The 2020 Corvette could be a collector’s item one day in the not-too-distant future. Not only is it the first model year of the first-ever production mid-engine Corvette, it will also be one of, if not the rarest model year for the eighth-generation Corvette, with production significantly hampered by the UAW strike and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Car collectors with some extra cash to throw around may be wise to buy a 2020 Corvette, throw a cover on it and forget about it for some years. The only problem is that GM is no longer accepting orders for the 2020 model year car and many have already been spoken for – but Mecum Auctions could have a solution.
Mecum will auction off a 2020 Corvette Stingray at its upcoming Kissimmee Summer Special auction. The vehicle in question was ordered in Blade Silver with an Adrenaline Red interior, GT1 Bucket Seats and Bright Red brake calipers. This car also features the optional Performance Exhaust kit and the Z51 front splitter, but oddly, it is not equipped with the Z51 performance package.
The original owner of this vehicle drove it for a total of 1,191 miles before deciding to part ways with it. We’re not too sure why they decided to let go of their new mid-engine sports car so quickly, but it’s likely they were looking to make a profit. A 2020 Corvette in this specification would not have cost much more than $70,000 from the dealership, but Barrett-Jackson estimates someone will buy it up for $90,000-$100,000. Not a bad payday for driving a new mid-engine sports car around for 1,000 miles, huh?
Check out the listing for this Blade Silver 2020 Corvette at this link and feel free to let us know if it’s worth a price premium or not in the comments down below.
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Fools and their money are soon departed.
I’m not seeing it. Collectors can prognosticate what they will, but unless the Corvette suddenly gets cancelled making the few 2020 Corvettes the only mid engine, only C8 Corvettes ever, this thing won’t be any more special than a 1984 C4 in 20 years. Just like the 1984 C4, it’s a revolutionary product and a huge step forward for the brand. And just like the 1984 C4, there will not only be thousands and thousands of similar ones produced, but there will likely be future generations that improve on the design, power, handling, etc. It’s a mass-produced car. There will be higher end versions that make people forget about the Stingray.
The front end is hideous. The interior is better than $100k supercars. Awesome handling and power. After all, the 2020 C8 is great and a revolution, but won’t be anything special for collectors.
Collectors item ,doubt it. But we sure enjoy our C8 . Great balance of performance, handling, comfort and style. We are driving our C8 and hope to wear it out ,with no concern about resale. The car is way to much fun to leave it parked
I really love this super car. I’m 74 and that means I don’t count. But here’s the rub: At age 74 and with my garage already containing a low mileage 911 991 Porsche Carrera in first year Racing Yellow with beige interior, in great shape, I’d decided to get no more cars. I have a 2001 Mustang Bullitt (original owner) and I have a 2019 Mercedes-Benz 4 door sedan to take the wife anywhere she wants to go. But when I began to see just what this car is, my adrenaline slowly began its seven decade trek upward. Then mania hit me. This resulted in my non-stop scouring of the Internet for C8 content and eventually a search for C8 that were available. April 12 and 13 showed up & my Internet suddenly showed 18 C8 Corvettes for sale all at once. I don’t know the true story of them in and around the Los Angeles County area (5 Counties). I do have a slight grip on the C8 that came home with me on April 14 – it was ordered by someone from Rydell Chevrolet in Northridge. The dealership received the car April 1, 2020, as confirmed by the Service Manager, Joe. I don’t know when the car appeared on the Internet, but I suspect that it was in point of fact, April 12, 2020. I waited. The following morning, I headed to the dealership in my 911 and arrived there and parked by 8:30 A. M to find a dark, closed and locked showroom, but with the car sitting front and center in it. A new Chevy truck was parked in front of it. A few minutes to look it over and I was, “…in like with it.” On the way home, a telephone call to the Internet manager resulted in a sales manager assigning a salesman to me, a made appointment; a movement of the car to the little town of San Fernando California on a Dodge dealer lot also owned by Rydell. After meeting the salesman and him giving me a pitch, which I interrupted about 12 minutes in, I said, “I want this car. Let’s do the paperwork. That’s what happened. All the waiting, all the travails, all the problems and all the negatives that came out about the car, did not bother me. I was happy to have her. All these months later, I’m still happy with the car, the one-thousandth & 63rd model made on the line at the Bowling Green Kentucky Assembly Plant. Ceramic Matrix Gray Metallic/Z51 with most of the stuff on it, in an LT2 configuration. The collector status kind of evaporated when the production opened up and now has produced close to 9,000 Corvettes. Only a few have been totaled and that won’t make a difference in their numbers. Perhaps keeping them stock will. I plan to do a few non-stock items with mine. Eventually, I’d like to have forged pieces in all of the key areas and perhaps intake and exhaust mods. A “tune,” when the CPU is cracked or a proper piggy back can be completed. I want mine on typical pump gas. I do not want to over stress the engine nor the drive train. For one person (me) this became my instant collector car. I never thought I’d see a company, this late into the EV age, develop a super car to make America proud. It didn’t seem like a good business model with EV now two years away from asserting itself from outselling the internal combustion engine. But Chevy did. And I’m named “Ford.” And I could not resist. Thank you, GM! AF
My new blade silver 2020 C8 is on the transport to my dealer as I write this. Its very exciting for my wife and I and can’t wait to take it home next week. It will not be for sale in the near future and we hope to drive to the beach next month. I’ve always been a corvette lover and belong to many corvette clubs over the years. We also own a 1961-1962-1965-1968-2014 . Can’t wait Bob.