CORVETTE GENERATIONS
The C8 Corvette (2020–Present)
The Corvette with the engine behind the driver. Eight model years so far and more than 220,000 cars. The 495-hp Stingray with a dual-clutch, the 670-hp flat-plane Z06 that revs to 8,600, the AWD hybrid E-Ray, the 1,064-hp twin-turbo ZR1 that ran 233 mph, the 1,250-hp ZR1X, the 2027 Grand Sport with a new 6.7-liter small block, and the C8.R and Z06 GT3.R that keep winning. This is the hub.
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The Basics
Generation: C8 Corvette, the eighth generation; the first mid-engine Corvette
Body Styles: Two-door mid-engine coupe with a removable roof panel and two-door hardtop convertible with a power-folding top, on every model: Stingray (2020–), Z06 (2023–), E-Ray (2024–26), ZR1 (2025–), ZR1X (2026–), Grand Sport and Grand Sport X (2027–)
Production: 20,368 / 26,216 / 25,831 / 53,785 / 42,934 / 25,835 / about 25,184 (2020–2026, the 2026 figure unofficial) and the 2027 in production; about 220,000 so far. 2023 was the second-biggest Corvette year ever, 22 cars short of 1979
Designers: Tom Peters and Kirk Bennion (exterior), Phil Zak (interior) under Michael Simcoe; chief engineer Tadge Juechter to 2024, then Josh Holder; Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports with the customer Z06 GT3.R program from 2024
Chassis: Mid-engine, rear-wheel drive (all-wheel drive with the E-Ray, ZR1X and Grand Sport X’s electric front axle); aluminum spaceframe with die-cast nodes built at Bowling Green, 107.2-in wheelbase; coil-over double wishbones (the first Corvette without leaf springs), Magnetic Ride 4.0, electronic limited-slip, Brembo brakes, carbon-ceramic with Z07 and ZTK; a front lift that remembers locations
Engines: 6.2 L LT2, 490/495 hp (Stingray 2020–26, E-Ray); 5.5 L LT6 flat-plane-crank DOHC, 670 hp at 8,400 rpm (Z06); LT2 plus a 160-hp front motor, 655 hp (E-Ray); 5.5 L twin-turbo LT7, 1,064 hp (ZR1); LT7 plus a 186-hp front motor, 1,250 hp (ZR1X); 6.7 L LS6, 535 hp (Stingray and Grand Sport 2027), 721 hp with the motor (Grand Sport X)
Transmissions: Tremec TR-9080 eight-speed dual-clutch on every C8; no manual has been offered
Original Price: $59,995 Stingray coupe in 2020 to $73,495 in 2027; Z06 from $106,395 (2023); E-Ray from $106,595 (2024); ZR1 from $174,995 (2025); ZR1X from $207,395 (2026); Grand Sport $88,495 and Grand Sport X $112,195 (2027); all including destination
Assembly: Bowling Green, Kentucky, including the frames; LT2 from Tonawanda, New York; LT6 and LT7 hand-built at the Performance Build Center in Bowling Green; LS6 from Flint, Michigan; right-hand drive from 2022
Predecessor: C7 Corvette (2014–2019)
The Overview
The eighth-generation Corvette put the engine behind the driver, which Zora Arkus-Duntov had proposed in 1960 and General Motors had refused for fifty-nine years. Revealed in a hangar in Tustin, California on July 18, 2019 and built from February 3, 2020 after a strike and then a pandemic shutdown, the 2020 Stingray carried a 495-horsepower 6.2-liter LT2 with a dry sump behind a two-seat cockpit, drove the rear wheels through an eight-speed Tremec dual-clutch, had no manual gearbox for the first time since 1955, ran 0–60 in 2.9 seconds with Z51, and cost $59,995 including destination, which was less than the C7 it replaced. The aluminum frame was built at Bowling Green around cast nodes, the springs were coils for the first time, and the first car sold at Barrett-Jackson for $3 million for charity.
The range has grown every year since. The 2023 Z06 brought the LT6, a 5.5-liter flat-plane-crank V-8 with four cams and an 8,600-rpm redline, 670 naturally aspirated horsepower, in a body 3.6 inches wider, and the 70th Anniversary Edition; the 2024 E-Ray put an electric motor on the front axle for 655 horsepower, all-wheel drive and 2.5 seconds to 60, the first hybrid Corvette; the 2025 ZR1 put two turbochargers on the LT6 for 1,064 horsepower and 233 mph, the first turbocharged Corvette and the fastest American production car; the 2026 ZR1X combined the ZR1’s engine with the E-Ray’s front axle for 1,250 horsepower and a sub-two-second 0–60; and the 2027 Grand Sport revived the wide-body middle model with a new 6.7-liter, 535-horsepower LS6 pushrod V-8 that also replaced the LT2 in the Stingray, plus the 721-horsepower Grand Sport X. On the track, the C8.R won two IMSA GTLM titles, Le Mans in 2023 and the WEC championship, and the customer Z06 GT3.R has won Le Mans, the European Le Mans Series and the 2026 IMSA manufacturers’ title.
Chevrolet has built more than 220,000 C8s, 53,785 of them in 2023 alone, and the generation is still in production, so this is the one hub that changes with the news. In October 2026, Classic.com’s benchmarks were about $134,000 for a Z06, $98,000 for an E-Ray, $284,000 for a 2025 ZR1 and $294,000 for a 2026 ZR1, with ZR1Xs selling for $315,000 to $452,000; ordinary Stingrays sold for $47,000 to $88,000, the first modern Corvettes to lose money in their first years, while the ZR1 and ZR1X sell far over sticker. This page is the hub: the story, a year-by-year table, every engine, the Z06, E-Ray, ZR1, ZR1X, Grand Sport and the race cars, a buying guide with current prices, and links to the eight model-year pages and the research behind them.
The C8 Corvette Story
The mid-engine Corvette is the oldest idea in the car’s history. Duntov drew CERV I in 1960, built CERV II in 1964, and spent his career proposing mid-engine production cars that General Motors costed, admired and cancelled: XP-882, the Two-Rotor and Four-Rotor cars, the Aerovette approved for 1980 and killed in 1978. CERV III of 1990 was the proof of concept, the Corvette Indy its show car, and the question every chief engineer since has been asked at every reveal was when. The answer came on July 18, 2019.
Why it finally happened
By the C7 the front-engine layout had reached its limit. The ZR1 put 755 horsepower through the rear tires and could not use it off the line; a Z06 with 650 horsepower was traction-limited in every gear up to third. Tadge Juechter’s team had studied a mid-engine car for the C7 and been told no; for the C8 the business case was that the Corvette’s buyers were aging with it and that the cars it was measured against, the 911 Turbo, the Audi R8, the McLaren and the Ferrari, all had the engine behind the driver. The program was approved around 2014 and hidden in plain sight: camouflaged mules were photographed from 2015, the Zora name was trademarked, and Mark Reuss, who had crashed the ZR1 pace car, led the reveal in a hangar at the Tustin blimp base in California. The price was the surprise: $59,995 including destination, under $60,000 as promised, for a car that ran with the Porsches.
The engineering: a spaceframe, a dual-clutch and coil springs
The C8’s structure is an aluminum spaceframe of extrusions and six large die-cast nodes, built at Bowling Green and bonded and welded around a central tunnel, with the engine in a cradle behind the cabin and a carbon-fiber rear bumper beam; the wheelbase grew to 107.2 inches and the driver moved 16.5 inches forward. The suspension is double wishbones with coil-over springs, the first Corvette without a transverse leaf since 1963, with Magnetic Ride 4.0 and an electronic limited-slip; the brakes are Brembo with a brake-by-wire pedal; the front lift raises the nose two inches in 2.8 seconds and remembers up to a thousand locations. The LT2 is the LT1’s successor with a dry sump, a new intake and exhaust and a revised cam, 490 horsepower and 465 lb-ft, 495 and 470 with the performance exhaust, mounted low behind a glass window. The gearbox is a Tremec TR-9080 eight-speed dual-clutch with a short first gear and a long eighth, the first automatic-only Corvette and the first transaxle shared with nothing else; a Z51 Stingray runs 0–60 in 2.9 seconds and the quarter in 11.2. The cockpit is a wrapped two-seater with a squared wheel, a 12-inch cluster and the row of climate switches down the console that became the C8’s most argued-about feature. The convertible is a retractable hardtop that stows over the engine in 16 seconds.
2020 to 2022: the Stingray years
The 2020 was late twice. A UAW strike in the fall of 2019 pushed the start of production to February 3, 2020, and the pandemic closed Bowling Green from March 20 to May 26, so only 20,368 were built before the model year closed on December 7, 2020, the Z51 package on three cars in four and VIN 001 sold for $3 million to Rick Hendrick for charity. The 2021 sold 26,216 around six weeks of chip-shortage downtime, 42 percent of them convertibles, and brought Magnetic Ride without Z51 and the first $1,000 price rise; Danica Patrick paced Indianapolis in a white convertible. The 2022 was the shortest C8 year, eight months and 25,831 cars, with the 1,007-car IMSA GTLM Championship Edition celebrating the C8.R’s two titles, the first right-hand-drive Corvettes for Japan, Britain and Australia, and a $1,200 price rise, the first of many.
2023: the Z06 and the seventieth year
The Z06 arrived for 2023 as the C8 the engineers had wanted from the start. Its LT6 was a 5.5-liter all-aluminum V-8 with a flat-plane crankshaft, four overhead cams, 32 valves, a dry sump and an intake with twelve throttle bodies, hand-built at the Performance Build Center, making 670 horsepower at 8,400 rpm and 460 lb-ft with an 8,600-rpm redline, the most powerful naturally aspirated production V-8 ever; the body was 3.6 inches wider on 20- and 21-inch wheels; and the Z07 package added carbon-ceramic brakes, Cup 2 R tires, a carbon aero kit and, optionally, carbon wheels, for 2.6 seconds to 60 and 1.22 g. It cost $106,395 as a coupe and sold 6,413 in a year that was the Corvette’s second-biggest ever, 53,785 cars, 22 short of 1979, with the 70th Anniversary Edition on 5,601 Stingrays and Z06s. A 70th Anniversary Z06 convertible sold at Mecum Glendale for $302,500, the C8 auction record.
2024 to 2026: E-Ray, ZR1 and ZR1X
The E-Ray, revealed on the Corvette’s seventieth birthday, January 17, 2023, and built from December 2023, put a 160-horsepower electric motor on the front axle with a 1.9-kWh battery in the tunnel: 655 horsepower combined, all-wheel drive, 2.5 seconds to 60, the Z06’s wide body and brakes on the LT2, a Stealth mode for electric-only driving, and $106,595. It was the first hybrid Corvette and the shortest-lived variant, replaced for 2027 after 1,417, 3,153 and about 1,177 cars. The 2025 ZR1 put two turbochargers on the LT6 for 1,064 horsepower and 828 lb-ft, the first turbocharged Corvette, with a split rear window, a halo hood, the ZTK package’s high wing and a 233-mph top speed set at Papenburg, the fastest American production car, at $174,995; 180 were built in a model year cut short, and the ZR1 has sold for $100,000 over sticker ever since. The 2026 ZR1X combined the ZR1’s LT7 with the E-Ray’s front motor, now 186 horsepower, for 1,250 horsepower and 973 lb-ft, the most powerful car GM has built, under two seconds to 60 and under nine in the quarter, at $207,395, and set production-car records at Pikes Peak and Lightning Lap; every 2026 got a new cockpit with three screens and the climate switches gone. A one-of-one Stars & Steel ZR1X sold for $2,605,000 for charity.
2027: the Grand Sport and the LS6
The 2027 model year, in production since June 2026, brought the C8 a new base engine and a sixth model. The LS6 is the first of GM’s sixth-generation small blocks, a 6.7-liter pushrod V-8 with 535 horsepower and 520 lb-ft built in Flint, replacing the LT2 in the Stingray; the Grand Sport puts it in the Z06’s wide body with the Z52 Sport and Track packages from $88,495, and the Grand Sport X adds the ZR1X’s front motor for 721 horsepower and all-wheel drive from $112,195, in place of the E-Ray. Early builds put the Grand Sport at a third of the mix. The manual gearbox is not coming back: Chevrolet said so in March 2026, and the chief engineer has said a Z06X is possible. The eighth generation is still being written; the year pages carry each year as it is built.
Corvette Racing in the C8 years
The C8.R raced before the road car was sold. It debuted at Daytona in January 2020 with a 5.5-liter flat-plane LT6.R that previewed the Z06’s engine by three years, won its first race at Daytona that July, and took the IMSA GTLM championships of 2020 and 2021 with Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor, the 2021 Rolex 24, and podiums at Le Mans in 2021 and 2022. In 2023, the factory program’s last year, the C8.R won the GTE Am class at Le Mans and the World Endurance Championship title, and then General Motors handed the Corvette to customers: the Z06 GT3.R, built by Pratt Miller for GT3 rules, raced from 2024 with Pratt Miller, AWA, DXDT and TF Sport, won the 2025 European Le Mans Series championship, the LMGT3 class at Le Mans in 2026 and the 2026 IMSA GTD Pro manufacturers’ championship, with more Corvettes on more grids than at any time in the marque’s history.
The C8 so far
The C8 is the Corvette that answered the question, and the answer sold: 53,785 cars in 2023, more buyers under fifty than the marque had seen in decades, and a lineup that runs from a $73,495 Stingray to a $248,395 ZR1X. It took the Corvette into the supercar market on performance and left it in the Corvette market on price, and it is the first generation whose special models, the ZR1 and ZR1X, are worth more than they cost from the day they are built while the Stingray has become an ordinary used car. What comes next, a C9 or a Z06X, a manual that will not, is the subject of the news section below. The year pages carry the full specifications, options, colors, VIN ranges and production figures for each year, including the one being built now.
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Credit: ChevroletThe 2023 model year, 53,785 cars, missed the all-time Corvette record by 22: the 1979 C3 sold 53,807. The first production C8, VIN 001, sold for $3 million at Barrett-Jackson in January 2020 for charity, and a one-of-one Stars & Steel ZR1X brought $2,605,000 in 2026, which makes the C8 the generation with the two most expensive new Corvettes ever sold. The 233-mph ZR1 run at Papenburg was driven by chief engineer Tadge Juechter himself, not a professional driver.
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The C8 Corvette Year by Year - The Model Timeline
Eight model years so far and the widest range the Corvette has had. The LT2 Stingray ran 2020–26 and the LS6 Stingray from 2027; the Z06 from 2023, the E-Ray 2024–26, the ZR1 from 2025, the ZR1X from 2026, the Grand Sport and Grand Sport X from 2027. The quick tells are the body (narrow Stingray; wide Z06, E-Ray, ZR1, ZR1X and Grand Sport, the ZR1 and ZR1X with the split rear window and halo hood), the badges and the fender hashes, the cockpit (the climate-switch spine through 2025, three screens from 2026), the Stealth-mode button on a hybrid, and the special editions: the IMSA GTLM Championship Edition of 2022, the 70th Anniversary cars of 2023 and the Quail Silver ZR1X of 2026.
Production ran 20,000 to 26,000 a year through 2022 around the strike, the pandemic and the chip shortage, then 53,785 in 2023 and 42,934 in 2024 before settling near 25,000 as the plant retooled for the ZR1, the ZR1X and the new cockpit. The collectible C8s are the ZR1 and ZR1X, the 70th Anniversary Z06, the IMSA Championship Edition and the E-Ray as the shortest-lived variant; the 2020–22 Stingrays are the first modern Corvettes to have become affordable used cars within five years.
2020 Corvette
The first mid-engine Corvette, revealed on July 18, 2019 and built from February 3, 2020 after a strike delayed the start and around a nine-week pandemic shutdown: a 490/495-horsepower LT2 behind the seats, an eight-speed dual-clutch and no manual, a front lift, Magnetic Ride and the Z51 package on 76 percent of cars, 2.9 seconds to 60, at $59,995 for a 1LT coupe and $67,495 for the convertible with its retractable hardtop. 20,368 were built before the model year closed on December 7, 2020, and VIN 001 sold for $3 million for charity.
2021–2022 Corvette
The 2021 built 26,216 around six weeks of chip-shortage downtime, 42 percent convertibles, with Red Mist and Silver Flare paint, Magnetic Ride available without Z51 and the C8’s first price rise, $1,000 from March 2021; Danica Patrick paced Indianapolis in a white convertible and the C8.R won its second championship.
The 2022 was the shortest C8 year, eight months and 25,831 cars: the IMSA GTLM Championship Edition (1,007, Accelerate Yellow or Hypersonic Gray with the race team’s graphics) for the C8.R’s two titles, Amplify Orange, Caffeine and Hypersonic Gray, the first right-hand-drive Corvettes, an upgraded fuel system on the LT2 and a $1,200 price rise.
2023 Corvette
The Z06 arrived with the 670-horsepower flat-plane LT6, a body 3.6 inches wider, 20- and 21-inch wheels, the Z07 package with carbon aero, carbon-ceramic brakes and optional carbon wheels, from $106,395, and sold 6,413. The Corvette’s seventieth year brought the 70th Anniversary Edition on 5,601 Stingrays and Z06s in White Pearl or Carbon Flash, three Stingray price rises to $65,595, and 53,785 cars, the second-biggest year in Corvette history and Bowling Green’s record. A 70th Anniversary Z06 convertible set the C8 auction record at $302,500.
2024 Corvette
The E-Ray made it three Corvettes: the LT2 plus a 160-horsepower front motor and a 1.9-kWh battery for 655 horsepower, all-wheel drive and 2.5 seconds to 60, in the Z06’s wide body with its brakes, from $106,595 and built from December 2023; 1,417 were sold. The Z06 GT3.R began its customer racing career, a $2,100 price rise hit every model in October 2023, and 42,934 were built, 10,575 of them Z06s.
2025 Corvette
The ZR1 returned with 1,064 horsepower from the twin-turbo LT7, the first turbocharged Corvette, a split rear window, the ZTK package and a 233-mph top speed, from $174,995; built from April 28, 2025 and only 180 of them before the model year closed on July 30. Four Corvettes in all, the Z06 and E-Ray up $2,000, 25,835 cars in eleven months, 3,153 of them E-Rays and 8,862 Z06s.
2026 Corvette
The ZR1X made it five: the ZR1’s LT7 with the E-Ray’s front axle, now 186 horsepower, for 1,250 horsepower and 973 lb-ft, under two seconds to 60, from $207,395, with the Quail Silver Limited Edition at $241,395; it set production-car records at Pikes Peak and in Lightning Lap. Every 2026 got the new three-screen cockpit without the climate-switch spine, the Z06 a $3,000 gas-guzzler tax, and about 25,184 were built by the unofficial count, 1,553 ZR1s and 270 ZR1Xs among them, before U.S. production ended on May 29, 2026. The E-Ray’s last year.
2027 Corvette
In production since June 8, 2026. The 6.7-liter, 535-horsepower LS6 pushrod V-8, the first sixth-generation small block, replaced the LT2 in the Stingray and powers the revived Grand Sport, the wide-body car between Stingray and Z06 from $88,495 with the Z52 Sport and Track packages; the Grand Sport X adds the ZR1X’s front motor for 721 horsepower from $112,195 in place of the E-Ray. Six Corvettes, destination up to $2,495, the Grand Sport a third of early builds, and the year-end count to come with the museum’s sheet in 2027.
MORE: PRODUCTION FIGURES
| YEAR | BUILT | BASE PRICE | ENGINES | WHAT CHANGED |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 20,368 | $59,995 / $67,495 convertible | 6.2 L LT2, 490/495 hp | First mid-engine Corvette: LT2 495 hp, Tremec DCT, no manual, aluminum spaceframe, coil springs, front lift; $59,995; strike and pandemic; 20,368 built; VIN 001 $3M |
| 2021 | 26,216 | $59,995 / $67,495; +$1,000 from March | 6.2 L LT2, 490/495 hp | Chip-shortage year, 26,216; Magnetic Ride without Z51; Red Mist, Silver Flare; first price rise; Indy pace car (Danica Patrick); C8.R’s second title |
| 2022 | 25,831 | $62,195 / $69,695; Championship Edition +$6,595 | 6.2 L LT2, 490/495 hp | Shortest C8 year, 25,831; IMSA GTLM Championship Edition (1,007); right-hand drive; LT2 fuel-system upgrade; +$1,200 |
| 2023 | 53,785 | $65,595 / $73,095; Z06 $106,395 / $113,895; 70th +$5,995 | LT2 490/495 hp; Z06 5.5 L flat-plane LT6, 670 hp (6,413) | Z06: flat-plane LT6 670 hp, 3.6 in wider, Z07, $106,395, 6,413; 70th Anniversary Edition (5,601); 53,785 built, 22 short of the 1979 record |
| 2024 | 42,934 | $69,995 / $76,995; E-Ray $106,595; Z06 $111,795 | LT2 490/495 hp; LT6 670 hp (10,575); E-Ray LT2 + 160-hp motor, 655 hp (1,417) | E-Ray: first hybrid and AWD Corvette, 655 hp, 2.5 s, $106,595 (1,417); Z06 GT3.R customer program; +$2,100; 42,934 built |
| 2025 | 25,835 | $69,995 / $76,995; E-Ray $108,595; Z06 $113,795; ZR1 $174,995 / $184,995 | LT2; LT6 (8,862); E-Ray 655 hp (3,153); ZR1 5.5 L twin-turbo LT7, 1,064 hp (180) | ZR1: twin-turbo LT7 1,064 hp, 233 mph, split window, ZTK, $174,995, 180 built from April; 25,835 in eleven months |
| 2026 | about 25,184 (unofficial) | $71,995 / $78,995; E-Ray $110,595; Z06 $119,695; ZR1 $182,395; ZR1X $207,395 | LT2; LT6; E-Ray 655 hp; LT7 1,064 hp (1,553); ZR1X LT7 + 186-hp motor, 1,250 hp (270) | ZR1X: 1,250 hp, AWD hybrid, $207,395, Quail Silver edition; new three-screen cockpit; Z06 gas-guzzler tax; last E-Ray; about 25,184 |
| 2027 | in production | $73,495 / $80,495; GS $88,495; GS X $112,195; Z06 $121,395; ZR1 $197,195; ZR1X $227,395 | 6.7 L LS6, 535 hp (Stingray, Grand Sport); GS X 721 hp; LT6 670 hp; LT7 1,064 hp; ZR1X 1,250 hp | LS6 6.7 L 535 hp replaces the LT2; Grand Sport returns ($88,495) and Grand Sport X 721 hp ($112,195) replaces the E-Ray; six models; in production |
C8 Corvette Model Year Research Hubs (2020–2027)
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, including the year being built now. Start with the year you own or want.
C8 Corvette Special Models, Race Cars & Concepts
The rare ones and the news: the 2022 IMSA GTLM Championship Edition, the 70th Anniversary Stingray and Z06, the Quail Silver ZR1X, the Indy pace cars, the C8.R and the Z06 GT3.R, the Lingenfelter, Hennessey, Callaway and ProCharger cars, the first big-block C8, and the concepts and rumors from the Corvette EV to the Z06X and the C9. The Z06, E-Ray, ZR1, ZR1X, Grand Sport and the race cars have their own sections below.
The C8 Corvette Z06 (2023–)
The naturally aspirated one. The LT6 is a 5.5-liter all-aluminum V-8 with a flat-plane crankshaft, four overhead camshafts, a dry sump and twelve throttle bodies, hand-built in Bowling Green, 670 horsepower at 8,400 rpm and 460 lb-ft with an 8,600-rpm redline, the most powerful naturally aspirated production V-8 ever built, and it sounds like it. The body is 3.6 inches wider on 20- and 21-inch wheels; the Z07 package adds carbon-ceramic brakes, Cup 2 R tires, a carbon aero kit and optional carbon wheels for 2.6 seconds to 60 and 1.22 g. From $106,395 in 2023 to $121,395 in 2027, with a gas-guzzler tax from 2026, and 6,413, 10,575, 8,862 and about 6,550 built through 2026, plus the 2023 70th Anniversary cars. In October 2026 Classic.com’s C8 Z06 benchmark was $134,263, with 3LZ coupes trading just under their window stickers and the 70th Anniversary convertibles that reached $302,500 in 2023 back near sticker.
MORE: THE 2025 Z06 IN-DEPTH GUIDE / THE LT6 / ALL Z06 POSTS
The Corvette E-Ray (2024–2026)
The first hybrid and the first all-wheel-drive Corvette, revealed on the car’s seventieth birthday: the 495-horsepower LT2 behind the seats and a 160-horsepower, 125-lb-ft electric motor on the front axle, fed by a 1.9-kWh battery in the tunnel, for 655 horsepower, 2.5 seconds to 60 and a 10.5-second quarter, in the Z06’s wide body with its brakes, Magnetic Ride standard, a Stealth mode for a few electric miles and the ZER performance package. From $106,595 in 2024 to $110,595 in 2026, and the shortest-lived Corvette variant: 1,417, 3,153 and about 1,177 built before the 2027 Grand Sport X took its place. In October 2026 Classic.com’s E-Ray benchmark was $98,131, under sticker, with 3LZ cars selling for $83,500 to $103,000.
MORE: THE 2026 E-RAY IN-DEPTH GUIDE / THE RISE & FALL OF THE E-RAY / ALL E-RAY POSTS
The C8 Corvette ZR1 (2025–)
The first turbocharged Corvette and the fastest American production car. The LT7 is the Z06’s flat-plane LT6 with two turbochargers, port injection added and a strengthened bottom end, hand-built in Bowling Green: 1,064 horsepower at 7,000 rpm and 828 lb-ft, the most powerful American production V-8. The body carries a split rear window, a halo hood like the C7 ZR1’s, carbon-ceramic brakes and, with the ZTK package and carbon aero, a high wing and Cup 2 R tires; without it the ZR1 ran 233 mph at Papenburg with the chief engineer driving. 0–60 in 2.3 seconds, the quarter in 9.6, from $174,995 in 2025, $182,395 in 2026 and $197,195 in 2027. 180 were built in the short 2025 year and about 1,553 in 2026, and every one has sold over sticker: Classic.com’s benchmarks in October 2026 were $284,294 for a 2025 and $294,306 for a 2026, with dealers asking $243,000 to $420,000.
MORE: THE 2026 ZR1 IN-DEPTH GUIDE / THE ZR1 AT LIGHTNING LAP / ALL ZR1 POSTS
The Corvette ZR1X (2026–)
The most powerful car General Motors has built: the ZR1’s 1,064-horsepower LT7 plus a 186-horsepower, 145-lb-ft electric front motor on the E-Ray’s 1.9-kWh battery, 1,250 horsepower and 973 lb-ft, all-wheel drive, under two seconds to 60 and under nine seconds in the quarter, with a PTM Pro launch mode, the ZTK package and the carbon aero kit. From $207,395 in 2026 ($241,395 as the Quail Silver Limited Edition) and $227,395 in 2027; about 270 were built in the first year. It set the production-car record at Pikes Peak in stock trim, the Lightning Lap record, a record over the McLaren Senna and a 2026 Wards 10 Best Engines award, and a 2027 ZR1X paced the 2026 Indianapolis 500. ZR1Xs have sold for $315,000 to $452,000, and the one-of-one Stars & Steel car for $2,605,000 for charity.
MORE: THE 2026 ZR1X IN-DEPTH GUIDE / THE PIKES PEAK RECORD / ALL ZR1X POSTS
The 2027 Corvette Grand Sport & Grand Sport X
The Grand Sport’s fourth revival and the C8’s new middle. For 2027 the wide body, Z06 brakes, Magnetic Ride and eLSD carry the new LS6, a 6.7-liter pushrod V-8 with 535 horsepower and 520 lb-ft, the first of GM’s sixth-generation small blocks, built in Flint and shared with the 2027 Stingray; the Z52 Sport package ($3,500) and the Z52 Track car (from $109,190) take it to the track, and the fender hashes return. The Grand Sport X adds the ZR1X’s 186-horsepower front motor for 721 horsepower and all-wheel drive, replacing the E-Ray. From $88,495 and $112,195 as coupes, $95,495 and $119,195 as convertibles, and a third of the early 2027 builds. Both are in their first year, so the market is the window sticker; the year page follows the production count as the museum publishes it.
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The Corvette C8.R & Z06 GT3.R
Two race cars, one of them a customer car. The C8.R, built by Pratt & Miller, raced before the road car was sold: it debuted at Daytona in January 2020 with the flat-plane LT6.R that previewed the Z06’s engine, won the IMSA GTLM championships of 2020 and 2021 with Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor and the 2021 Rolex 24, and in the factory program’s last year, 2023, won the GTE Am class at Le Mans and the World Endurance Championship. The Z06 GT3.R, built by Pratt Miller to GT3 rules on the Z06’s frame, took over in 2024 as a customer car for Pratt Miller, AWA, DXDT, TF Sport and others, and has won the 2025 European Le Mans Series title, the LMGT3 class at Le Mans in 2026 and the 2026 IMSA GTD Pro manufacturers’ championship. The news section below carries every race.
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C8 Corvette Engines
The C8 has used more engines than any Corvette generation. The LT2 of 2020–26 was the LT1 with a dry sump, a new intake and a revised cam, 490 horsepower and 465 lb-ft or 495 and 470 with the performance exhaust, in every Stingray and the E-Ray. The LT6 of the Z06 (2023–) is a 5.5-liter flat-plane-crank DOHC V-8 with 32 valves, twelve throttle bodies and a dry sump, 670 horsepower at 8,400 rpm, the most powerful naturally aspirated production V-8; the LT7 of the ZR1 (2025–) is the LT6 with two turbochargers and port injection added, 1,064 horsepower and 828 lb-ft, the first turbocharged Corvette engine. The E-Ray (2024–26) added a 160-horsepower front motor to the LT2 for 655 horsepower; the ZR1X (2026–) adds a 186-horsepower motor to the LT7 for 1,250; and for 2027 the LS6, a 6.7-liter pushrod V-8 with 535 horsepower and 520 lb-ft, the first sixth-generation small block, replaced the LT2 in the Stingray and powers the Grand Sport, with the Grand Sport X adding the motor for 721.
Every C8 drives through the same Tremec TR-9080 eight-speed dual-clutch transaxle, the first Corvette without a manual, with the hybrids’ front motors driving the front wheels directly. The LT6 and LT7 are hand-built at the Performance Build Center inside the Bowling Green plant; the LT2 came from Tonawanda and the LS6 comes from Flint. The C8.R raced a 5.5-liter LT6.R and the Z06 GT3.R races a restricted LT6.
The known issues are few and documented: early LT2 cars with a dual-clutch fault code and a rear-axle leak, the 2020–21 frunk-latch and the rear turn-signal recalls, the E-Ray’s battery software, and on the LT6 the valve-spring and oil-consumption questions of the first year. The engine code is the VIN’s eighth character. The engine guides linked in the table cover each one in detail.
| RPO | ENGINE | OUTPUT | YEARS | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT2 | 6.2 L (376 ci) Gen V pushrod V-8 with direct injection, dry sump, revised intake and cam; Stingray 2020–26 and E-Ray | 490 hp / 465 lb-ft; 495 / 470 with NPP | 2020–26 | Guide |
| LT6 | 5.5 L (335 ci) all-aluminum flat-plane-crank DOHC 32-valve V-8, twelve throttle bodies, dry sump, 8,600-rpm redline; hand-built; Z06 | 670 hp / 460 lb-ft | 2023– | Guide |
| E-Ray hybrid | LT2 plus a 160-hp, 125-lb-ft front electric motor and a 1.9-kWh battery; all-wheel drive, Stealth mode | 655 hp combined | 2024–26 | Guide |
| LT7 | Twin-turbocharged LT6 with port and direct injection, strengthened internals; the first turbocharged Corvette engine; hand-built; ZR1 | 1,064 hp / 828 lb-ft | 2025– | Guide |
| ZR1X hybrid | LT7 plus a 186-hp, 145-lb-ft front motor on the 1.9-kWh battery; the most powerful GM car ever built | 1,250 hp / 973 lb-ft | 2026– | Guide |
| LS6 | 6.7 L (409 ci) sixth-generation pushrod V-8, 13.0:1, 6,600 rpm, built in Flint; Stingray and Grand Sport; +186-hp motor in the Grand Sport X | 535 hp / 520 lb-ft; 721 hp (GS X) | 2027– | Guide |
| LT6.R | Pratt & Miller / ECR 5.5 L flat-plane racing V-8 of the C8.R, which previewed the Z06’s engine; a restricted LT6 in the Z06 GT3.R | About 500 hp (GTLM) | 2020– | Guide |
The C8 Corvette in Competition
The C8.R raced before the first road car was delivered. Built by Pratt & Miller with a 5.5-liter flat-plane LT6.R that gave the Z06’s engine away three years early, it debuted at the Rolex 24 at Daytona in January 2020, won its first race at Daytona that July, and took the IMSA GTLM drivers’, team and manufacturers’ championships of 2020 and 2021 with Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor, plus the 2021 Rolex 24, with podiums at Le Mans in 2021 and 2022. When GTLM ended the C8.R moved to IMSA’s GTD Pro class and to the World Endurance Championship, where in 2023, the factory program’s final season, Corvette Racing won the GTE Am class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the WEC teams’ championship.
General Motors then ended the factory team and put the Corvette in customers’ hands. The Z06 GT3.R, developed by Pratt Miller on the Z06’s frame to GT3 rules and sold to teams, debuted at Daytona in 2024 and has run in IMSA (Pratt Miller, AWA, DXDT, 13 Autosport), the WEC and ELMS (TF Sport) and series worldwide: TF Sport won the 2025 European Le Mans Series championship and the LMGT3 class at Le Mans in 2026, Pratt Miller won in Detroit and at VIR, and Corvette took the 2026 IMSA GTD Pro manufacturers’ championship at Petit Le Mans, with five Z06 GT3.Rs on the grid. CorvSport covers every round in the news section below.
On the road-car side the C8 has paced Indianapolis repeatedly, with Danica Patrick in a 2021 convertible and a 2027 ZR1X in 2026, and set records of its own: the ZR1’s 233 mph at Papenburg, the ZR1X’s Pikes Peak production-car record in stock trim, its Lightning Lap record and its sub-nine-second quarter mile.
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| YEAR | CAR | EVENT | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Corvette C8.R (Pratt & Miller, LT6.R) | IMSA GTLM | Debut at Daytona; first win at Daytona in July; drivers’, team and manufacturers’ titles (Garcia / Taylor) |
| 2021 | Corvette C8.R | Rolex 24 at Daytona / IMSA GTLM / Le Mans | Daytona win; second straight championship; podium at Le Mans |
| 2022 | Corvette C8.R | IMSA GTD Pro / FIA WEC | The IMSA GTLM Championship Edition road car; podium at Le Mans |
| 2023 | Corvette C8.R, Keating / Varrone / Catsburg | 24 Hours of Le Mans, GTE Am / FIA WEC | Class win at Le Mans and the WEC title; the factory program’s last season |
| 2024 | Corvette Z06 GT3.R (customer) | IMSA GTD / GTD Pro, FIA WEC, ELMS | Debut at Daytona; podiums for Pratt Miller and TF Sport; both cars finish Le Mans |
| 2025 | Corvette Z06 GT3.R, TF Sport | European Le Mans Series / FIA WEC | ELMS LMGT3 champions; first WEC win at Imola |
| 2026 | Corvette Z06 GT3.R, TF Sport / Pratt Miller | 24 Hours of Le Mans, LMGT3 / IMSA GTD Pro | Le Mans class win; Detroit and VIR wins; IMSA manufacturers’ championship |
| 2025–26 | ZR1 and ZR1X | Papenburg / Pikes Peak / Lightning Lap | 233 mph; the Pikes Peak production-car record; the Lightning Lap record |
Buying a C8 Corvette
What They Bring & What To Check
The C8 market is two markets. The ZR1 and ZR1X trade far above sticker, because Chevrolet builds a few hundred a year and every one is spoken for; the Z06 trades at or just under its window sticker, and the 70th Anniversary and Quail Silver editions above it; the E-Ray trades under sticker as the shortest-lived variant; and the Stingray is now an ordinary used car, the first modern Corvette to depreciate in its first years, with a 2020–22 coupe available for half what a new one costs. Within each group mileage, the 3LT or 3LZ trim, Z51, Z07 and ZTK, the front lift and the color decide the price, and a convertible brings a little more than a coupe.
Results tracked by Classic.com in October 2026 show the spread. Stingrays sold for $47,000 to $88,000, most 2020–22 2LT and 3LT cars between $55,000 and $72,000 and 2023–25 cars $60,000 to $85,000; E-Rays for $83,500 to $103,000 against a benchmark of $98,131; Z06s against a benchmark of $134,263, with 3LZ coupes between $120,000 and $127,000 and 70th Anniversary cars that brought $150,000 to $302,500 in 2023–24 back near sticker; 2025 ZR1s against $284,294 and 2026 ZR1s against $294,306, with a 9-mile 3LZ at $320,000 and dealers asking $243,000 to $420,000; and ZR1Xs for $315,000, $365,000 and $452,000. Check whether a result includes the buyer’s premium, and treat asking prices and unsold high bids separately from completed sales.
Verification on a C8 is the window sticker and the build sheet, both of which GM’s order system and the Corvette archives can reproduce, and the RPO label on the door jamb; the VIN’s eighth character gives the engine and the fifth the model. The things to confirm are the packages that carry the value (Z51, Z07, ZER, ZTK and the carbon aero, the carbon wheels, the front lift), the trim (1LT–3LT, 1LZ–3LZ), the edition plaques on the Championship, 70th Anniversary and Quail Silver cars, and whether a ZR1 or ZR1X has been tracked or tuned, since the warranty follows the ECU. Dealer markups do not transfer, and a 2020–21 car should have had its frunk-latch and DCT software recalls done.
What breaks: the early dual-clutch’s fault codes and the 2020–21 rear-axle seal leak, the frunk latch and the 2026 rear turn-signal recalls, the E-Ray’s battery and software updates, the LT6’s first-year valve-spring and oil-consumption worries, cracked carbon aero and curbed carbon wheels on Z07 cars, the roof-panel seals and the convertible top’s sensors, and the screens and switches of the 2020–25 cockpit. Service is dealer-dependent, parts are new, and the C8 forums and CorvSport’s DIY posts cover the rest. The buyer’s guide below goes model by model, and a 2023–25 Stingray 2LT Z51 or a 2024–25 Z06 is its recommended place to start.
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FAQs
What years are the C8 Corvette?
The C8 Corvette began with the 2020 model year, built from February 2020, and is still in production; the 2027 is the eighth model year, built from June 2026. The Stingray has run every year, the Z06 from 2023, the E-Ray from 2024 to 2026, the ZR1 from 2025, the ZR1X from 2026 and the Grand Sport and Grand Sport X from 2027. The C7 preceded it, ending in November 2019; the C8 is the first mid-engine Corvette and the first without a manual gearbox.
How many C8 Corvettes have been built?
About 220,000 through 2026: 20,368 in 2020, 26,216 in 2021, 25,831 in 2022, 53,785 in 2023 (the second-biggest Corvette year ever, 22 short of 1979), 42,934 in 2024, 25,835 in 2025 and about 25,184 in 2026 by the unofficial count, with the 2027 in production. The rare ones so far are the 180 2025 ZR1s and about 1,553 2026 ZR1s, the 270 2026 ZR1Xs, the 5,601 70th Anniversary cars, the 1,007 IMSA GTLM Championship Editions and the 5,747 E-Rays.
Who designed the C8 Corvette?
Tom Peters led the exterior with Kirk Bennion, Phil Zak the interior, under GM design chief Michael Simcoe; Tadge Juechter was chief engineer from the program’s start until his retirement in 2024, when Josh Holder took over, and Mark Reuss, GM’s president, championed the mid-engine layout and revealed the car on July 18, 2019. Pratt & Miller built the C8.R and Pratt Miller Motorsports the Z06 GT3.R.
What engines does the C8 Corvette have?
The 6.2-liter LT2, 490 or 495 horsepower, in the 2020–26 Stingray and the E-Ray (655 horsepower with its 160-horsepower front motor); the 5.5-liter flat-plane-crank LT6, 670 horsepower at 8,400 rpm, in the Z06; the twin-turbo LT7, 1,064 horsepower, in the ZR1 (1,250 in the ZR1X with its 186-horsepower motor); and from 2027 the 6.7-liter LS6, 535 horsepower, in the Stingray and Grand Sport (721 in the Grand Sport X). Every C8 uses the Tremec eight-speed dual-clutch; there is no manual.
What changed from the C7 to the C8 Corvette?
The engine moved behind the driver, which changed everything: a new aluminum spaceframe with the cabin 16.5 inches further forward, a 107.2-inch wheelbase, coil springs in place of the transverse leaf for the first time since 1963, a dual-clutch transaxle in place of the manual and the torque-converter automatic, a front trunk and a rear hatch over the engine, a retractable hardtop convertible, and a cockpit built around the driver. The LT2 made 495 horsepower against the C7’s 460, and the Z51 car ran 0–60 in 2.9 seconds against 3.7, for a lower price than the 2019 Stingray.
What is the difference between the C8 Stingray, Z06, E-Ray, ZR1, ZR1X and Grand Sport?
The Stingray is the narrow-body car with the LT2 (2020–26) or the LS6 (2027), from $59,995 to $73,495. The others share the wide body. The Z06 (2023–) has the 670-horsepower flat-plane LT6, from $106,395. The E-Ray (2024–26) was the LT2 plus a front motor, 655 horsepower, all-wheel drive, from $106,595. The ZR1 (2025–) has the 1,064-horsepower twin-turbo LT7, from $174,995. The ZR1X (2026–) is the ZR1 plus the front motor, 1,250 horsepower, from $207,395. The Grand Sport (2027–) is the wide body with the 535-horsepower LS6, from $88,495, and the Grand Sport X adds the motor for 721 horsepower, from $112,195.
Which C8 Corvette year is the best to buy?
For value, a 2023–25 Stingray 2LT or 3LT with Z51: the price rises are behind it, the early recalls are done and the used market has settled under $70,000 for good cars. For performance per dollar, a 2024–25 Z06, which trades just under sticker, with Z07 if you track it. For the one that will hold its value, a ZR1 or ZR1X, which trade far above sticker. The E-Ray is the bargain if you want all-wheel drive, since it sells under sticker, and the 2026 cars have the new cockpit, which some buyers prefer and some do not. The 2020 is the first-year car with the fewest built and no premium.
How much is a C8 Corvette worth today?
In October 2026, Classic.com’s results put Stingrays at $47,000 to $88,000, most between $55,000 and $85,000 by year and trim; E-Rays at $83,500 to $103,000 (benchmark $98,131); Z06s around their $134,263 benchmark, 3LZ coupes at $120,000 to $127,000 and 70th Anniversary cars near sticker after reaching $302,500 in 2023; 2025 ZR1s at a $284,294 benchmark and 2026 ZR1s at $294,306, against $174,995 to $203,395 new; and ZR1Xs at $315,000 to $452,000. The 2027 Grand Sport and Grand Sport X are too new to have a market. Check whether a result includes the buyer’s premium.
What are the C8 Corvette special editions?
The 2022 IMSA GTLM Championship Edition (1,007, Accelerate Yellow or Hypersonic Gray), the 2023 70th Anniversary Edition on the Stingray and Z06 (5,601, White Pearl or Carbon Flash), the 2026 ZR1X Quail Silver Limited Edition and the one-of-one Stars & Steel ZR1X, plus the Indianapolis 500 pace cars, from the 2020 Stingray to the 2027 ZR1X, none of them replicated. Tuner cars from Lingenfelter, Hennessey, Callaway and ProCharger, the first big-block C8 and the Z06 GT3.R round out the Specials grid above.
How has the C8 Corvette done in racing?
The C8.R won the IMSA GTLM championships of 2020 and 2021 and the 2021 Rolex 24, and in 2023, the factory team’s last season, won the GTE Am class at Le Mans and the World Endurance Championship title. Since 2024 the customer Z06 GT3.R has raced in IMSA, the WEC, the ELMS and series worldwide: TF Sport won the 2025 European Le Mans Series championship and the LMGT3 class at the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Corvette won the 2026 IMSA GTD Pro manufacturers’ championship. The ZR1 ran 233 mph at Papenburg and the ZR1X holds the Pikes Peak production-car record.
What are the common problems with a C8 Corvette?
Early dual-clutch fault codes and the 2020–21 rear-axle seal leak, both addressed by GM; the frunk-latch recall on 2020–21 cars and the 2026 rear turn-signal recall; the E-Ray’s battery and software updates; first-year LT6 valve-spring and oil-consumption worries on 2023 Z06s; cracked carbon aero and curbed carbon wheels on Z07 cars; convertible-top sensors and roof-panel seals; and the screens and switches of the 2020–25 cockpit. The cars are new enough that most are under warranty and dealer service is the usual route; tuned or tracked ZR1s and Z06s are the ones to inspect.
Is a C8 Corvette a good investment?
The ZR1 and ZR1X are, so far: they sell for $100,000 or more over sticker because Chevrolet builds a few hundred a year and they are the fastest American production cars. The Z06 holds its value near sticker, the 70th Anniversary and Quail Silver editions above it. The Stingray and E-Ray are not: they are the first modern Corvettes to depreciate like ordinary cars, which makes them the bargains. Production is still running and the lineup changes every year, so today’s premiums are not guaranteed. We are not financial advisers; dated Classic.com results and the car’s window sticker are the places to check before paying.
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