Description
Pros
- Impressive power and acceleration
- High handling limits don’t take heroic skill to reach
- Relatively affordable price for what you get
Cons
- Not the easiest car to get in and out of
- Poor rear visibility
What’s new
- New top-level ZR1 performance model (2025 on-sale)
- No other significant changes for the Corvette lineup
- Part of the eighth Corvette generation launched for 2020
Overview
Trucks might keep the lights on at Chevrolet, but the Corvette is the heart of the brand. One of the most iconic American cars, the Corvette has been around for more than 70 years. When the current Corvette debuted in 2020, it brought historic changes to the iconic machine, transforming it from a front-engine to mid-engine layout with massive performance gains. Chevrolet has continued refining the eighth-generation Corvette, or “C8,” since its launch, introducing the more powerful Z06, the hybrid E-Ray, and coming sometime in 2025 the most powerful Corvette ever: the Corvette ZR1, with more than 1,000 horsepower. Through it all, the C8 remains comfortable, features a well-laid-out interior, is easy to drive slowly, and is a joy to drive up twisty mountainsides or on racetracks.
Edmunds spotlight: An even faster Vette for 2025
You’d think the 670-horsepower Z06 would be enough to cement it as the ultimate Corvette. You’d be wrong, though, because coming in 2025 is the ultimate king-of-the-hill iteration, the Corvette ZR1. Starting with the Z06’s incredible 5.5-liter flat-plane crank V8 engine, it adds two turbochargers, pumping power up to an astonishing 1,064 horsepower. Easily the most powerful production Corvette ever made — and outgunning several race versions as well — the new ZR1 is designed to take the fight to supercars and hypercars from Italy and Germany.
Competitors to consider
Though sports cars are a dying niche, the ones that do still exist are better than ever. Those who seek more refinement and more seats might look to the Porsche 911 — it offers up similar performance (in some trims) in a more everyday-friendly package. Mercedes also recently announced the new AMG GT, which keeps its front-engine layout and classic grand-tourer proportions. Be sure to read our Expert Rating below for our full deep dive on the Corvette’s attributes.
What’s it like to live with?
Edmunds bought a 2020 Chevrolet Corvette to test and find out what it’s like from an ownership standpoint. We kept track of its maintenance costs and shared what we thought of its technology and what it was like as a daily driver. For complete details and for several videos, make sure to check out our Corvette long-term road test. While it’s a 2020 model, most of our experiences will also apply to the 2025 Corvette.
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