It’s time to celebrate as the Chevrolet Corvette just rolled over to the next model year. Today is Corvette’s 2027 SORP which is Chevrolet’s acronym for the Start of Regular Production! Today, the first customer 2027 Corvettes will start down the line and included in the mix of models is the return of the Grand Sport model.
This is the fourth time that Chevrolet has offered the venerable Grand Sport model to the general public. We’ll be watching closely to see if customers start favoring it over the base Stingray or the track-focused Z06. With the new LS6 engine bring 535-hp while also offering a quad-center exhaust, we are expected the new Grand Sport model to be well-received.
Customers can go three different ways in ordering the new Grand Sport which starts off as an already well-equipped base model with options for a Z52 Sport Package or Z52 Track Package, and many options from carbon ceramic brakes to the Z06’s carbon aero package can be had on the Grand Sport.
A friend of ours in the business once predicted that Grand Sport production could be as high as 40% and we think that’s very doable in the current market. Here was the unofficial share of each model’s production in 2026:
• 62% – Stingray
• 26% – Z06
• 6.2% – ZR1
• 4.7% – E-Ray
• 1.1% – ZR1X
Last year Chevrolet built approximately 25,000 Corvettes with the Stingray and Z06 combined for 88% of total production, so it’s a no brainer to see how the Grand Sport will pull customers from both ends of the performance spectrum. It is the “Sweet Spot” in the C8 lineup as they have said. To reach the 40% share of production would mean that Chevy would have to sell 10,000 Grand Sports this year – a figure that seems highly reachable. That would also have the benefit of reducing the Z06’s production which would help firm up the market for these cars. Currently, Z06s make up 40% of all available Corvettes on Chevrolet’s Live Inventory tracker while Stingray’s share is 50%.
And finally, there is one other figure that I cannot wait to find out next year once the Model Year totals are announced. It’s the share of how many Stingrays (and Grand Sports) are upgraded to the Quad Center Exhaust. Will it be higher than 50% for each model? Time will tell!
Related:
Unofficial Production Total for the 2026 Corvette Model Year is 25,184
2026 Corvette ZR1 Production Surpasses 1,500 Units
Chevrolet Confirms Approximately 25K Units Produced for the 2026 Corvette Model Year
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40% is easy because they’re going to count GSX as “Grand Sport” and GM has already killed off the ER, which is almost 5% of sales in an underproduced year (both for the C8 and for being the lowest production total year for ER).
Considering that the market is already FLOODED with Z06’s and the barbie-dress-up crowd has been clamoring for a widebody since one was first shown–it isn’t unreasonable to think that it might hit 50% of 2027 totals. Unless GM totally flubs rollout (which shouldn’t be an issue, since there’s nothing truly new on the GS other than the LS6).
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