Unsheathed: The Corvette Grand Sport is back, badder than ever

Posted by Talbot Payne on March 27, 2026

2027 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport, Track and Performance Packages

2027 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport, Track and Performance Packages

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The mid-engine Corvette didn’t forget about the Grand Sport.

Chevrolet’s eighth-generation supercar has broken the mold since the sheets were taken off the 2020 model year Stingray. First ‘Vette with the engine amidships. First electrified Corvette. First with all-wheel-drive. First 8,000-RPM, screaming, overhead-cam V-8 derived from the Z06 GT3.R race car. First $200,000-plus ZR1X hypercar with over 1,000 horsepower, a sub-2.0-second 0-60 mph run with U.S. production record 233 mph top speed.

Good lord. But in all the ferment, the hot-selling Corvette C8 didn’t forget its roots dating back to the early 1960s. Chevy introduced the Corvette Grand Sport model this week, the supercar’s entry-level, performance model harking back to the five original, 1963 race cars based on the second-generation Corvette (C2) and campaigned by legendary names like Roger Penske and AJ Foyt. Penske gave a sneak peak of the new Grand Sport (next to the first C2 race car) at the 12 Hours of Sebring last weekend.

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