First Dealer Sales Report for 2026 Shows a Shake Up Happening with the Top Corvette Sellers

1. I tried getting on the Les Stanford list for ZR1s and nothing happened. Maybe Les has too many customers.

2. How does a dealer sell 100—4x the sales of the #2 dealer?!!! And over 17x the sales of #20?!!!

3. It’s a shame that GM can’t allocate cars across all dealers with sold orders in the system instead of sending 100 cars a month to New Hampshire. lol This is really just an allocation report – 100 here, 24 there, etc. Could have easily sent 100 cars to Les Stanford and those would be all sold orders I bet. There are plenty of dealers with 25 customers or more waiting to get an allocation through their dealer (sold orders). Would make sense to give every dealer one allocation for a sold order, then go to the #2 position starting at the top of the list again.

4. As the manger of a Chevrolet dealer that feel victim to the economic crises of 2007, 2008-2009 and one of the larger Corvette dealers on the east cost it is ‘turn and earn’.
   Dealers ‘earn’ replacement cars for the ones sold. Smart dealers don’t ‘sit on’ a Corvette for that massive markup. They keep inventory turning over thereby earning more ‘replacements’.
   Chevy dealers with a separate or ‘dedicated’ Corvette operation, sales, service, showroom, ( as we did) offer the best service. Sales people that know and are enthusiastic about Corvette. Service technicals like wise.
   Some (again like us) offer upgrades and modification right in house.
   Most important if you are going to place a factory order that dealer will get it built faster.

5. I’m surprised Coughlin and Matick Chevrolet didn’t make the list. They both have a pretty big presence on FB and You Tube.

6. MacMulkin leads because they’re the best. Best car buying experience I’ve ever had.

7. At 78 Corvettes for us boomers are DOA. High MSRP large dealer markups zo6 models ridiculously priced and better choices for speed, comfort, reliability, center driving, AWD and never having to store one. I bought a killer high powered machine 5 years ago got into a new sport called auto cross and it’s been winning every week. 480hp 634 torque 0 to 60 3.5 seconds lateral skid pad . 99gs massive 17 rotors brembo brakes magnaride suspension sport seats twin air defusers high quality parts from fords racing bin and endlist options list. A new model boasts 700 ft lbs torque 3.2 to 60 costs fully optioned at $62000. As a daily AWD year round driver it’s mind bongling. Few can catch me red lite to red lite and no modern ice v8 comes close. My 21 mach e GT Performance is a killing machine. Before you say a word, test drive any high powered ev hold on tight and press that acclerator to the floor. Pure acceleration ,no smoke no tire squeal and life altering. Just imagine a fill up at $6.

8. I think comparing modified cars to factory stock is a bit unfair. But if you want to talk modified, keep in mind that each one of the factory (!) supplied 76mm turbochargers in a C8 ZR1 can supply 920 hp of air. So tuner shops will have a blast without even changing turbochargers. Reminds me of the days of modified Buick Grand Nationals. At 73 with 2 car lifts in the garage, I turn wrenches on a couple of my other older cars. But I don’t need any more major projects. 1064 hp will have to do – got mine at MSRP. My eventual target is a ZR1X. Turbocharged performance hybrids are the way to go today. Same or better acceleration as a pure “battery” car without the “refuel” inconvenience and excessive weight (which is bad for autocrossing, no?). All the foreign exotics are going performance hybrid. Enjoy the wrench turning.

9. Not sure if you noticed but Jaguar wrecked their company going all EV.

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