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[CorvSport Readers POLL] What Is The Best Corvette Generation?

I want to hear what you think, and results with select reader submissions will be published!

The eighth-generation mid-engine Corvette joins the stable along with all of its incredible predecessors.
The eighth-generation mid-engine Corvette joins the stable along with all of its incredible predecessors.

Inevitably, I know this will become a popularity contest, but the results will still be interesting. And any chance I get to engage with you all is a bonus, because without you and your passion for the Corvette, WE would not exist, and for that matter, the Corvette would not continue to exist.

I will select 8 reader submissions, one from each generation (if possible), and include them in the results article next Friday, July 21st. It is not required, but if you include a picture along with your vote, I will publish it for our thousands of readers to see! So, not only can your voice be heard, but you can be published and “semi-famous”. 🙂

What are the metrics?

  • Is it the generation that provides the best bang for the buck right now?
  • Is it the one that sold the most? Well that’s not fair to all the other generations, given that GM milked the C3 for 15 years
  • Is it purely subjective? Perhaps it was your first, or one that brings back nostalgic memories of simpler times?
  • Are you purely objective, with easy-to-calculate performance and handling numbers used to justify your pick?
  • Or is it really as simple as what you own now, a popularity contest?

It really doesn’t matter what method or methods you use, just that you vote! What sparked this poll was a feature that popped up in my Facebook feed the other day, where Hagerty last year determined the C7 and C6 generations were tied for the best/most popular generations. It was simply the opinions of a handful of their staff/writers, so frankly kind of lame.

How To Vote

1) Voting is over, but we have an active community on our Facebook page, so please find us and engage!

2) Join us on our Facebook page, and find this post. Use this method if you want to engage with other enthusiasts and share your Corvette for our readers to see, although we do have numerous posts on our page per day, so it may take you a while to find this post.

When Voting, Please Provide This Information

1) Why you picked the generation you did,

2) Include a picture of your Corvette (if you have one, and it doesn’t have to be the same as your vote),

3) Give me your first name and last name initial.

As mentioned, I will post the results next Friday, July 21st, along with 8 submissions from YOU.

And I know you are aware of what each generation looks like,

But who doesn’t like to look at beautiful Corvettes?

First-Generation

A long line in the St. Louis plant completed the assembly and trimming of the glass-fiber bodies of the 1953 Corvettes.
Talk about nostalgia! A long line in the St. Louis plant completed the assembly and trimming of the glass-fiber bodies of the 1953

Second-Generation

Arguably the best C2, the 1967 427ci powered L88

Third-Generation

The most rare C3, Roger Judski’s 1969 ZL-1

Fourth-Generation

The 4-cam 32-valve former King of the Hill ZR-1

Fifth-Generation

The precursor to the resurrected Z06, known as the FRC (fixed roof coupe). Yes, this is mine 🙂

Sixth-Generation

The 2009 Corvette ZR1
Represented by the 2009 Corvette ZR1

Seventh-Generation

No doubt the representative for the C7, the 755hp 2019 ZR1

Eight-Generation

C8 Z06
The new King of the Hill Z06

I always sign off by remarking that I would love to hear from you on our Facebook page, but this is one time when I am really depending on it!  Looking forward to it, Douglas B.

Housekeeping: By submitting a vote and personal information to CorvSport, you understand you do not have ownership over any content we create as a result of your submission.