The last C7 Corvette ever built will be auctioned off at Barrett-Jackson’s Northeast 2019 auction in June, with all proceeds from the sale benefitting a non-profit foundation for first responders and injured service members.
GM first said it would auction off the last C7 Corvette with the help of Barrett-Jackson back in April, but now the auction company has released official details and photos of the car.
The last C7 Corvette will be a black Z06 coupe 3LZ with an Adrenaline Red interior, Z07 package, seven-speed manual transmission and the Cosworth-developed Performance Data Recorder. The car pictured here is an exact replica of the actual auction car, as the C7 Corvette is of course still in production. GM says the sports car’s final date of production is yet to be determined.
All proceeds from the sale of the car will benefit the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation and Building for America’s Bravest. The Stephen Siller Foundation was started in honor of New York City firefighter Stephen Siller, who lost his life on September 11, 2001. The foundation continues to uphold Stephen’s legacy by supporting first responders and injured service members. Building for America’s Bravest is a offshoot of the Foundation that builds smart homes for its beneficiaries.
When the final C7 Corvette rolls off the assembly line at Bowling Green Assembly, it will put an end to the Corvette’s long-running history as a front-engine, rear-wheel drive car, with the Corvette C8 set to move to a mid-engine platform. The next-gen Corvette will make its debut on July 18, so the C7 Corvette will likely go out of production sometime this summer.
Source: Barrett-Jackson | Photos: Barrett-Jackson
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I don’t like the white/clear taillight trend that is making it’s way to stock options now.
The white background of the assembly looks cool to me & I’m 45! Give a red bulb 2 give a sinister look!
It’s crazy how, what was it last year? That the ZR1 was released, and now they’re killing it. I think it’s silly that they don’t keep the C7 around, and sell it as an entry to the corvette world, and have the new mid-engine C8 as the halo car. Corvette needs to be spun off and be it’s own brand, and no longer under the Chevy brand. Imagine, a baby vette (think a high power, tight solstice/Sky), then a C7 style, followed by the C8, and eventually an Urus like Corvette SUV.
I see what you’re saying, but I feel like that would be too much to keep track of. The way GM is now, that is. If they had any sense, they would make Corvette it’s own brand, with everything you just said.
GM don’t have the staff 2 make corvette it’s own brand! A corvette of SUV nature is for mud boggers! The sleek style of the corvette’s description is 2 costly to put it below the $100k compliment!!
Rick Hendrick will be bidding on that one. Nice to see it will have a manual. Agree with jonnyd84, keep the C7, too.
“When the final C7 Corvette rolls off the assembly line at Bowling Green Assembly, it will put an end to the Corvette’s long-running history as a front-engine, rear-wheel drive car”
NOBODY at GM has ever said that. In fact, Corvette is still taking orders for C7s and there is no date for ending its production. Nor is there any date for retail availability of the C8 and no such date will be announced at the reveal in July.
The front engine Corvette will be built in the future for the simple reason that GM wants to make money and is not completely stupid.
“NOBODY at GM has ever said that.”
https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2019/apr/0411-auction.html
Is English your second language?
GM has said the 7th generation Corvette will end production. Obviously that is true.
But nobody at GM has EVER said that production of front engine Corvettes is over.
Learn to read.
I can read, even between the lines, can you? Are you one of those who thinks that “Corvette” should be it’s own division at GM? Do you think GM is going to break tradition and produce two or more platforms of the “Corvette” side by side?
Do you know basic math and what the 1 through 8 stands for? Do you think the “C8” should be called the “CME1” or “C1ME”? After all it will be the first production mid-engine Corvette.
Let me guess, you think Corvette should be it’s own division and should produce more then one model. An SUV for instance, so you can have your (“S1”?) “front-engine, rear-wheel drive car”. That wouldn’t be a “Corvette” now would it?
Mathis?
Just give the car to Rick Hendrick and tell him the figures to write on the check.
instead of rating: I wanted to comment! the value of each item in & on the car would dictate the cars overall price! (where the materials are from)