C8 CORVETTE - 2022
An eight-month model year produced 25,831 Corvettes, nearly half convertibles. The first right-hand-drive models and 1,007 IMSA GTLM Championship Editions arrived, while the C8.R won Sebring and Monza.
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Model & Gen: 2022 Corvette (C8)
Body Type: Stingray coupe with a removable roof panel (13,451) and retractable-hardtop convertible (12,380, 47.9 percent); Z51 Performance Package optional (17,727); IMSA GTLM Championship Edition package (ZCR) on 3LT Z51 cars (1,007); 1LT, 2LT and 3LT; the first factory right-hand-drive Corvettes (442)
VIN: 1G1YA2D4?N5100001 – about 125831 (one series for coupes and convertibles; A/B/C = 1LT/2LT/3LT, 2/3 = coupe/convertible, 4 = LT2, N = 2022; 124163 documented; the end of the series is not published)
Original Price: $62,195.00 coupe 1LT, $69,495.00 2LT, $74,145.00 3LT; $69,695.00 convertible 1LT, $76,495.00 2LT, $81,145.00 3LT (all including the $1,295 destination charge; up $1,200); Z51 $6,345.00; IMSA GTLM Championship Edition $6,595.00
Colors: 12 (Torch Red 4,147; Arctic White 3,603; Hypersonic Gray Metallic 3,291, new; Red Mist Metallic Tintcoat 3,274, $995; Black 2,766; Rapid Blue 2,261, $500; Elkhart Lake Blue Metallic 1,412; Amplify Orange Tintcoat 1,375, $995, new; Ceramic Matrix Gray Metallic 1,202; Accelerate Yellow 1,193, $500; Silver Flare Metallic 922; Caffeine Metallic 385, new) — Shadow Gray, Sebring Orange and Zeus Bronze dropped
Engine: 376 ci (6.2 L) LT2 V-8 with dry-sump oiling and an upgraded direct-injection fuel system, 490 hp / 465 lb-ft standard; 495 hp @ 6,450 rpm / 470 lb-ft @ 5,150 rpm with the NPP performance exhaust (22,441 cars)
Transmission: Tremec TR-9080 eight-speed dual-clutch (RPO M1L) with paddles — the only transmission
Units Produced: 25,831 (13,451 coupes, 8,799 with Z51; 12,380 convertibles, 8,928 with Z51; 1,007 IMSA GTLM Championship Editions), built September 8, 2021 – mid-May 2022, the shortest C8 model year
The 2022 Corvette was the 2021 car with a fuel-system update, three new colors and a race-car tribute, built in the eight months between the last 2021 on September 8, 2021 and the first 2023 Stingray on May 23, 2022. Bowling Green built 25,831 of them: 13,451 coupes and 12,380 convertibles — 47.9 percent, the most the convertible has ever taken — 3,982 1LTs, 11,060 2LTs and 10,789 3LTs, 17,727 with the $6,345 Z51 package, 11,757 of those with Magnetic Ride and 1,945 cars with Magnetic Ride alone, 1,146 delivered at the National Corvette Museum and, for the first time, 442 right-hand-drive cars for Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Prices rose $1,200 to $62,195 for a 1LT coupe and $69,695 for the convertible, the destination charge now $1,295.
The IMSA GTLM Championship Edition (RPO ZCR, $6,595) celebrated the C8.R’s 2020 titles on a 3LT Z51 in the No. 3’s Accelerate Yellow or the No. 4’s Hypersonic Gray with the other color’s graphics, the Carbon Flash high wing and mirrors, yellow calipers and belts, black Trident wheels, a Strike Yellow and Sky Cool Gray interior, a numbered plaque and a car cover printed with the matching race car; Chevrolet announced 1,000 and GM’s sheet counts 1,007 — 470 coupes and 537 convertibles, about two-thirds of them gray. The new colors were Hypersonic Gray (3,291, third in its first year), Amplify Orange Tintcoat (1,375) and Caffeine Metallic (385, the rarest 2022), replacing Shadow Gray, Sebring Orange and Zeus Bronze; a $595 low rear spoiler and splitter and a $695 Stingray R appearance package joined the list, and the LT2 got new injectors, a higher-pressure fuel pump and a recalibration without a change in its 490 / 495 horsepower.
The year’s pace car was not a 2022: the 2023 Corvette Z06 70th Anniversary, revealed on October 26, 2021, paced the Indianapolis 500 on May 29, 2022 with Sarah Fisher driving, the nineteenth Corvette to do it. With IMSA’s GTLM class gone, Corvette Racing ran the No. 3 C8.R in GTD Pro — a 12 Hours of Sebring win and third in the points — and the No. 4 in the World Endurance Championship’s last GTE Pro season, winning at Monza and finishing second in Bahrain; at Le Mans the No. 64 took the pole and was taken out by an LMP2 car with six hours to go while chasing the class lead. It was the first season without a championship since 2019.
Marketed as “the most powerful Stingray ever,” the 2022 Corvette continued what the mid-engine car had started in 2020: a 490-horsepower (495 with the performance exhaust) 6.2-liter V-8 and an eight-speed dual-clutch transaxle, 2.9 seconds to 60 mph with the Z51 package, 11.2 seconds in the quarter mile and 194 mph. It was the third C8 model year and the shortest, eight months from September 8, 2021 to mid-May 2022, and 25,831 cars — nearly half of them convertibles — came out of Bowling Green in it.
We start by looking at the heart of this beast.
The 2022 LT2 got the year’s only mechanical change: an upgraded direct-injection fuel system with new injectors and a higher-pressure pump, a new calibration for better low-speed throttle response and a wider cylinder-deactivation range; the ratings did not move. The engine’s technology is built for immediate response. At the top of the engine is a composite intake manifold that has eight equal-length runners, 210mm in length, to maximize torque and airflow to every cylinder. The assembly also utilizes a massive 87mm throttle body.
Downstream of the intake is a pair of performance, stainless steel headers that are bolted directly to the engine block, and which run directly into split volume catalytic converters built to provide maximum efficiency. The header/converter setup allows the engine to move massive amounts of exhaust while meeting current Federal emission standards.
How do you pack all that performance into a mid-engine Corvette? Careful planning. The exhaust system is engineered for maximum flow in very little space. While not unique to the eighth-generation model, the 2022 Corvette once more features a dry-sump scavenge oil system. This technology, which was originally developed for use in race cars, is now standard equipment on every eighth-generation Corvette. The benefit of a dry-sump scavenge system is that oil is pumped from the engine using three separate scavenge pumps, thereby ensuring that oil quality and flow to critical areas occurs, even during the most extreme driving/racing conditions.
As with the 2020 and 2021 models before it, the 2022 Corvette can only be purchased with an automatic transmission - but when it comes to precision shifting and immediate response, there are few transmissions on the market today, even in vehicles at much higher price points, that can outperform the transmission in the latest Corvette. The 2022 Corvette comes equipped standard with an 8-speed dual-clutch transmission. It offers drivers lightning-fast shifts, all the while combining the immediate shift response of an automatic with the action and control of a manual. And since there’s no deceleration between shifts (up or down), drivers can enter sharp turns, run full throttle through straights, or dive nose-first into a steep bank with the certainty that the transmission will be right in the power range where they need it most.
The aesthetic of the mid-engine Corvette Stingray has often been compared to the architecture of advanced fighter jets. While this is certainly true of the car's radical exterior, with its large intakes and its low, wide stance, the same can be said for the Corvette's wrap-around cockpit. The dashboard literally envelops the driver in a fusion of technology and craftsmanship. At the center of the driver's cockpit is the Corvette's racing-inspired steering wheel. Designed for maximum visibility and comfort, the flat-top/flat-bottom steering wheel includes oversize paddle shifters that let the driver rake through the gears, a Z-mode button that takes the already impressive Corvette and transforms it into an even more aggressive beast, and convenient audio controls, ensuring that the driver has the ability to dial in a soundtrack as rich as the driving experience that awaits.
Buyers chose one of three seats. The standard seat was the GT1, standard on the 1LT and 2LT (8,563 cars kept it), and a good one: Each GT1 seat came wrapped in colored Mulan leather and each was designed to ensure maximum comfort and support, even over long distances.
The second was the GT2, a little more aggressive, $1,495 on a 2LT and standard on the 3LT; 15,477 cars had it. The GT2 seat featured a carbon-fiber trim with a seatback halo and was wrapped in genuine Napa leather.
The third, and most aggressive, seat package was the Competition Sport seat. For buyers who wanted grip on the track (1,791 of them), the Competition Sport seat provided aggressive side bolsters for track driving, with high-endurance materials designed for the most abusive driving conditions. While this seat package lacked the comfort of the GT1 and GT2 examples, this seat delivered unmatched performance when used on a racetrack.
One of the most impressive aspects of both the seventh- and eighth-generation Corvettes is the monumental leap in technologies each car provided to its operators. The 2022 Corvette is certainly no exception. In addition to a highly immersive dashboard that's capable of being fully customized in a seemingly endless array of configurations, the 2022 Corvette offered drivers some remarkable extras. First, the available Performance Data Recorder (PDR) allows drivers to record their driving experiences in HD quality. With a series of track and performance overlays, the PDR creates a detailed video record of the drive experience, so owners can revisit their day on the track or the open road. Second, if music is your driving soundtrack and volume is your thunder, then the Bose Performance Series 14-speaker audio system (standard from 2LT) is certainly a must-have. Simply sync your phone to the car's stereo, and let your music fill the cockpit. With fourteen Bose speakers surrounding the driver and passenger, the sound quality is second-to-none. Finally, the available front lift ($2,260; 15,196 cars took it) eliminates that horrific grating sound experienced by past-generations of Corvette owners. Instead of scraping the curb, the car's suspension lifts the front end out of harm's way. Entering a driveway has never been easier.
To celebrate Corvette Racing’s 2020 IMSA GTLM championships — six wins, seven poles, the drivers’, team and manufacturers’ titles in the C8.R’s first season — Chevrolet revealed the IMSA GTLM Championship Edition at Belle Isle on June 11, 2021: a $6,595 package (RPO ZCR) on a 3LT with Z51, in the No. 3’s Accelerate Yellow with Hypersonic Gray graphics or the No. 4’s Hypersonic Gray with yellow, with the Carbon Flash high wing and mirrors, yellow calipers, black Trident wheels, black rockers and splash guards, a Strike Yellow and Sky Cool Gray interior with yellow belts, a numbered plaque and a car cover printed with the matching race car. Chevrolet announced 1,000 for left-hand-drive markets; GM’s year-end sheet counts 1,007 — 470 coupes and 537 convertibles — and about two-thirds were Hypersonic Gray. They carry a C (3LT) in the VIN like any 3LT; the plaque number is the only marker.
The rest of the 2022 changes: three new colors — Hypersonic Gray Metallic (3,291 cars, third in its first year), Amplify Orange Tintcoat ($995; 1,375) and Caffeine Metallic (385, the rarest) — replacing Shadow Gray, Sebring Orange and Zeus Bronze; a $595 low-profile rear spoiler with the Z51 splitter for cars without the package (TVS, 3,413); a $695 Stingray R appearance package of Carbon Flash wheel caps and graphics (PDV, 1,442); and the first factory right-hand-drive Corvettes, 442 of them for Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Prices rose $1,200 — $1,000 on the car and $200 on the destination charge, now $1,295 — to $62,195, $69,495 and $74,145 for the coupe and $69,695, $76,495 and $81,145 for the convertible; Z51 went to $6,345 and the front lift to $2,260.
The 2022 model year began on September 8, 2021, the day the last 2021 was built, and was the shortest of the C8: the plant lost about a week to a parts shortage in April 2022 and built its last 2022s in the third week of May — May 13 by the Corvette Action Center’s count, May 19 by owners’ build sheets — so that 2023 Stingray production could start on May 23, 2022 ahead of the new Z06, which Chevrolet had revealed on October 26, 2021 and would build from the autumn. The count was 25,831: 13,451 coupes and 12,380 convertibles, 47.9 percent, the convertible’s high-water mark; 3,982 1LTs, 11,060 2LTs and 10,789 3LTs; 17,727 with Z51 (68.6 percent), 11,757 of them with Magnetic Ride and 1,945 more with Magnetic Ride alone; 22,441 with the performance exhaust, 15,196 with the front lift, 1,146 delivered at the National Corvette Museum, 1,007 IMSA GTLM Championship Editions. Torch Red led for the third year (4,147) and Arctic White was second (3,603). 23,503 cars stayed in the United States, 1,014 went to Canada, 693 to Europe, 212 to Australia and New Zealand, 176 to the Middle East, 147 to Japan and 78 to Mexico.
The Corvette paced the Indianapolis 500 for the sixth year running on May 29, 2022, but the car was not a 2022: it was a 2023 Corvette Z06 70th Anniversary Edition coupe in White Pearl Metallic Tri-Coat with the Z07 package, red-striped wheels, a black-and-red center stripe and “70 1953–2023” on the roof, driven by Sarah Fisher, with Marcus Ericsson winning the race. It was the nineteenth Corvette pace car since 1978, the first Z06 to pace since 2006 and, as in 2018, a preview of the next model year rather than a version of this one; it belongs on the 2023 page and is here only for the record.
The GTLM class was gone, and Corvette Racing split its two C8.Rs between two series. The No. 3 of Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor (Nicky Catsburg in the long races) ran IMSA’s new GTD Pro class against GT3 cars on a Balance of Performance that never favored it: sixth at Daytona, then the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 19, 2022 — Corvette Racing’s twelfth Sebring win, 247 laps led — followed by seconds at Mosport and VIR, a third at Long Beach and Road America, and third in the championship behind the Pfaff Porsche and the Vasser Sullivan Lexus. The No. 64 of Tommy Milner and Nick Tandy went to the World Endurance Championship’s last GTE Pro season: second in the 1000 Miles of Sebring, fourth at Spa, the win at Monza on July 10, 2022 (the C8.R’s first in the WEC), fifth at Fuji and second in Bahrain. At Le Mans on June 11–12, 2022, the No. 64 took the GTE Pro pole and was chasing the class lead on the Mulsanne just before the eighteen-hour mark when an LMP2 car moved into Alexander Sims and put the Corvette nose-first into the barrier; the No. 63 had already retired with rear damage after a long stop for a broken left-rear suspension. No titles in 2022 — the first season without one since 2019 — and the last for the C8.R in GTE Pro: for 2023 both cars went to GT3 rules with the Z06 GT3.R on the way.
The 2022 Corvette Stingray IMSA GTLM Championship Edition in Hypersonic Gray.
The "New for 2022" paint colors on the C8 Mid-Engine Corvette Stingray.
Nicky Catsburg (left), Jordan Taylor (middle) and Antonio Garcia (right) celebrate Corvette Racing's first GTD-Pro class race in the C8.R of Corvette Racing at the 12 Hours of Sebring!Chevrolet said it would build 1,000 IMSA GTLM Championship Editions, and GM’s own year-end sheet says it built 1,007 — 470 coupes and 537 convertibles. The seven extra cars have never been explained (pilot builds, replacements for damaged cars, or Chevrolet rounding the announcement are the usual guesses), and since the only marker is the numbered plaque inside, a car numbered above 1,000 is the thing to look for. Classic.com’s benchmark for the edition in October 2026 was $110,270, roughly $20,000 above the $86,735 a yellow coupe cost new.
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The IMSA GTLM Championship Edition and the C8.R have their own sections below; the 2023 Z06 that paced Indy, the convertible and the Z51 cars are here until their tags exist. Also here: the Lingenfelter Cunningham cars, the Callaway B2K 35th Anniversary, the Sigala and Carbon widebodies and the H700.
Chevrolet revealed the IMSA GTLM Championship Edition at Belle Isle on June 11, 2021, the weekend of the Detroit race, to celebrate the C8.R’s first season: six wins, seven poles and the 2020 GTLM drivers’, team and manufacturers’ championships. It is a $6,595 package (RPO ZCR) on a 3LT with Z51, built two ways — Accelerate Yellow with Hypersonic Gray graphics for the No. 3 that Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor drove to the title, or Hypersonic Gray with yellow for the No. 4 of Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner — with the Carbon Flash high wing and mirrors, yellow brake calipers, black Trident-spoke wheels, black rocker extensions and splash guards, a Strike Yellow and Sky Cool Gray interior with yellow seat belts and GT2 seats (Competition Sport seats optional), a numbered plaque and an indoor car cover printed with the matching race car. Chevrolet announced 1,000 cars for left-hand-drive markets and sold them out in weeks; GM’s year-end sheet counts 1,007 — 470 coupes and 537 convertibles, about two-thirds gray — the seven extra never explained, so the plaque number is the thing to check. Nothing mechanical changed: the LT2’s 495 horsepower and the Z51 package are the 3LT’s. A coupe listed at $86,735 and a convertible at $94,035 before options, and Classic.com’s benchmark for the edition in October 2026 was $110,270, with 2026 results of $80,000–$92,400 for low-mileage cars — the only 2022 Corvette that sells for more than it cost.
IMSA retired the GTLM class after 2021, and Corvette Racing’s third C8.R season was split across two series and two rulebooks. The No. 3 of Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor, with Nicky Catsburg in the long races, ran IMSA’s new GTD Pro class against GT3 cars on a Balance of Performance that never favored a GTE car: sixth in the Rolex 24 after reliability and BoP trouble, then the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 19, 2022 — 247 laps led, Corvette Racing’s twelfth Sebring win and the C8.R’s first — followed by third at Long Beach and Road America, second at Mosport and VIR, and third in the championship behind the Pfaff Porsche and the Vasser Sullivan Lexus. The No. 64 of Tommy Milner and Nick Tandy went to the FIA World Endurance Championship for the last season of GTE Pro, second in the 1000 Miles of Sebring, fourth at Spa, the win at Monza on July 10, 2022 (the first for a Corvette in the WEC), fifth at Fuji and second in Bahrain, sixth in the points. At Le Mans on June 11–12, 2022, the No. 64 took the GTE Pro pole with Tandy and Alexander Sims set the class’s fastest lap, and the car was chasing the lead on the Mulsanne just before the eighteen-hour mark when an LMP2 prototype moved into it and put it nose-first into the guardrail; the No. 63 had already retired with rear-end damage after a long garage stop for a broken left-rear suspension. No titles for the first time since 2019 — and the last GTE Pro season for the C8.R, which went to GT3 rules in 2023 ahead of the Z06 GT3.R.
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Every 2022 cost $1,200 more than the same 2021 after its March 2021 increase: $1,000 on the car and $200 on the destination charge, now $1,295, for $62,195, $69,495 and $74,145 for the 1LT, 2LT and 3LT coupe and $69,695, $76,495 and $81,145 for the convertible. The Z51 package went from $5,995 to $6,345 and the front lift from $1,995 to $2,260; Magnetic Ride stayed $1,895 with or without Z51 (FE4 / FE2), the GT2 seats $1,495, the Competition Sport seats $995 / $1,995 / $500 by trim, the performance exhaust $1,195 and the navigation-and-PDR system $1,795 on a 1LT. The IMSA GTLM Championship Edition was $6,595 on a 3LT with Z51 — $86,735 for a coupe and $94,035 for a convertible before anything else — and the new items were a $595 low-profile rear spoiler and splitter for cars without Z51 (TVS) and a $695 Stingray R appearance package (PDV). Amplify Orange Tintcoat was $995 like Red Mist; Hypersonic Gray and Caffeine were no-charge. The dealer-installed carbon-fiber ground effects reached $4,995, the high wing $1,250, the second set of black Trident wheels $2,995.
The take rates from GM’s year-end sheet: 68.6 percent Z51 (17,727), 45.5 percent Z51 with Magnetic Ride (11,757), 7.5 percent Magnetic Ride alone (1,945), 86.9 percent the performance exhaust (22,441), 58.8 percent the front lift (15,196), 59.9 percent GT2 seats (15,477), 37.9 percent Carbon Flash wheels (9,789), 34.8 percent red calipers (8,985), 42.8 percent the 2LT and 41.8 percent the 3LT; 5,691 of the 12,380 convertibles had Carbon Flash nacelles (4,637 with the Carbon Flash roof); 3,413 non-Z51 cars took the new low spoiler, 1,442 the Stingray R package, 1,007 the Championship Edition, 1,146 Museum delivery. The site’s options post is a 2022 price list (MSRPs before the $1,295 charge, with the Z51 at $6,345 and the lift at $2,260) cut at 49,000 characters at the roof panels, with an introduction that describes a car that does not exist — a “completely redesigned” 2022 with Grand Sport and Z06 trims and a seven-speed manual — and no counts; every count on this page is from GM’s sheet via the Corvette Action Center. Prices held for 2023, with the destination charge up another $100.
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| CODE | DESCRIPTION | QUANTITY | RETAIL PRICE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 379 | Orange seat belts (333 / 415) | 748 | $395.00 |
| 719 | Black seat belts, standard (8,815 / 7,221) | 16,036 | – |
| 1YC07 | Corvette Stingray Coupe, 1LT (490-hp LT2, eight-speed dual-clutch, GT1 seats); price includes the $1,295 destination charge ($60,900 MSRP; up $1,200 on the 2021) | 2,991 | $62,195.00 |
| 1YC07 | Corvette Stingray Coupe, 2LT ($68,200 MSRP) | 6,108 | $69,495.00 |
| 1YC07 | Corvette Stingray Coupe, 3LT ($72,850 MSRP) | 4,352 | $74,145.00 |
| 1YC67 | Corvette Stingray Convertible, 1LT ($68,400 MSRP) | 991 | $69,695.00 |
| 1YC67 | Corvette Stingray Convertible, 2LT ($75,200 MSRP) | 4,952 | $76,495.00 |
| 1YC67 | Corvette Stingray Convertible, 3LT ($79,850 MSRP) | 6,437 | $81,145.00 |
| 2LT | Equipment group 2LT, all bodies (11,060 = 42.8 percent) | 11,060 | $7,300.00 |
| 36S | Yellow stitching, 3LT (206 / 218) | 424 | $395.00 |
| 38S | Adrenaline Red stitching, 3LT (868 / 1,055) | 1,923 | $395.00 |
| 3A9 | Tension Blue seat belts (775 / 869) | 1,644 | $395.00 |
| 3F9 | Torch Red seat belts (1,980 / 1,879) | 3,859 | $395.00 |
| 3LT | Equipment group 3LT, all bodies (10,789 = 41.8 percent; 1LT 3,982 = 15.4 percent) | 10,789 | $11,950.00 |
| 3M9 | Yellow seat belts, incl. the 1,007 Championship Editions (derived: GM’s sheet omits the row) | 2,278 | $395.00 |
| 3N9 | Natural (tan) seat belts (474 / 792) | 1,266 | $395.00 |
| 4AA | Interior: Jet Black (5,609 / 4,204) | 9,813 | – |
| 4FD | Interior: Sky Cool Gray / Strike Yellow, 3LT — incl. the 1,007 Championship Editions (604 / 819) | 1,423 | – |
| 4G2 | Interior: Adrenaline Red (3,654 / 3,015) | 6,669 | – |
| 4JD | Interior: Morello Red, 3LT (96 / 199) | 295 | – |
| 4JE | Interior: Two-Tone Blue (Tension Blue), 3LT (379 / 609) | 988 | – |
| 4JF | Interior: Sky Cool Gray (1,353 / 1,297) | 2,650 | – |
| 4JH | Interior: Natural (1,400 / 1,552) | 2,952 | – |
| 4JY | Interior: Natural Dipped, 3LT (356 / 685) | 1,041 | – |
| 5DF | Black Trident-spoke wheels, dealer-installed second set (1,332 / 1,653) | 2,985 | $2,995.00 |
| 5JR | Visible carbon-fiber mirror caps, dealer-installed (89 / 129) | 218 | $1,285.00 |
| 5V7 | Black ground effects, dealer-installed (114 / 72) | 186 | $715.00 |
| 5VM | Visible carbon-fiber ground effects, dealer-installed (97 / 132) | 229 | $4,995.00 |
| 5W8 | Carbon Flash ground effects, dealer-installed (52 / 61) | 113 | $3,995.00 |
| 5ZC | Jake-logo wheel center caps (700 / 821) | 1,521 | $260.00 |
| 5ZD | Carbon Flash crossed-flags center caps (63 / 123) | 186 | $260.00 |
| 5ZU | High wing spoiler, body color, dealer-installed (494 / 369) | 863 | $1,250.00 |
| 5ZZ | High wing spoiler, Carbon Flash, dealer-installed (1,729 / 1,702; incl. the Championship Editions’ wing) | 3,431 | $1,250.00 |
| AE4 | Competition Sport seats: $995 on 1LT, $1,995 on 2LT, $500 on 3LT (1,024 / 767; GM labels the row GT2 SEAT) | 1,791 | by trim |
| AH2 | GT2 seats with carbon-fiber trim, standard on 3LT (6,728 / 8,749 = 59.9 percent) | 15,477 | $1,495.00 |
| AQ9 | GT1 seats, standard (5,699 / 2,864) | 8,563 | – |
| BV4 | Personalized plaque with name and VIN (364 / 380) | 744 | $200.00 |
| C2M | Dual roof package: body-color and visible carbon-fiber panels | 215 | $3,495.00 |
| C2Q | Dual roof package: body-color and transparent panels | 653 | $1,995.00 |
| C2Z | Visible carbon-fiber removable roof panel | 544 | $2,495.00 |
| CC3 | Transparent removable roof panel | 1,347 | $995.00 |
| CF7 | Body-color painted carbon-fiber removable roof panel, coupe standard | 10,692 | – |
| CM9 | Retractable hardtop, convertible, body color (derived: convertibles less D84 and D86) | 6,689 | – |
| D30 | Non-recommended color combination override (421 / 393) | 814 | $590.00 |
| D84 | Carbon Flash-painted hardtop and nacelles, convertible | 4,637 | $1,295.00 |
| D86 | Carbon Flash-painted nacelles with body-color hardtop, convertible | 1,054 | $1,295.00 |
| DSY | Edge Orange full-length stripes (14 / 13) | 27 | $995.00 |
| DSZ | Edge Red full-length stripes (58 / 58) | 116 | $995.00 |
| DT0 | Edge Yellow full-length stripes (353 / 448) | 801 | $995.00 |
| DTH | Carbon Flash full-length dual racing stripes (739 / 803) | 1,542 | $995.00 |
| DUB | Sterling Silver full-length stripes (148 / 138) | 286 | $995.00 |
| DUW | Edge Blue full-length stripes (28 / 37) | 65 | $995.00 |
| DX0 | Midnight Silver full-length stripes (89 / 92) | 181 | $995.00 |
| DZU | Stinger stripe, Carbon Flash / Edge Yellow (37 / 37) | 74 | $500.00 |
| DZV | Stinger stripe, Carbon Flash / Midnight Silver (135 / 144) | 279 | $500.00 |
| DZX | Stinger stripe, Carbon Flash / Edge Red (139 / 170) | 309 | $500.00 |
| E60 | Front lift, adjustable height with memory; up $265 (6,759 / 8,437 = 58.8 percent) | 15,196 | $2,260.00 |
| EFA | Dark Shadow Metallic vents and grille accents (61 / 87) | 148 | $995.00 |
| EFR | Carbon Flash side vents and grille accents, standard (12,752 / 11,348 = 93.3 percent) | 24,100 | – |
| EFY | Body-color vents and grille accents (638 / 945) | 1,583 | $995.00 |
| ERI | Battery protection package (4,599 / 5,398) | 9,997 | $100.00 |
| EXP | Delivered in the United States (12,174 coupes, 11,329 convertibles); Canada 1,014 (465 / 549), Europe 693 (366 / 327), Australia / New Zealand 212 (174 / 38), Middle East 176 (114 / 62), Japan 147 (100 / 47), Mexico 78 (50 / 28) — the coupe column sums 8 short of 13,451 on GM’s sheet | 23,503 | – |
| EYK | Chrome exterior badge package (652 / 716) | 1,368 | $100.00 |
| EYT | Carbon Flash exterior badge package, standard (12,799 / 11,664) | 24,463 | – |
| FA5 | Carbon-fiber interior trim (2,063 / 3,005 left-hand drive; 93 / 32 right-hand drive) | 5,193 | $1,500.00 |
| FE1 | Standard suspension (3,801 / 2,358) | 6,159 | – |
| FE2 | Magnetic Selective Ride Control without Z51 (851 / 1,094) | 1,945 | $1,895.00 |
| FE3 | Z51 suspension without Magnetic Ride (3,439 / 2,531) | 5,970 | – |
| FE4 | Z51 suspension with Magnetic Selective Ride Control (5,360 / 6,397 = 45.5 percent) | 11,757 | $1,895.00 |
| IOT | Infotainment 3 Premium with navigation and Performance Data Recorder, standard on 2LT and 3LT; $1,795 on a 1LT (10,584 / 11,437) | 22,021 | $1,795.00 |
| J6A | Black brake calipers, standard (4,870 / 3,854) | 8,724 | – |
| J6E | Yellow calipers, incl. the 1,007 Championship Editions (1,607 / 1,712) | 3,319 | $595.00 |
| J6F | Bright Red calipers (4,552 / 4,433 = 34.8 percent) | 8,985 | $595.00 |
| J6N | Edge Red calipers (2,422 / 2,381) | 4,803 | $595.00 |
| N26 | Sueded microfiber-wrapped steering wheel and upper trim (2,831 / 3,196) | 6,027 | $595.00 |
| NPP | Performance exhaust, 495 hp / 470 lb-ft; included with Z51 (11,301 / 11,140 = 86.9 percent) | 22,441 | $1,195.00 |
| PDV | Stingray R appearance package: Carbon Flash wheel caps and graphics — new (661 / 781) | 1,442 | $695.00 |
| PDY | Roadside Safety Package (not printed) | – | $175.00 |
| PIN | Customer-selectable VIN (not printed on the 2022 sheet) | – | $5,000.00 |
| Q8P | Bright Silver open-spoke wheels, standard (5,060 / 4,065) | 9,125 | – |
| Q8Q | Carbon Flash-painted open-spoke wheels with machined edge (5,288 / 4,501) | 9,789 | $995.00 |
| Q8S | Sterling Silver machined Trident-spoke wheels (809 / 1,014) | 1,823 | $1,495.00 |
| Q8T | Spectra Gray machined Trident-spoke wheels (1,824 / 2,263) | 4,087 | $1,495.00 |
| R6X | Interior trim / seat override, 3LT (not printed on the 2022 sheet) | – | $590.00 |
| R8C | National Corvette Museum delivery (490 / 656) | 1,146 | $995.00 |
| RCC | Edge Red engine cover (RCD Sterling Silver 455) | 3,839 | $525.00 |
| RHD | Right-hand drive, the first factory RHD Corvettes (Europe, Australia / New Zealand, Japan) | 442 | – |
| RWH | Indoor car covers: black crossed flags 795, WKQ 599, SL1 red 317, RNX outdoor 204, RWJ outdoor 269 | 2,184 | $460.00 |
| RXH | Silver wheel center caps (160 / 227) | 387 | $260.00 |
| RXJ | Black wheel center caps (340 / 499) | 839 | $260.00 |
| RZ9 | Visible carbon-fiber grille insert (79 / 119) | 198 | $2,125.00 |
| SC7 | Roof panel storage pouch (convertible column on the sheet) | 1,346 | $170.00 |
| SNG | Fender hash marks: Edge Red 282, Carbon Flash (SHW) 528, silver (SHQ) 282 | 1,092 | $255.00 |
| SPY | Black lug nuts (1,172 / 1,433) | 2,605 | $245.00 |
| SPZ | Black wheel locks (769 / 929) | 1,698 | $125.00 |
| STI | Black rocker panel extensions (2,760 / 3,255; incl. the Championship Editions) | 6,015 | $595.00 |
| TU7 | Two-tone seats (1,660 / 2,298) | 3,958 | $395.00 |
| TVS | Low-profile rear spoiler with the Z51 front splitter, for cars without Z51 — new (1,751 / 1,662) | 3,413 | $595.00 |
| VK3 | Front license plate bracket (7,771 / 6,528) | 14,299 | $15.00 |
| VQK | Black splash guards (1,150 / 1,266) | 2,416 | $255.00 |
| VWD | Stingray R wheel center caps (725 / 874) | 1,599 | $260.00 |
| WKR | C8.R-printed indoor car cover, yellow (180 / 197; WL0 gray 341 / 414 = 755) | 377 | $1,195.00 |
| Z51 | Z51 Performance Package (FE3 suspension, Brembo 13.3/13.8-in brakes, NPP exhaust, electronic limited-slip with 5.17 axle, extra cooling, splitter and spoiler, Pilot Sport 4S ZP tires); up $350 (8,799 coupes, 8,928 convertibles = 68.6 percent) | 17,727 | $6,345.00 |
| ZCR | IMSA GTLM Championship Edition package, 3LT with Z51: Accelerate Yellow with Hypersonic Gray graphics or Hypersonic Gray with yellow, Carbon Flash high wing and mirrors, yellow calipers and belts, black Trident wheels, black rockers, splash guards, Strike Yellow / Sky Cool Gray interior, numbered plaque, C8.R car cover (470 coupes, 537 convertibles; 1,000 announced) | 1,007 | $6,595.00 |
| ZCR | Black Trident-spoke wheels on the Championship Edition (derived: the four Q rows sum to 24,824, 1,007 short of production) | 1,007 | – |
| ZYC | Carbon Flash-painted mirrors (and spoiler with Z51) (4,760 / 5,570) | 10,330 | $100.00 |
| ZZ3 | Engine appearance package with LED lighting, coupe | 2,803 | $995.00 |
| CODE | EXTERIOR | COUPE | CONVERTIBLE | TOTAL | SHARE | PRICE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GKZ | Torch Red | 2,282 | 1,865 | 4,147 | 16.1% | – |
| G8G | Arctic White | 1,827 | 1,776 | 3,603 | 13.9% | – |
| GA7 | Hypersonic Gray Metallic (new) | 1,626 | 1,665 | 3,291 | 12.7% | – |
| GPH | Red Mist Metallic Tintcoat | 1,482 | 1,792 | 3,274 | 12.7% | $995.00 |
| GBA | Black | 1,671 | 1,095 | 2,766 | 10.7% | – |
| GMO | Rapid Blue | 1,182 | 1,079 | 2,261 | 8.8% | $500.00 |
| GS7 | Elkhart Lake Blue Metallic | 790 | 622 | 1,412 | 5.5% | – |
| GC5 | Amplify Orange Tintcoat (new) | 636 | 739 | 1,375 | 5.3% | $995.00 |
| G9F | Ceramic Matrix Gray Metallic | 673 | 529 | 1,202 | 4.7% | – |
| GD0 | Accelerate Yellow | 594 | 599 | 1,193 | 4.6% | $500.00 |
| GSJ | Silver Flare Metallic | 515 | 407 | 922 | 3.6% | – |
| G48 | Caffeine Metallic (new) | 173 | 212 | 385 | 1.5% | – |
Mechanically the 2022 is the 2021 with a better fuel system. The 6.2-liter LT2 (VIN 4) got new direct injectors and a higher-pressure pump, a recalibration for low-speed throttle response and a wider Active Fuel Management range; it still makes 490 horsepower and 465 lb-ft, 495 at 6,450 rpm and 470 at 5,150 with the NPP exhaust that 22,441 of the 25,831 cars had, and drives through the Tremec TR-9080 eight-speed dual-clutch (2.91 first, 0.33 eighth, paddles, electronic shifter) to a 4.89 axle with a mechanical limited-slip or a 5.17 with the electronic one on Z51 cars. EPA 15 / 27 / 19. The suspension came the 2021’s four ways — FE1 (6,159 cars), FE2 Magnetic Ride without Z51 (1,945), FE3 Z51 on passive dampers (5,970) and FE4 Z51 with Magnetic Ride (11,757) — and a fifth look was new: the $595 TVS low-profile rear spoiler with the Z51 front splitter on non-Z51 cars (3,413).
The rest carries over: the aluminum spaceframe, 107.2-inch wheelbase, 182.3 x 76.1 x 48.6 inches, double-wishbone coil-over suspension, Brembo brakes (12.6 / 13.6-inch rotors, 13.3 / 13.8 with Z51), 19 x 8.5 and 20 x 11-inch wheels on 245/35 and 305/30 Michelins (Pilot Sport ALS, or 4S ZP with Z51), 3,366 pounds dry and 3,535 curb for the coupe, 3,637 for the convertible, 3.0 seconds to 60 (2.9 with Z51), 11.2 at 123 in the quarter and 194 mph by GM’s numbers. The Championship Edition is a 3LT Z51 with the dealer high wing, black Trident wheels and yellow calipers — no mechanical change — and the right-hand-drive cars (442, built on the same line) are the first factory RHD Corvettes in the car’s history. The site’s 2022 specifications post is the 2020 sheet re-dated; the fuel-system change and the FE2 and TVS lines are not on it.
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| SPEC | 2022 CORVETTE |
|---|---|
| Engine | 376 ci (6.2 L) LT2 Gen V small-block V-8, VIN 4: 4.06 x 3.62 in, 11.5:1, aluminum block and heads, pushrod OHV with variable valve timing and Active Fuel Management (range widened for 2022); engine-mounted dry sump, three scavenge stages, 7.5 quarts |
| Output | 490 hp / 465 lb-ft standard; 495 hp @ 6,450 rpm / 470 lb-ft @ 5,150 rpm with the NPP performance exhaust (SAE-certified); 6,500-rpm redline |
| Fuel system (new) | Upgraded direct injection: new injectors and a higher-pressure fuel pump, recalibrated for low-speed throttle response; 18.5-gallon tank |
| Transmission | Tremec TR-9080 eight-speed dual-clutch (RPO M1L): 2.91 / 1.76 / 1.22 / 0.88 / 0.65 / 0.51 / 0.40 / 0.33, reverse 2.63; paddles, double-paddle de-clutch, electronic shifter; no manual offered |
| Axle | 4.89:1 with mechanical limited-slip (FE1 and FE2, 8,104 cars); 5.17:1 with electronic limited-slip (Z51, 17,727) |
| Suspension | Double wishbone front and rear with coil-over monotube dampers; FE1 standard (6,159), FE2 Magnetic Selective Ride Control 4.0 without Z51 (1,945), FE3 Z51 passive (5,970), FE4 Z51 with Magnetic Ride and Performance Traction Management (11,757); E60 front lift (15,196) |
| Aero | Z51 front splitter and rear spoiler (17,727); TVS low-profile rear spoiler with the Z51 splitter on non-Z51 cars — new (3,413); dealer high wing (4,294 incl. the Championship Editions) |
| Structure | Aluminum spaceframe with six high-pressure die castings; removable roof panel (coupe) or two-piece retractable hardtop with six motors, 16 seconds at up to 30 mph (convertible); left- or right-hand drive (442 RHD) |
| Steering | Bosch/ZF electric variable-ratio rack-and-pinion, 15.7:1; turning circle 38.0 ft (36.4 with Magnetic Ride) |
| Brakes | Brembo four-piston calipers, 12.6-in front / 13.6-in rear rotors; Z51 13.3 / 13.8-in with monobloc calipers; black, red, Edge Red or yellow calipers (yellow on every Championship Edition) |
| Wheels and tires | 19 x 8.5 front, 20 x 11 rear; Michelin Pilot Sport ALS 245/35ZR19 and 305/30ZR20, Pilot Sport 4S ZP with Z51; Bright Silver, Carbon Flash, Sterling Silver or Spectra Gray, black Trident on the Championship Edition |
| Dimensions | Wheelbase 107.2 in; length 182.3 in; width 76.1 in; height 48.6 in; track 64.9 / 62.4 in; cargo 12.6 cu ft in two compartments |
| Weight | 3,366 lb dry / 3,535 lb curb coupe; 3,637 lb curb convertible (GM); 39.4 / 60.6 percent front/rear |
| Performance (GM) | 0–60 mph 3.0 s (2.9 with Z51); quarter mile 11.2 s @ 123 mph (11.2 @ 121 Z51); 194 mph |
| Fuel economy | EPA 15 city / 27 highway / 19 combined mpg |
| Interior | 12-in cluster, 8-in touchscreen, wireless Apple CarPlay / Android Auto; GT1 (8,563), GT2 (15,477) or Competition Sport (1,791) seats; eight interior colors, Sky Cool Gray / Strike Yellow on every Championship Edition (1,423 cars in all); Bose 10 or 14 speakers; Performance Data Recorder standard from 2LT |
| Colors | Twelve: Hypersonic Gray Metallic, Amplify Orange Tintcoat and Caffeine Metallic new; Shadow Gray, Sebring Orange and Zeus Bronze dropped; full-length stripes in seven colors, three Stinger stripes |
| IMSA GTLM Championship Edition (ZCR) | 3LT + Z51; Accelerate Yellow or Hypersonic Gray with the other color’s graphics; Carbon Flash high wing and mirrors, yellow calipers and belts, black Trident wheels, black rockers, splash guards, Strike Yellow / Sky Cool Gray interior, numbered plaque, C8.R car cover; $6,595; 1,007 built (470 coupes, 537 convertibles) |
| Model codes | 1YC07 Stingray coupe, 1YC67 Stingray convertible |
| Production calendar | Start September 8, 2021; the 2023 Z06 revealed October 26, 2021; about a week lost to a parts shortage in April 2022; last 2022s built May 13–19, 2022; 2023 Stingray production from May 23, 2022 |
The site’s 2022 VIN post is a placeholder, so this section is built from GM’s scheme and documented cars. The 2022 uses the scheme the 2021 set: 1G1Y, then A, B or C for 1LT, 2LT or 3LT in the fifth position, 2 or 3 for coupe or convertible, D, 4 for the LT2, the check digit, N for 2022 and 5 for Bowling Green. Documented cars: 1G1YA2D48N5117790 (1LT coupe), 1G1YB2D44N5104581 (2LT coupe), 1G1YC2D42N5111221 (an IMSA GTLM Championship Edition coupe, sold at Mecum Houston in April 2025 with 36 miles — the package puts nothing in the VIN, which reads as any 3LT) and 1G1YC3D45N5124163 (3LT convertible, past 124,000).
Coupes and convertibles share one sequence from 100001; 25,831 cars were built, so the series should end near 125831 if every car took a number — the last 2022’s VIN has not been published anywhere reached, and the 2020 precedent (pre-production cars outside the series) means the number is an estimate. The Championship Editions, the Museum-delivery cars, the right-hand-drive cars and the Z51 cars carry no VIN marker; the Championship Edition’s numbered plaque (1 to 1,007 by GM’s count) and the service-parts QR label on the driver’s door are the documentation. The 2023 brings the year code P and, with the Z06, the first new fifth-position letters since 2021.
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| POSITION | MEANING |
|---|---|
| 1G1 (First through Third) | Country, maker, make: 1 = built in the USA, G = General Motors, 1 = Chevrolet |
| Y (Fourth) | Car line: Y = Corvette |
| A, B or C (Fifth) | Equipment group: A = 1LT (3,982 cars), B = 2LT (11,060), C = 3LT (10,789, incl. the 1,007 Championship Editions) |
| 2 or 3 (Sixth) | Body: 2 = coupe (13,451), 3 = convertible (12,380) |
| D (Seventh) | Restraint system: D = active belts with frontal and seat-mounted side airbags |
| 4 (Eighth) | Engine: 4 = 376 ci (6.2 L) LT2, 490 / 495 hp (the only 2022 engine) |
| x (Ninth) | Check digit, calculated from the other sixteen characters |
| N (Tenth) | Model year: N = 2022 (built September 8, 2021 – mid-May 2022) |
| 5 (Eleventh) | Assembly plant: 5 = Bowling Green, Kentucky (left- and, for the first time, right-hand drive) |
| 100001– (Twelfth through Seventeenth) | Production sequence, coupes and convertibles together; 124163 documented; about 125831 if every one of the 25,831 cars took a number (unverified) |
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Twelve colors: Torch Red (4,147), Arctic White (3,603), Hypersonic Gray Metallic (3,291, new), Red Mist Metallic Tintcoat (3,274, $995), Black (2,766), Rapid Blue (2,261, $500), Elkhart Lake Blue Metallic (1,412), Amplify Orange Tintcoat (1,375, $995, new), Ceramic Matrix Gray Metallic (1,202), Accelerate Yellow (1,193, $500), Silver Flare Metallic (922) and Caffeine Metallic (385, new, the rarest). Eight interior colors; the Championship Edition in yellow or gray with the other color’s graphics.
The 2022 was the last Corvette sold over sticker. Orders placed in the summer of 2021 were built through the spring of 2022 at $62,195–$81,145 and the dealer markups of the chip-shortage years were still on windshields when the cars arrived; by the end of 2022 the 2023 Stingray and the Z06 had absorbed the demand, and the 2022 now trades as a used Stingray — the one with Hypersonic Gray, Amplify Orange and Caffeine on the chart and the right-hand-drive cars abroad.
Classic.com files the 2022 under /c8/stingray/year-2022/ (eleven pages in October 2026, mostly dealers; no benchmark renders for the C8 Stingray). The auction results it lists for the last twelve months: Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale sold a 64-mile 2LT for $71,500 in January 2026; Bring a Trailer sold an 11,000-mile 2LT Z51 for $66,000 in December 2025 and Cars & Bids a 13,000-mile 2LT Z51 for $67,000 the same month; Mecum Kissimmee sold a 1,000-mile Lingenfelter-modified 3LT for $129,250 in January 2026 (a tuner car, not a market signal). The no-sales: $70,000 for a 3LT at GAA, $61,000 for a 5,000-mile 3LT and $57,069 for an 18,000-mile 2LT on Cars & Bids, $61,000 for a modified 21,000-mile 2LT (February 2026). Dealer asking prices ran from $55,495 to $84,900, most between $60,000 and $75,000, with a modified 3LT asking $139,900.
The IMSA GTLM Championship Edition has its own Classic.com page (/c8/imsa-gtlm-championship-edition/) and a benchmark: $110,270 in October 2026, against $86,735–$94,035 new. The results behind it: Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale $92,400 for a 3,000-mile car in January 2026, Mecum Houston $82,500 for a 1,000-mile car in April 2026 ($74,800 for a 36-mile coupe at the same sale a year earlier), Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach $80,300 for a 44,000-mile car, Bring a Trailer $80,000 for an 856-mile car in July 2026 and $81,000 for a 46-mile car in November 2025; no-sales at $66,000 (15,000 miles), $63,500 (modified), $61,000 and $53,555 (two Toronto cars); dealers asking $78,948–$115,000. The edition holds $15,000–$25,000 over an equivalent 3LT Z51 at low mileage and little over it at high mileage; the plaque number (and whether it is one of the seven above 1,000) is what the listings should state and rarely do.
For a 2022 the questions are the C8 ones — the recall and service-bulletin list on the site’s 2022 maintenance post, the transmission and fuel-system software, original wheels — plus, for a Championship Edition, the plaque, the matching car cover and the window sticker showing ZCR. Body style and Z51 are rarely stated in the auction results, so no premium for either can be read from them; the convertible was 48 percent of the year. Prices quoted here are hammer or sold prices as Classic.com reports them; check whether a buyer’s premium is included before comparing.
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Chevrolet built 25,831 2022 Corvettes at Bowling Green between September 8, 2021 and mid-May 2022 — the shortest C8 model year, cut off so that the 2023 Stingray could start on May 23, 2022 ahead of the new Z06: 13,451 Stingray coupes (8,799 with Z51) and 12,380 convertibles (8,928 with Z51), 47.9 percent convertibles, the highest share ever; 3,982 1LTs, 11,060 2LTs and 10,789 3LTs; 1,007 IMSA GTLM Championship Editions (470 coupes, 537 convertibles); 442 right-hand-drive cars, the first from the factory. 23,503 stayed in the United States, 1,014 went to Canada, 693 to Europe, 212 to Australia and New Zealand, 176 to the Middle East, 147 to Japan and 78 to Mexico; 1,146 were delivered at the National Corvette Museum.
$62,195 for the 1LT coupe, $69,495 for the 2LT and $74,145 for the 3LT, and $69,695, $76,495 and $81,145 for the convertible, all including the destination charge, which rose $200 to $1,295 — $1,200 more than the same 2021 after its March 2021 increase. Z51 was $6,345 (up $350), the front lift $2,260 (up $265), Magnetic Ride $1,895 with or without Z51, and the IMSA GTLM Championship Edition package $6,595 on a 3LT with Z51, so a Championship Edition started at $86,735 as a coupe and $94,035 as a convertible. The 2023 kept these prices with the destination charge up another $100.
A $6,595 package (RPO ZCR) celebrating the C8.R’s 2020 IMSA GTLM drivers’, team and manufacturers’ championships, on a 3LT with Z51: Accelerate Yellow with Hypersonic Gray graphics (the No. 3’s livery) or Hypersonic Gray with yellow (the No. 4’s), the Carbon Flash high wing and mirrors, yellow calipers, black Trident wheels, black rockers and splash guards, a Strike Yellow and Sky Cool Gray interior with yellow belts, a numbered plaque and a custom car cover printed with the matching race car. Chevrolet announced 1,000 for left-hand-drive markets; GM’s year-end sheet counts 1,007 — 470 coupes and 537 convertibles — and about two-thirds were gray. Classic.com’s benchmark for the edition in October 2026 was $110,270.
Three colors — Hypersonic Gray Metallic (3,291 cars), Amplify Orange Tintcoat ($995; 1,375) and Caffeine Metallic (385) — replacing Shadow Gray, Sebring Orange and Zeus Bronze; the IMSA GTLM Championship Edition; a $595 low-profile rear spoiler with the Z51 splitter for cars without the package (3,413 cars); a $695 Stingray R appearance package (1,442); an upgraded direct-injection fuel system and calibration for the LT2 with no change in its 490 / 495 horsepower; the first factory right-hand-drive Corvettes (442); and a $1,200 price rise. The bodies, trims, transmission and the Z51 package itself were unchanged.
A Corvette did, but not a 2022: the 2023 Corvette Z06 70th Anniversary Edition coupe, in White Pearl Metallic Tri-Coat with the Z07 package and a black-and-red center stripe, paced the 106th Indianapolis 500 on May 29, 2022 with Sarah Fisher driving (Marcus Ericsson won). It was the nineteenth Corvette pace car since 1978, the sixth in a row, the first Z06 to pace since 2006 and a preview of the next model year, as the 2019 ZR1 had been in 2018; it belongs to the 2023 page. No 2022 pace-car replica or package was sold.
Without a championship, for the first time since 2019. IMSA’s GTLM class had ended, so the No. 3 C8.R of Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor ran the new GTD Pro class against GT3 cars: sixth at Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring win on March 19, 2022 (Corvette Racing’s twelfth at Sebring, with Nicky Catsburg), seconds at Mosport and VIR, and third in the points behind the Pfaff Porsche and the Vasser Sullivan Lexus. The No. 64 of Tommy Milner and Nick Tandy ran the World Endurance Championship’s last GTE Pro season: second at Sebring, the win at Monza on July 10, 2022, second in Bahrain. At Le Mans on June 11–12 the No. 64 took the pole and was chasing the class lead near the eighteen-hour mark when an LMP2 car moved into Alexander Sims on the Mulsanne and put it into the barrier; the No. 63 had retired earlier with rear damage. Both cars moved to GT3 rules for 2023.
Classic.com renders no benchmark for the C8 Stingray, but its results from late 2025 to October 2026 put ordinary 2022 coupes and convertibles at $57,000–$72,000 at auction — $66,000 and $67,000 for 11,000–13,000-mile 2LT Z51s, $71,500 for a 64-mile 2LT at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale — with dealers asking $55,500–$85,000, most between $60,000 and $75,000. The IMSA GTLM Championship Edition has its own benchmark, $110,270, with 2026 results of $80,000–$92,400 for low-mileage cars; it is the only 2022 that commands a premium. Mileage drives the price; the results rarely state body style or Z51. Check whether a buyer’s premium is included in any auction price you compare.
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