Covering the wholesale world of America’s Sports Car for 66 episodes and bringing it to you has been a privilege—and we hope you’ve enjoyed the ride as much as we have! What makes these reports different is that you’re not just looking at auction results; you’re getting the perspective of our in-house retired dealer, a veteran with 17 years of experience who understands what happens between the auction lane and the dealer’s front line. He knows what makes a Corvette attractive to a dealer, what can make a unit difficult to retail, and, perhaps most importantly, what the numbers are really telling us before the rest of the market catches on. That dealer-level perspective gives CorvSport a unique window into the wholesale world, where today’s transactions can signal where tomorrow’s used Corvette market may be headed. After all, these are the ‘Vettes dealers are deciding to put their money behind right now—long before many of them ever hit a used-car lot and become the C8 you’re shopping for.
On Our Radar: Today’s Defining Wholesale Storylines
1. Testing Our Curated Top 7 That Have Rocked Five 100% Sell-Through Rates This Year
For today’s insights, we wanted to put the C8 Stingray market to the test—and that meant deliberately searching for examples that could challenge some of the assumptions surrounding today’s market. One of the more fascinating things we’ve noticed while scrolling through hundreds of C8s every month in search of our Curated Top 7 is just how difficult it can be to find higher-mileage eighth-generation Corvettes. Owners simply don’t seem to be putting many miles on these cars, making examples hovering around the 20,000-mile mark surprisingly uncommon. So, this time around, we intentionally went looking for them. Our Top 7 includes a 2022 with 21,501 miles and a 2023 with 20,006 miles, while the mileage spectrum swings all the way down to a 2023 3LT Coupe showing just 987 miles. The standout may be a 2025 1LT Convertible with 15,997 miles, high considering its age. And there’s another twist: four of our seven Corvettes are 2023 models, giving us an extra dose of insight into what that particular model year is doing when dealers get the chance to raise their hands.
