The Very LAST, Front-engine C7 Chevrolet Corvette Sells For A STAGGERING $2.7MM

Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation to receive 2.7 million dollars from the auction of the final seventh generation Chevrolet Corvette at Barrett-Jackson Northeast Auction at Mohegan Sun today. This winning bid – for a black Z06 model – breaks the Barrett-Jackson record for an automaker-donated vehicle.

“This is going to vibrate across America,” said Frank Siller, chairman and CEO of the Stephen Siller Foundation. “This donation will build at least five homes for our catastrophically-injured veterans to give them their independence and a better quality of life.”

MDarringer - 6/29/2019 9:21:22 PM

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I'm doing bank with online C7 sales.

Truthy - 6/29/2019 10:03:19 PM

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I suspected you were the buyer, it being your birthday and all.

MDarringer - 6/30/2019 9:09:18 AM

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Haha I honestly don't think the last C7 will have any real value as a collector car.

Truthy - 6/30/2019 11:48:57 AM

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Yeah, not $2.7 millions worth. Get a nice bottle of wine instead.

MDarringer - 6/30/2019 1:23:56 PM

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Even that is a foolish investment because you can't drink the wine. I prefer sinking my money into vintage cars and real estate.

Truthy - 6/30/2019 10:24:05 PM

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Buy cheap wine or just have cake.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 6/29/2019 10:03:55 PM

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The Corvette in Bowling Green Kentucky can produce likely north of 30,000 cars a year. Maybe even 40,000. Who knows? But, thinking that it will be kept busy by the C8 is silly. They should be mfg both cars on a single flexible production line. Maybe expand the plant in the future to run a Corvette SUV and sedan on another flexible line.

MDarringer - 6/30/2019 3:23:06 PM

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That would have made sense.

Truthy - 6/29/2019 10:04:50 PM

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I suspected you were the buyer, it being your birthday and all.

skytop - 6/29/2019 10:38:39 PM

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Museum sale.

PUGPROUD - 6/30/2019 6:15:40 AM

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Will hold its value until Chevy builds a heritage edition front engine Vette in 2035 to bolster sagging sales.

Vette71 - 6/30/2019 4:06:47 PM

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I'd bet it will be even sooner, like 2023. It's getting to be classic GM. Introduce a new vehicle that doesn't do well and then race around to fix it. It's been a long time since GM did anything that was a winner out of the gate.