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Corvette Sales Were Hot As Mecum Opened Their 2025 Season In Kissimmee, Florida

Check out the top seven Corvette sales as CorvSport begins our 2025 coverage of the incredible Mecum collector car auction

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Mecum Kissimmee's top seller will blow you away! Photo Credit: Mecum

While the actual temperature was in the lower 60s (jacket weather for Floridians!), the sun was beaming and shined down on enthusiasts as they enjoyed Mecum’s season-opening Super Bowl of collector car auctions. Mecum has always been a special place for Corvette enthusiasts, but 2024 proved to be one of the most spectacular years for our beloved iconic ‘Vette. We’ve included our CorvSport Mecum tracker from last year so you can see how crazy Corvette sales were at the “undisputed” champion of collector car auctions. Will 2025 bring similar results? [Author’s Note: This article is FREE and not behind a paywall. If/when any popups occur, please click to make them disappear and continue enjoying the article.]

CorvSport Mecum 2024 Tracker

♦ 2024 TOTAL: 1,701 Corvettes offered with 70.2% selling (1,194)

You read that correctly! An incredible 1,194 Corvettes hammered off to new owners last year at Mecum. As we are seeing some of the Corvette markets cool off (notably the C8 Z06), how will Mecum fare in 2025? It’s time to find out as CorvSport begins our Kissimmee coverage with the top Corvette sales from the two-week extravaganza! This year, 477 Corvettes were offered to enthusiasts and collectors, which was down 50 from 2024. Can we make up for the reduced number of Vettes with a higher sales percentage? It will be hard to beat Kissimmee 2024’s 72% sales ratio!

Top 7 Corvette Sales From Mecum Kissimmee 2025

#7

1970 Corvette ZR1 Pilot Car Convertible

Sold For: $451,000

  • The first ZR1 built with supporting documentation included
  • 3-time Bloomington Gold Certified
  • NCRS Chapter, Regional and National Top Flight
  • Meticulous body-off restoration with 31 miles since completion
  • Chrome air cleaner signed by Zora Arkus-Duntov
  • Original matching numbers engine, transmission, and rear end
  • 350/370 HP V-8 engine
  • M22 4-speed manual transmission
  • The ZR1 Package consisted of the LT1 engine, M22 4-speed transmission, heavy-duty power brakes, transistor ignition, special aluminum radiator, and special springs, shocks, and front and rear stabilizer bars
  • 1 of only 25 Corvettes produced in 1970 with the ZR1 Special Purpose Engine Package

Deeper Dive: Direct link to Mecum for more information and pictures

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