2023 Corvette Gets Recommended Rating By Consumer Reports
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Released for the 2020 model year, the Chevy Corvette C8 is a highly desirable and sought-after performance vehicle. However, this ethos hasn’t been shared by all publications alike, as Consumer Reports had yet to recommend the purchase of the sports car. Now, this appears to have changed for the 2023 Corvette.
For the first time since the C8 arrived for the 2020 model year, Consumer Reports has given the Vette a “recommended” rating. This new high for the Corvette comes on the back of a few different scores:
- Owner satisfaction rating – 5/5
- Road test rating – 97/100
- Predicated reliability rating – 3/5
- Overall score – 87
An overall score of 87 ranks the 2023 Corvette first in CR’s sports/sporty cars over $40,000 segment. This places the C8 above the likes of the 2023 Toyota Supra, the 2023 Porsche 718 Boxster, and the BMW 2 series.
From a predicted reliability standpoint, the 2023 Corvette’s 3 out of 5 rating is an improvement over the publication’s 2/5 score for the 2022 Corvette, although it still points out paint and trim, body hardware and in-car electronics as potential trouble spots.
Consumer Reports’ road test review praised the Corvette’s performance and handling as well as its interior fit and finish. However, it lamented its light list of active safety features and its overall fuel economy. “We came away from the experience impressed by the C8 Corvette’s performance numbers and thrilled with its fun-to-drive nature,” the publication commented, adding that the 2LT trim level is the one to choose for its standard feature list.
Overall, Chevy performed well in CR’s latest rankings. In addition to the Corvette, the Bow Tie brand has four other 2023 vehicles boasting a recommended rating, including the Chevy Blazer, Chevy Equinox, Chevy Trailblazer, and Chevy Traverse.
As a reminder, the 2023 Corvette comes in two trim flavors, the C8 Stingray and C8 Z06. The Stingray is equipped with the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 LT2 gasoline engine, with output rated at 490 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque, or 495 horsepower and 475 pound-feet of torque when equipped with the optional dual-mode, high-performance exhaust system.
Meanwhile, the Z06 is motivated by the naturally aspirated 5.5L V8 LT6 gasoline engine. This high-revving screamer develops 670 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque.
Both performance machines are fitted with GM’s eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission.
As for structure, the 2023 Corvette rides on the GM Y2 platform, which is shared by every C8 variant. All Corvettes are assembled exclusively at the GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky.
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The others are imported and expensive failures as sports cars. Only their fans love them. True Americans will only buy this Corvette, or for less money, a Camaro or a Mustang.
I am fortunate to be the proud owner of a C8 and all of the auto magazines have praised it since 2020, when I purchased mine. Glad to see Consumer Reports finally has rated it at the top of the class.
Did you just mention C8 in the same sentence with 2 series! and 718 and dressesed supra? Don’t you have any shame? Any living being with eyes can tell those are not belong to the same universe?
You are absolutely right! Isn’t that a ridiculous statement!
I have subscribed to Consumer reports for years and am a 2021 C8 convertible owner. I was always sadly amused to see CR comparing the C8 to vehicles far beneath it. And rating it with the same broad-brush criteria used for SUVs.
They are long overdue to develop criteria specific to EACH class of vehicle they are reviewing.
For instance: one does not buy a C8 for its hauling capacity for both passengers and cargo.
But CR actually rated that aspect for comparison, as if you are trying to decide between a C8 or an Escalade.
This is a surprise. CR always complains about something when all the owners are happy as can be, as I am with my 3LT Z51 2022 C8 I am fussy and have yet to find any flaw in the car even after hand waxing every inch. This also goes for my C5 that I just sold that never had a problem of any kind in fact after 8 new Vettes they have all been perfect but CR will still complain about something.
You are so right about CR. Have subscribed to CR for years. And we constantly laugh when we read their “bottom of the pit” ratings on our Jeep Wrangler. But then admit that the Jeep Wrangler has the absolute highest rating for customer loyalty and lowest level of annual depreciation to ANY vehicles sold in the US.
CR hates the fact that their readers have a vastly different opinion that their raters.
Once we got our 2021 C8 convertible, we found the same thing to be true. CR hated it and buyers loved it.
Wow, CR got one right
Sometimes i forget if i’m in GM Authority or German Zotarity even the editors of the site so bellitle American cars and and fanboys of anything German’ so much so they claim two litre four cylinder forgettable looking compact sedans with pedestrian interrior and lack of tech are good as 6.2 litre V8 mid engine supercar with under 3 seconds 0-60 and hypercar looks and interior and tech. Those people don’t deserve the best bargain in automobile history, they need to be charged extra 100K to give Vette its due. Then they will start to compare C8 with ferraris and lambos , where it is belong.
I ordered my C8 without having ever seen one in real life. Just pictures. I was sure GM had to get this right, their reputation depended on it.
No disappointment, my 2021 C8, Z51, Mag Ride, Front Lift, 2LT, For under $80,000 – yep, I paid the sticker of $78k.
I waited one year from order to delivery, but got what I wanted. A friend just took delivery of his
2023 convertible, at sticker, he just had to wait several months.
Oh yeah, Join a nationally sanctioned Corvette Club that is part of NCCC.
I have subscribed to Consumer reports for years and am a 2021 C8 convertible owner. I was always sadly amused to see CR comparing the C8 to vehicles far beneath it. And rating it with the same broad-brush criteria used for SUVs.
They are long overdue to develop criteria specific to EACH class of vehicle they are reviewing.
For instance: one does not buy a C8 for its hauling capacity for both passengers and cargo.
But CR actually rated that aspect for comparison, as if you are trying to decide between a C8 or an Escalade.
The C8 Corvette is not in the same league as the Toyota Supra, the Porsche 718 Boxster, or the BMW 2 series. The C8 Corvette has been elevated to Supercar status. I believe CR changed their tune to salvage what little credibility they might have.
Love the vette.
With the number of transmission issues? As a C8 owner who was stranded by his car, it sounds like this article was “paid for”. 10/10 would not recommend or purchase again.