Finally, Corvette is back with a vehicle that will be expensive but attainable. The 2027 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport and Grand Sport X combine the best of all Corvettes. It will be fast enough to make most sportscar lovers happy but will be more available. Most of the high-powered Corvette ZR1s end up hidden from view in private collections. You’ll see the Grand Sports on the streets with smiling drivers behind the wheels. Both the Grand Sport and the Grand Sport X will carry GM’s next-generation small block V8, the LS6 6.7L V8. Eventually, the Corvette Stingray will have the same engine.
“Grand Sport has always been the Corvette for drivers who want the spirit of a race car in a package they can enjoy every day,” said Scott Bell, vice president of Global Chevrolet. “With the new Grand Sport and Grand Sport X, we’ve taken that formula into the mid-engine era, pairing a heritage-rich design with the most advanced Corvette technologies we’ve ever offered.”
“The Grand Sport model has historically acted as a high-volume player in the Corvette lineup. We expect the Stingray and Grand Sport lineup combined to account for the vast majority of Corvette sales.”
The 2027 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport
As I reported earlier, Roger Penske drove the C2 Grand Sport as a race car at Sebring in the early 1960s. Since then, Grand Sport has been a symbol of lightweight, track-focused Corvettes that look as fast as they drive. Grand Sport models have added features from the fastest cars in each Corvette generation, while maintaining heritage colors, distinct striping, and signature fender hash-marks that once served as ways to tell the original race cars apart.
Today’s Grand Sport lineup reflects the best of what the eighth-generation Corvette has to offer, including a wide, planted mid-engine stance, an interior that elevates driver cockpit design, and the benefits of either a removable-roof coupe or hardtop convertible. Plus, the 2027 rear-wheel-drive Grand Sports will have standard Magnetic Ride Control, paired with a Touring Suspension and Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 tires that make the car as at home crossing the country as it is handling a favorite back road. A new braking package is designed for low brake dust and a corrosion-resistant appearance.
For drivers seeking more edge, Corvette is making enhanced performance packages available. The Z52 Sport Performance Package is tuned around a stiffer suspension, the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S summer tire and borrows high-performance J56 iron brakes from the Corvette Z06 for confident stopping power on road and track. The Z52 Track Performance Package goes further, mating carbon-ceramic J57 brakes and Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2R tires with track-focused chassis tuning. Paired with a carbon-fiber splitter, dive planes, rockers and wing, plus underbody strakes, this is most track-capable Grand Sport to date.
“There is no replacement for displacement! Our next generation LS6 engine pushes 409 cubic inches of jackhammer fury through the tailpipes,” said Mike Kociba, assistant chief engineer, Next Generation V8. “Combining large displacement, modern technology, and proven Small Block V8 heritage will deliver a bold new chapter in performance.”
GM’s Flint Engine Operations in Flint, Michigan will assemble the LS6 with US and globally sourced parts, returning production to the city where the first Corvette V8s were built in 1955.
Corvette Grand Sport X Offers Even More Horsepower and All-Wheel Drive
The Corvette Grand Sport X expands the Grand Sport formula with the addition of all-wheel drive. It pairs the LS6 V8 at the rear axle with a front-axle electric motor and compact battery pack from the record-setting Corvette ZR1X to create an eAWD Corvette that is as confident in challenging weather as it is on a dry track. The Grand Sport X with the combined engine and electric motor has a whopping 721 horsepower.
Just as with ZR1 and ZR1X, the naming of Grand Sport and Grand Sport X will provide consistency and clarity in Corvette’s badging, with X being representative of eAWD.
Grand Sport X’s high-voltage battery is low and centered in the car to preserve the agility of the mid-engine platform. The addition of a front motor is a performance enabler: Grand Sport X leaps from a standstill with near-instant access to 145 lb.-ft. of torque on the front axle. The car combines the agility typical of a rear-wheel drive car with the cornering traction only all-wheel drive can provide. Also like the ZR1X, the electric motor and the V8 operate independently of each other.
The Grand Sport X also offers electric-only Stealth mode through 50 mph and Shuttle mode for non-street use up to 23 mph, allowing the car to move quietly on its front electric axle when needed, without engaging the V8.
The 2027 Grand Sport Launch Editions
The 2027 Grand Sport lineup will feature a Launch Edition interior that is curated to feel like a one-of-one option for each owner. Launch Edition cars will receive a Santorini Blue-Dipped interior, where nearly every surface is Santorini with red stitching and accents. Headrests are embossed with a unique Grand Sport exterior outline, also seen stitched into floor mats. The leather-wrapped hood over the driver information center receives special red accents down the center, lining up with the center mark on the steering wheel. Launch Edition, waterfall speaker plaque, and a Grand Sport steering wheel badge complete the package, which is available with multiple exterior colors.
Hash marks and center stripes are available in a variety of colors and hundreds of combinations, allowing each owner to tailor their own track-inspired look.
Pitch Gray Metallic, a new dark gray exterior color, will be available alongside Admiral Blue Metallic for all 2027 Corvette models. An Asymmetrical Santorini Blue / Jet Black interior will be available as well, building on the introduction of the Asymmetrical Adrenaline Red / Jet Black interior in 2026.
Pricing and Availability
Chevrolet is not releasing the pricing yet, but the Grand Sport is expected to start right around $100,000 with prices going up from there. The Grand Sports are expected to hit dealerships this summer, but the Grand Sport X won’t be available until the fall.
GM’s Bowling Green Assembly will build the Stingray and Grand Sport lineup with US and globally sourced parts beginning this summer. I would imagine that buyers would be able to take delivery at the Bowling Green plant similar to other programs that Corvette has featured for buyers in the past.
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About the Author
Mary Conway is a professional automotive journalist and has decades of experience specializing in automotive news analysis. She covered the Detroit Three for more than twenty years for the ABC affiliate, in Detroit. Her affection for the Motor City comes naturally. Her father ran a gas station while Mary was growing up, in Wisconsin. Follow Mary at @MaryConwayMedia on X and on Facebook, and send her car news tips for future stories. Mary Conway is an esteemed automotive and business reporter who was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame in 2019. Mary is a member of the Automotive Press Association, Rocky Mountain Automotive Press, Society of Professional Journalists, and NATAS.
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