GM has filed to trademark the Corvette Grand Sport name, GM Authority has learned. The new trademark filing may indicate GM is now interested in offering a new Corvette Grand Sport model for the eighth-generation Chevy Corvette C8, or possibly the next-generation C9.
The new trademark application was filed on May 26th, 2022 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and was assigned serial number 97430541. The application was filed under a Goods and Services category reserved for “motor land vehicles, namely, automobiles, sport utility vehicles, trucks and vans.”
General Motors has obviously used the Corvette Grand Sport name throughout the history of the Chevy Corvette, but this recent application is nonetheless a bit strange. As GM Authority reported previously, General Motors was originally not going to offer a Grand Sport variant of the current eighth-generation C8, instead offering the upcoming C8 E-Ray hybrid with regard to the Grand Sport’s positioning in the eighth-gen’s model lineup.
Of course, it’s entirely possible The General has changed course in this respect and will offer a new C8 Grand Sport model after all. If such a model were to come about, it would likely couple the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 LT2 gasoline engine found behind the cabin of the C8 Stingray with the wide-body exterior treatment of the C8 Z06 and E-Ray.
Such a move would certainly make sense from a supply point of view – given the current supply chain environment, specifically, the ongoing global shortage of microchips, a new C8 Corvette Grand Sport could be a less chip-intensive model compared to the hybrid C8 E-Ray.
Another possibility is that this new trademark filing is in preparation for an upcoming Corvette Grand Sport model to be offered with the next-generation Corvette C9.
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“Grand Sport” was and should be kept a Buick name. Corvette can be something else.
Nope, the original 1963 Corvette Grand Sport preceded the original 1965 Buick Gran Sport, and two different spellings.
Thank you for correcting me on the usage and the spelling.
If for the C9 maybe they could call it the GE….error, uhhh…nevermind…lol!!!
I am feeling more and more that supplier shortages / constraints causing delays in the anticipated Z. Maybe we will have to wait until C9 to get new models. In that case, learning to love my 2021 a little more each day. Got zero complaints about plain old Z51 C8 , mag ride, front lift. And about due for tires….
If you have a vette, find and join a NCCC sanctioned Corvette Club.
Save the Wave.
Maybe it could be a 4 door Corvette suv.
Corvette SUV for sure. It could be hybrid or full electric.
Corvette SUV? Oh please… just shoot me now.
All I can say is… IT’S ABOUT FREAKIN’ TIME! 🙂
I am a bit confused. I have trademarks. I’ve renewed them, but never refiled for the same name. Isn’t Grand Sport already trademarked for corvettes? I have a C7 Grand sport. I can’t believe they did not TM them for C7. What am I missing?
C7? The Grand Sport first appeared on the C2 and returned for the C4. But yes, I agree with your point entirely.
I have had a C6 GS, a C7 GS and now a C8 Stingray, would love a C8 GS if it were available.
What if. What if. What if.
I still own a 1996 GS and a 2017 GS, both convertibles with red interior. Love them both for different reasons. But if GM ever releases a C8 GS, the C7 may have to go. Selling the ’96 would be a lot tougher sell to the missus who considers it HER car! 😉
Don’t sleep on those late model C4s. The LT4 in the GS made solid power in 96 and can still keep up with a lot of cars today.
Ha, no worries, there. Other Corvettes of ours have come and gone over the years but the 1996 isn’t going anywhere soon. And you’re preaching to the choir here. I run the Grand Sport Registry (900+ members strong!) so there should be no question what my favorite Corvette is. 🙂
The ’96 LT4 was actually under rated by GM at only 330HP so as not to detract from the “new” C5 LT1 motor that was introduced in 1997. Independent dyno runs of bone stock ’96 LT4’s prove the motor generally cranks out 345-350HP. Might not sound like much today but still a solid, reliable engine that’s a hoot to drive.
Has anyone gone to USPTO to read the actual filing. It might explain thing well.