Months earlier than it’s set to enter manufacturing, the primary 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 has been offered for an astonishing quantity.
The primary 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 was offered on the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale public sale for $3.6 million to lift cash for charity.
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The rights to the sports activities automobile have been auctioned on the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale occasion for a file $3.6 million, with all of the proceeds going towards a superb trigger.
The Corvette was donated by GM to lift cash for Operation Homefront, a corporation that gives help to navy households, and was purchased by NASCAR group proprietor and automobile seller Rick Hendrick.
The yellow Z06 on show was a stand-in for the manufacturing automobile, which can be constructed later this yr.
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The successful bid was the best for a Barrett-Jackson charity automobile and surpassed the $3 million paid for the primary of the mid-engined 2020 Corvette Stingray, which can be in Hendrick’s assortment together with a number of previous GM charity automobiles.
It was additionally the second-highest value ever paid at an public sale for a Corvette, behind solely a uncommon 1967 L88 that was provided by Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale in 2014 for $3,850,000.
The precise first Z06 can be a black seventieth Anniversary mannequin.
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The flashy yellow Z06 that crossed the block was a stand-in for the automobile, which can be a black seventieth Anniversary mannequin, the primary of the celebratory trim that can be accessible on the Z06 and Stingray for the 2023 mannequin yr.
Checklist pricing for the Z06 can be introduced nearer to when it goes on sale later this yr because the highest-performance model of the Corvette powered by a 670 hp V8.
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