We are just a couple weeks from customers being able to order one of the limited edition Stars & Steel Corvettes that Chevrolet is offering in celebration of America’s 250 Anniversary. The cars are limited to just 250 total and will be available across the Corvette lineup from Stingray to ZR1X.
The package is priced at $9,995 and will come available in either Arctic White or Black exteriors with exclusive interior color choices of Santorini Blue for White cars, or Adrenaline Red on the Black cars. American flag-inspired graphics package runs across the top of the car, and there are several other options that are required to complete the package. Each of these limited edition Corvettes will have an exclusive build sequence number that will be displayed on the interior plaque.
Last week, the Stars & Steel package hit the Corvette’s Build and Buy Configurator, allowing customers to see how it all comes together. Remember that these only come in the 3LT/3LZ configuration but are available on both Coupes and Convertibles. You can find the package on the Configurator under the Options tab.
Also be aware that some of the builds require additional options not included in the package, so it will cost higher than the advertised $9,995. The Stingray Coupe and Convertible will require an additional $1,195 for the NPP Performance Exhaust, while all Stingray, E-Ray and Z06 Convertible models will require an additional $995 for the Engine Appearance Package.
On a humorous note, one of the footnotes alerts buyers that these cars are not built of steel: “The Stars and Steel Collection represents a design theme with dark metallic finishes and celestial accents, not built of steel.”
Dealers were sent a special PDF which offers a configuration guide for ordering these special cars. Thanks to our friend Rick Conti for sharing them in a recent video. You can see those slides below:
We still don’t know exactly how Chevrolet will be allocating the package, especially when it comes to the high-performance ZR1 and ZR1X. Hopefully you have already spoken to your dealer to let them know your interest in ordering one of these rare C8 special editions. Dealers should have more info on Thursday, March 19th when the allocations drop and then ordering will happen beginning on Thursday, March 26th.
As soon as we hear anything definitive about ordering the Stars & Steel packages, we’ll let you know.
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This is a “close but no cigar”, imho. Yes, the “steel” part of this is inane. Would have been better to stipulate all carbon fiber bits and call it “stars and carbon”.
The unavailability of 2-tone seats is frustrating. Black centers with red seats would have looked great with the exterior cosmetic treatment. Sky Cool Gray centers would have looked great with the blue seats and compliment the exterior cosmetic treatment.
Worst of all, this shows the abject lack of suede for Santorini. You can get suede with red, but not with blue. I also am perplexed by forcing the white car to have red calipers–when blue would clearly have been the more sensible choice. And the inability to put stealth badges on either car–is dumb. So is forcing carbon flash exterior accents on white–and simultaneously eliminating carbon flash roof/nacelles.
So the gist is that if you get a white one, it actually will come red (calipers, belts, engine cover)/white (exterior) /blue (interior). Which is wonderfully patriotic–just without any option for suede.
And if you get black, well it’s just “yet another” black corvette with red calipers, engine cover and belts. Nothing remotely patriotic about it (unless you count the barely visible graphics on the outside).
Sad, because it was an “almost”, in my opinion. 1996 GS at least got the scheme right. I would have loved to see blue exterior and red interior (or red exterior and blue interior)–either with a white top/nacelles on the HTC. Even without graphics, that would have a fantastic, patriotic edition.
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