[RUMOR] Is Chevy Preparing for Production of a Widebody Grand Sport C8?

One of the more persistent rumors we are hearing has been the return of a Grand Sport model for the C8 era, and in our opinion, one can’t come soon enough.

Previously, the C6 and C7 Grand Sports have been what are essentially parts-bin Corvettes, with the base engine being mated into a widebody chassis and also featuring free-flow options for brakes and suspensions. With the LT2 already installed in the widebody for the E-Ray, development of such a car should be fairly straight forward.

It’s also our belief that a new Grand Sport would slot in between the Stingray and E-Ray, targeting a starting price of $87,600 – the median price between the starting $68,300 Stingray and the $106,900 MSRP of the E-Ray. Having the Grand Sport in the line-up offers previous Stingray owners an attractive widebody model for upgrading to without the extra cost for the hybrid AWD system. It would also reduce the quantities of Stingrays being produced, which are piling up on dealer lots.

We say this because our friend Rick ‘Corvette’ Conti in his latest video addresses a rumor he has heard about the production line at the Corvette Assembly Plant being reconfigured to optimize the production of the widebody Corvettes versus the Stingray. This actually fits a similar rumor we heard late last year, that the assembly line’s speed could “detuned” to run slower to accommodate building the more complex widebody cars. So perhaps there is a combination of things that will be put in place to optimize widebody production. We didn’t have a timeline for that, but it makes sense that all would be in place prior to the ZR1 starting production in Quarter 2.

Check it out and let us know if you would like to see a widebody C8 Grand Sport in your future.

From Rick Conti via YouTube:

Tonight we talk about the order constraints for 2025, but what is coming for C8 Corvette generation. Yet another model, where will it fit and are we ready!

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Rick Conti / YouTube

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