carbon ground effects); the 2017 Grand Sport Collector Edition (935, Watkins Glen Gray and Tension Blue); the 2018 Carbon 65 Edition (650, Ceramic Matrix Gray, carbon hood and ground effects, 297 Grand Sports and 353 Z06s, one of them sold by President Bush for charity); the 2019 Grand Sport Drivers Series (95) and Hertz Z06 (100). The Indianapolis 500 pace cars were a Z06 in 2015 (Jeff Gordon), a Grand Sport in 2017, the ZR1 in 2018 (Victor Oladipo, after a GM vice-president crashed the first one at the Detroit Grand Prix) and a Grand Sport with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2019. In 2026 Carbon 65s sold for $71,500 to $110,000 (benchmark $116,260), C7.R Editions for $75,500 to $119,500 ($93,824) and Premiere coupes for $71,500 to $74,500.
MORE: CARBON 65 / Z06 C7.R EDITION / PREMIERE EDITION / THE ANNIVERSARY CORVETTES / ALL CARBON 65 POSTS
The Corvette C7.R & Corvette Racing
Developed alongside the road car by Pratt & Miller, sharing its aluminum frame design, the C7.R raced from 2014 to 2019 with a 5.5-liter naturally aspirated V-8 of about 490 horsepower under GT rules. 2015 was Corvette Racing’s greatest season: GTLM wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the same year, the only GT sweep of all three, with Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Jordan Taylor winning Le Mans. The C7.R won Daytona again in 2016 by a photo finish and Sebring in 2016 and 2017, and took the IMSA GTLM drivers’, team and manufacturers’ championships of 2016 (Gavin / Milner), 2017 and 2018 (Garcia / Magnussen), before a winless 2019 and the mid-engine C8.R. Larbre Compétition and Team AAI ran customer cars in the World Endurance Championship, and Chevrolet honored the car with the 2016 Z06 C7.R Edition.
MORE: THE Z06 C7.R EDITION / THE END OF THE C7.R ERA / CORVETTE’S RACING LEGACY / ALL C7.R POSTS
C7 Corvette Engines
Three engines, all 6.2-liter Gen V small blocks and the first Corvette engines with direct injection. The LT1 of 2014–19 brought direct injection, continuously variable valve timing and Active Fuel Management to the pushrod V-8 for 455 horsepower and 460 lb-ft, or 460 and 465 with the NPP dual-mode exhaust, standard on the Grand Sport, and 29 mpg on the highway; the Z51 and Grand Sport versions have a dry sump. The LT4 of the 2015–19 Z06 added a 1.7-liter Eaton TVS supercharger with an intercooler, forged pistons, titanium intake valves and a dry sump for 650 horsepower and 650 lb-ft. The LT5 of the 2019 ZR1 enlarged the blower to 2.65 liters, 52 percent more, added port injection alongside the direct injection and a new crank-driven oil system, and made 755 horsepower and 715 lb-ft, the most powerful engine GM had built; the LT4 and LT5 were hand-assembled at the Performance Build Center inside the Bowling Green plant.
Behind them sat the Tremec TR6070 seven-speed manual with Active Rev Match, the first seven-speed in a production car and the last manual in a Corvette, or the 6L80 six-speed automatic in 2014 and the 8L90 eight-speed paddle-shift automatic from 2015, quicker than the manual in every C7. Outside the factory, Callaway’s SC627 and SC757, Hennessey’s HPE packages and the Yenko/SC took the LT1 and LT4 past 1,000 horsepower, and the C7.R raced a 5.5-liter LT5.5R.
The Gen V engines are reliable and the faults are known: the LT1’s Active Fuel Management lifters, which can collapse and are often disabled on tuned cars; the 2015–16 Z06’s heat soak on track, cured by the 2017 and 2018 cooling revisions; the early 8L90’s harsh shifting, addressed by software; and on the ZR1 the halo hood’s clearance. The VIN’s eighth character is 7 for an LT1, 6 for an LT4 and J for an LT5. The engine guides linked in the table cover each one in detail.
MORE: EVERY C7 ENGINE
| RPO | ENGINE | OUTPUT | YEARS | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT1 | 6.2 L (376 ci) Gen V aluminum small block with direct injection, variable valve timing and Active Fuel Management; dry sump with Z51 and on the Grand Sport; NPP exhaust adds 5 hp | 455 hp / 460 lb-ft; 460 / 465 with NPP | 2014–19 | Guide |
| LT4 | Supercharged LT1 with a 1.7 L Eaton TVS blower and intercooler, forged pistons, titanium intake valves, dry sump; hand-built at Bowling Green; Z06 | 650 hp / 650 lb-ft | 2015–19 | Guide |
| LT5 | Supercharged 6.2 L with a 2.65 L Eaton blower, port and direct injection, crank-driven dry-sump oiling; hand-built; ZR1 only, 2,953 cars | 755 hp / 715 lb-ft | 2019 | Guide |
| LT5.5R | Pratt & Miller / ECR 5.5 L naturally aspirated racing V-8 for the C7.R under GTLM / GTE rules | About 490 hp | 2014–19 | Guide |
The C7 Corvette in Competition
The C7.R was the first Corvette race car developed with the road car it was based on, sharing the aluminum frame design, and it gave Corvette Racing its best season. It debuted at the Rolex 24 at Daytona in January 2014 with the 5.5-liter LT5.5R and won its first race at Long Beach that April. In 2015 the team won the GTLM class at Daytona, Sebring and Le Mans in the same season, with Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Jordan Taylor taking the Le Mans win in the surviving car after the sister car crashed in practice, the only time a manufacturer has swept the three great endurance races in GT in one year. The C7.R won Daytona again in 2016 by 0.034 seconds over the sister car in a photo finish, Sebring in 2016 and 2017, and the IMSA GTLM drivers’, team and manufacturers’ championships of 2016 (Gavin and Milner with Marcel Fässler), 2017 and 2018 (Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen).
2019 was the first winless season in the team’s history, with the #3 car second in the standings, and the C7.R retired at Petit Le Mans that October for the mid-engine C8.R. Larbre Compétition ran a customer C7.R in the World Endurance Championship from 2015 to 2017 and Team AAI in 2016. Chevrolet marked the program with the 2016 Z06 C7.R Edition and the 2019 Grand Sport Drivers Series in the drivers’ liveries, and Jeff Gordon sold his C7.R for charity at Barrett-Jackson in 2019.
The production C7 paced Indianapolis four times: a Z06 with Jeff Gordon in 2015, a Grand Sport in 2017, the ZR1 with Victor Oladipo in 2018 and a Grand Sport with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2019; the ZR1 also set an 8.57-second quarter mile in AMP tune, a 1,000-horsepower tuner benchmark and a claimed 7:04 at the Nürburgring.
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| YEAR | CAR | EVENT | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Corvette C7.R (Pratt & Miller, 5.5 L LT5.5R) | Rolex 24 at Daytona / Long Beach | Debut; first win at Long Beach in April |
| 2015 | Corvette C7.R | Daytona, Sebring and Le Mans, GTLM / GTE Pro | All three won in one season, the only GT sweep; Gavin / Milner / Taylor at Le Mans |
| 2016 | Corvette C7.R, Gavin / Milner / Fässler | Rolex 24 at Daytona / IMSA GTLM | Daytona win by 0.034 s over the sister car; Sebring win; drivers’, team and manufacturers’ titles |
| 2017 | Corvette C7.R, Garcia / Magnussen / Rockenfeller | 12 Hours of Sebring / IMSA GTLM | Sebring win; second straight championship sweep |
| 2018 | Corvette C7.R, Garcia / Magnussen | IMSA GTLM | Third straight drivers’ and team titles |
| 2019 | Corvette C7.R | IMSA GTLM | Winless; #3 second in points; retired at Petit Le Mans for the C8.R |
| 2015–17 | Larbre Compétition and Team AAI customer C7.Rs | FIA WEC, LMGTE Am | Customer program in Europe |
| 2015 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019 | Z06, Grand Sport, ZR1 and Grand Sport | Indianapolis 500 | Pace cars; Gordon 2015, Oladipo in the ZR1 2018 after the first was crashed, Earnhardt Jr. 2019 |
Buying a C7 Corvette
What They Bring & What To Check
The C7 is the modern Corvette that has held its value best, and the market sorts it by model and gearbox: the ZR1 on top, manuals far above automatics and the ZTK cars above the low-wing ones; then the Carbon 65 and the Z06 C7.R Edition; then the Z06 by year, with manuals and Z07 cars carrying the premium; then the Grand Sport and its Collector and Drivers Series editions; then the Stingray by trim, the 3LT Z51 manuals first. The 2018 is scarce but ordinary 2018s bring no premium. Since the C8 has no manual, every manual C7 has become the last of its kind, and the gap between manual and automatic prices has widened each year.
Results tracked by Classic.com between October 2025 and October 2026 show the spread. Stingrays sold for $27,250 to $59,000, most 2LT and 3LT Z51 cars between $38,000 and $53,500, with Premiere Edition coupes at $71,500 to $74,500; Grand Sports for $27,500 to $62,700, most between $48,000 and $62,000, a 1,000-mile manual at $96,800 and Collector Editions around $57,500 to $60,000; Z06s for $41,500 to $110,000, most driven 3LZ cars between $58,000 and $88,000, low-mileage manuals at $103,000 to $110,000, benchmark about $76,600; C7.R Editions for $75,500 to $119,500 ($93,824); Carbon 65 Editions for $71,500 to $110,000 ($116,260); and ZR1s with benchmarks of $160,593 for an automatic coupe and $220,516 for a manual, $176,346 and $227,507 for the convertibles, manual ZTK coupes selling for $200,000 to $340,000 and automatics for $125,000 to $260,000. Check whether a result includes the buyer’s premium, and treat asking prices and unsold high bids separately from completed sales.
Verification is straightforward. The VIN’s eighth character gives the engine (7 LT1, 6 LT4, J LT5) and the fifth and sixth the model and trim; the RPO label in the glovebox lists Z51, Z06, Z07, ZTK, the Grand Sport (Z15 Collector Edition), Carbon 65 (Z25), C7.R Edition (Z25 on the 2016 Z06) and the trim level (1LT–3LT, 1LZ–3LZ, 1ZR–3ZR); the window sticker and build sheet are on nearly every car and GM’s Corvette archives will pull the production order. On a Carbon 65, C7.R Edition or Drivers Series car the numbered plaque should match the paperwork, and on a ZR1 the ZTK package is the thing to confirm, because it is most of the premium.
What breaks: the LT1’s Active Fuel Management lifters, which can fail and are often deleted; the 2015–16 Z06’s heat soak on track, fixed on 2017–19 cars; early 8L90 automatics’ harsh shifts and torque-converter shudder, cured by fluid and software updates; the 2014–15 Z51 differential cooler and the cars with a torque-tube whine; cracked carbon roof panels and chipped carbon hoods; and on any Z06 or ZR1, track use, so a clutch, tire, brake and fluid history matters more than mileage. Flood and salvage titles are common on C7s, so the history report matters. The buyer’s guide below goes year by year, and a 2017–19 Grand Sport manual or a 2017–19 Z06 is its recommended place to start.
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FAQs
What years are the C7 Corvette?
The C7 Corvette was built for six model years, 2014 through 2019, as the Stingray (all six years), the Z06 (2015–19), the Grand Sport (2017–19) and the ZR1 (2019). It was revealed in Detroit on January 13, 2013, the first car was built in August 2013 and the last on November 15, 2019. The C6 preceded it, ending with the 2013, and the mid-engine C8 replaced it for 2020, which makes the C7 the last front-engine Corvette and the last with a manual gearbox.
How many C7 Corvettes were built?
189,507: 37,288 in 2014, 34,240 in 2015, 40,689 in 2016, 32,782 in 2017, 9,686 in 2018 and 34,822 in 2019. That includes 39,940 Z06s, 26,280 Grand Sports and 2,953 ZR1s (2,441 coupes, 512 convertibles). The editions were 1,044 Premiere Editions, 650 Z06 C7.R Editions, 935 Grand Sport Collector Editions, 650 Carbon 65 Editions, 95 Drivers Series Grand Sports and 100 Hertz Z06s. The 2018, cut to seven months by the paint-shop rebuild, is the lowest Corvette year since 1959.
Who designed the C7 Corvette?
Tom Peters led the exterior design and Ryan Vaughan the interior under GM design chief Ed Welburn, who revived the Stingray name. Tadge Juechter was chief engineer for the whole generation, with Tom Wallace on the early program before his 2008 retirement. The Gen V LT engines came from GM Powertrain, the aluminum frame was engineered to be built inside the Bowling Green plant, and the C7.R was built by Pratt & Miller for Corvette Racing under Doug Fehan.
What engines did the C7 Corvette have?
Three 6.2-liter Gen V small blocks with direct injection. The LT1 made 455 horsepower and 460 lb-ft, or 460 and 465 with the NPP exhaust, in every Stingray and Grand Sport. The supercharged LT4 made 650 horsepower and 650 lb-ft in the Z06 (2015–19). The supercharged LT5, with a bigger 2.65-liter blower and port plus direct injection, made 755 horsepower and 715 lb-ft in the 2019 ZR1, the most powerful Corvette engine until the C8 ZR1. All drove a rear transaxle with a seven-speed manual or, from 2015, an eight-speed paddle-shift automatic (a six-speed in 2014).
What changed from the C6 to the C7 Corvette?
Almost everything but the layout. The C7 made the aluminum frame standard on every model, 57 percent stiffer and 99 pounds lighter than the C6’s steel one, with a wheelbase an inch longer and a wider track; added a carbon-fiber hood and roof; replaced the LS3 with the direct-injected LT1 (455 horsepower against 430) and the six-speed manual with a seven-speed; brought an electronic limited-slip, Performance Traction Management and a Performance Data Recorder; gave the car a new interior with real seats; and changed the body to Tom Peters’ Stingray with the first non-round taillamps since 1960. The Z06 went from 505 to 650 horsepower and the ZR1 from 638 to 755.
What is the difference between the C7 Stingray, Grand Sport, Z06 and ZR1?
All share the aluminum frame, the seven-speed manual or eight-speed automatic and the coupe and convertible bodies. The Stingray (2014–19) has the 455/460-horsepower LT1 in the narrow body, from $51,995. The Grand Sport (2017–19) is the Z06’s wide body, Magnetic Ride, eLSD and brakes with the 460-horsepower LT1, from $66,445. The Z06 (2015–19) is the wide body with the 650-horsepower supercharged LT4 and the optional Z07 carbon-ceramic brakes and aero, from $78,995. The ZR1 (2019) is the 755-horsepower LT5 under a carbon halo hood with a low or high (ZTK) wing, 212 mph, $119,995, 2,953 built.
Which C7 Corvette year is the best to buy?
For a driver, a 2017–19 Grand Sport with the manual: the Z06’s chassis without its heat and insurance, and the 2019 Drivers Series or 2017 Collector Edition if you want a rare one. For performance, a 2017–19 Z06, which has the revised cooling, with Z07 and the manual for value. For the least money, a 2014–16 Stingray 2LT or 3LT Z51, with the 2015-on eight-speed if you want the automatic. For collecting, the ZR1 (a manual ZTK coupe above all), the Carbon 65 and the C7.R Edition. The 2018 is the scarce year but ordinary 2018s carry no premium, and the 2014 is the only year with the six-speed automatic.
How much is a C7 Corvette worth today?
Between October 2025 and October 2026, Classic.com tracked Stingrays selling for $27,250 to $59,000 (Premiere Editions to $74,500), Grand Sports for $27,500 to $62,700 (Collector Editions around $57,500–$60,000), Z06s for $41,500 to $110,000 (benchmark about $76,600; C7.R Editions $75,500–$119,500), Carbon 65 Editions for $71,500 to $110,000 (benchmark $116,260) and ZR1s from $125,000 to $340,000, with benchmarks of $160,593 for an automatic coupe and $220,516 for a manual. Manuals, low mileage and the Z07 and ZTK packages set the price within each group; check whether a result includes the buyer’s premium.
What were the C7 Corvette special models?
Factory editions: the 2014 Premiere Edition (1,044), the 2016 Z06 C7.R Edition (650), the 2017 Grand Sport Collector Edition (935), the 2018 Carbon 65 Edition (650), the 2019 Grand Sport Drivers Series (95) and Hertz Z06 (100), plus the design packages (Atlantic, Pacific, Twilight Racing, Spice Red, Jet Black Suede) and the Indianapolis 500 pace cars of 2015 (Z06), 2017 (Grand Sport), 2018 (ZR1) and 2019 (Grand Sport), none of them replicated. Tuner: the Callaway SC627, SC757 and AeroWagen, the Hennessey HPE cars, the Yenko/SC Stage II and the Genovation GXE electric Corvette. Racing: the C7.R.
How did the C7 Corvette do in racing?
The C7.R gave Corvette Racing its best season: in 2015 it won the GTLM class at the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the only GT sweep of all three in one year. It won Daytona again in 2016, Sebring in 2016 and 2017, and the IMSA GTLM drivers’, team and manufacturers’ championships of 2016, 2017 and 2018, then went winless in 2019 and was replaced by the C8.R. Customer C7.Rs ran in the World Endurance Championship with Larbre and Team AAI. The production C7 paced the Indianapolis 500 in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
What are the common problems with a C7 Corvette?
Active Fuel Management lifter failures on the LT1; heat soak on the 2015–16 Z06 on track, fixed from 2017; harsh shifts and converter shudder on early 8L90 automatics, addressed by updates; differential-cooler and torque-tube noise on some Z51 cars; cracked carbon roof panels and chipped carbon hoods; the Z06’s tire wear and brake costs with Z07; and a high share of flood and salvage titles after the 2017 and 2021 hurricane seasons, so the history report matters. The engines and the seven-speed are robust and parts supply is excellent, which is why gearbox, trim and mileage set the price more than the year.
Is a C7 Corvette a good investment?
The ZR1, the Carbon 65 and the Z06 C7.R Edition have appreciated since 2020 and manual ZTK ZR1s now bring two to three times their sticker; the Z06 and Grand Sport have held their value, and every manual C7 carries a growing premium because the C8 has none. The ordinary Stingray, with about 120,000 built, is a driver’s car whose price tracks mileage, trim and gearbox. A low-mileage ZR1, edition car or manual Z06 bought with its paperwork has held value; a Stingray is bought to be driven. We are not financial advisers; dated Classic.com results and the car’s window sticker and build sheet are the places to check before paying.
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