It hits the magic number.
Two hundred miles per hour.
You can buy a Chevy that goes this fast. You can also buy dinner with the change, well, relatively speaking.
The 2027 Corvette Stingray has joined the club. It’s the cheapest way on earth to get validated speed into double-digit centuries. Catchy, right? Not really, but accurate.
Start at $73,495.
That buys you the base 1LT trim. Stick with that. Do not get the Z51 package.
Why? Because the Z51 adds stuff. Stuff creates drag. Drag kills speed. The Z51 gets you a wider body, splitters, spoilers, and bigger brakes. Great for cornering. Terrible for pointing down a long, straight highway until the tachometer runs out of numbers.
The Heart
Under the hood sits a new heart.
A 6.7-liter LS6 V-8. Naturally aspirated.
It pushes 535 horsepower and 376 lb-ft of torque (wait, the source said 520 lb-ft, let’s stick to that — my bad, 520 lb-ft ). More punch than the old 6.2-litre unit. That old V8 topped out at a respectable 194 mph. Respectable is boring. 200 is not.
Mike Kociba from Chevy calls the LS6 unique. He says:
“The record really shows the strength of who set out to create a distinct place in the lineup.”
The goal wasn’t just more power. It was validation. Chevy says this new setup does zero to sixty in 2.8 seconds. It runs the quarter mile in 11 flat, exiting at 124 mph.
Sounds impressive. Is it? Probably faster, actually. A previous C8 with less horsepower hit those marks in tests. The LS6 will likely chew through them quicker.
Less is More?
Think about it.
Usually you pay for aero kits. You pay for wide bodies. You pay for carbon fiber wings. Here, the cheap model wins the straight line because it is slim. The base Stingray slips through air easier than the track-ready siblings.
So you skip the cool bits to go fast. Irony.
The Price of Power
Is this the fastest Corvette?
No. The ZR1 and ZR1X claim 225 mph. Our ZR1 test reached 200 in just 24 seconds. But you pay for that privilege. Roughly $115,00 more for those beasts.
The 1064 horsepower monster costs more than most people’s houses.
The base Stingray costs less. It still outruns everything except the two monsters at the top. And it drives like a daily.
You can grocery shop in it. You can drag race in it. It fits on a track weekend budget and a commuter garage.
Orders are open now.
Dealers get them later this year.
Will you order the Z51? Probably. Everyone wants the grip, the look, the serious car face. You’ll be faster in corners, slower down the highway. A compromise we make every time.
Who needs the extra speed anyway?
You likely won’t use it.
But it’s there. Waiting.
And that’s the whole point.
