Community Question: Is The 2017 C7 Corvette Grand Sport Worth Its $66,445 Price Tag?
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The Corvette will be welcoming a new iteration into the C7 generation of the famed sports car. The 2017 C7 Corvette Grand Sport will arrive this summer, and Chevrolet officially priced the track-prepped, supercharger-less Corvette last week.
The 2017 Corvette Grand Sport will start at $66,445 for a coupe, and rise to $70,445 if you decide to lower the top for a convertible variant. This puts the Grand Sport in a nice sweet spot between a base C7 Corvette Stingray, and the starting price for a C7 Corvette Z06. However, is the premium over a regular Stingray justifiable with the Grand Sport?
For about $10,000 more from a base Stingray, the Grand Sport is adding quite a bit. The downforce-producing aero package, enhanced cooling systems, stickier Michelin Pilot Super Sport rubber and more allows the Grand Sport to pull an impressive 1.05 g in cornering capability. Should you add the optional Z07 package, it’s 1.2 g. That also includes even grippier Pilot Cup 2 tires.
So, for this community question, we do truly think the price reflects a sweet spot for the Corvette. We’d happily plunker down an additional $10,000 to get Z06 capabilities with Stingray livability. But, we want to hear from you, of course.
Vote below in our poll, and chat us up in the comment section down below on if the price reflects the added value in the 2017 C7 Corvette Grand Sport.
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Who in there right mind wold think the grand sport corvette is over priced
Whoever said its overpriced is a complete moron. And I’m being really nice
This is the sports car bargain of the world.
Lap times right with a Z06 at a price just over the Stingray what else do you want?
I read somewhere they used the old ZR1 as a benchmark around VIR.
How is it not????
With a base price difference of almost $14k less than the Z06 I’ll take one with the 8spd for $1725. and have Lingenfelter do their NA 600HP package magic for $10k. Then, off to the road course to slay some GT350R’s….
3K more that a1LT Z51 MRC car. It’s a steal.
It desperately needed a hp bump. Gm went way to conservative with the c7 heads, cam, tune to save money. Im just not super excited about it. Im sure its a great track car but i would have liked more bragging rights. An even 500hp would have been perfect.
Bragging right? It does laps as fast as a zr1!
Great package, except for the Vette’s overall low ground clearance which makes it a target for any road debris that is 5.3″ or higher. I have had 2 C7’s, a 2014 and a 2015. Though I did not come into high speed contact with road debris, I found that avoiding it takes 100% concentrated focus on the road. Otherwise you are going to encounter some very expensive impacts with objects on the road ranging from stepladders to landscaping blocks (ouch!), to ice chests, dead animals (think deer, livestock,), and 18 wheeler tire treads. So if you can keep the concentration and focus on 100% of the time, you will be o.k. Oh, and did I mention curbs? They are made out of concrete and will destroy your front end if you drive into them while parking.