Chevrolet auctioning first Corvette Grand Sport for charity

Chevrolet unveiled the brand-new Corvette Grand Sport at the Geneva Motor Show just about a month earlier, loading a 6.2-liter V8 suitable for 460 horsepower and 465 pound-feet of torque. It also includes dry-sump lubrication, stickier Michelin rubber, and also Brembo brakes. This all lead to a product that’s nearly as fast as the previous ZR1. It’ll be offered in coupe or convertible body designs beginning this summertime, with a Collector Edition gaining from unique touches like a metal gray paintjob with blue accents, satin black stripes, black wheels, and an updated interior.

The first such example will be auctioned off at 6 p.m. on this Friday, April 8, at the Barrett-Jackson’s Palm Beach Auction, FL. All of the earnings from the sale will go to the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute at Wayne State University located in Detroit– together with a $400,000-donation made by the General Motors Foundation. The automaker previously donated the very first Cadillac CT6 to the very same cause, raising $200,000 for the center in 2015. Among other VIN # 001 automobiles it’s donated to charity, the General likewise auctioned off the first examples of the Corvette Z06 Convertible for the United Way and the first brand-new Cadillac CTS-V to aid Detroit’s College for Creative Studies last January.