There Are Thousands of Unsold New Chevy Corvettes at U.S. Dealers
The C8 Corvette—the car’s eighth generation and the first rear mid-engine Corvette—was a big deal for Chevy when it debuted in 2019, and the first C8 Corvettes demanded significant markups past its starting price of $58,900. Now that it’s been a few years and the hype has died down, thousands are sitting unsold at dealers, and markups have all but vanished.
Over 5,000 C8 Corvettes are currently in Chevy’s inventory system, the vast majority from the 2025 model year, which means that more than likely you can go to your local dealership at this very moment and drive away with one. You’ll also likely have several to choose from if you don’t mind buying your new car off the lot, as most Americans do.
New Corvettes currently start at $68,300 for the base Stingray and in exchange you get 495 horsepower, a zero to 60 time of 2.9 seconds, and a top track speed of 194 mph. An 8-speed dual-clutch transmission comes standard and the C8 Corvette Stingray is the most powerful production Stingray ever; you might even call it a budget supercar if you’re feeling generous.
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The prices in Chevy’s inventory system even start below $68,300, with some as low as $63,185 after various offers and discounts are included. One new Corvette was even recently spotted for $58,280, according to The Drive, or less than the starting price after the C8’s debut. These prices don’t include tax, title, and other fees.
Perhaps Chevy is also starting to feel some of the waning demand, as Chevy has spent the last several months hyping the 1,064 horsepower ZR1 version of the Corvette, which debuted last July and has since set several track records. That car starts at $174,995, and has renewed some interest in the C8 right as it gets past midlife.
That’s because pretty soon, all eyes will be on the C9 Corvette, which is rumored to debut sometime in 2028, and could be the first all-electric Corvette. Or the C9 could be another iteration of the internal combustion engine car that has endured for so long as an American classic, depending on where the EV pendulum is swinging then. Most likely, the C9 Corvette will be a hybrid of some sort, like the Corvette E-Ray. GM might even put in some tech it learned in Formula 1. By then, most of the C8 Corvettes on dealer lots will have moved on, though for now thousands are still there, in plain sight.
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Erik Shilling
