Every Grand Sport borrows the wide-body kit from the Z06 and old E-Ray, which is a good thing.

Add the traditional Grand Sport hash marks on the rear quarter panels, plus the stripes over the hood, along with some carbon fiber aero bits, and I think it’s the best-looking Corvette you can buy. 

Driving it

Fire it up, and the cold start alone lets you know this ‘Vette is different. Mine happened to be left in track mode when I picked up, and it was loud enough to floor me. Even just puttering around town, the sound is visceral. 

Drop it into manual mode and work the paddles on the eight-speed dual clutch, and the upshifts and downshifts with that naturally aspirated V8 are fantastic. 

But it’s also here where the hybrid system does some work: The electric motor fills the momentary gap between gears, so you never feel a lapse in power. The car is powerful enough that you wouldn’t notice much anyway, but the electric boost just pulls you through.

On the road, it feels planted and turns when you ask it to. Again, those electric motors at each front axle will do a lot of work when you need them, spinning the outside tire to give you extra cornering power, and in theory will help you in wet transition situations like rain and even snow. It’s something a normal Vette couldn’t dream of.

The steering isn’t twitchy or hyper-sensitive either, and that’s deliberate. This is grand-touring tuning, set up to be user-friendly for long distances and mildly prone to understeer, which is what most people are used to. If you want more edge, you’ll have to dial it in later.

Magnetic Ride Control means the adaptive dampers stiffen or soften depending on the mode, and you can create an individual profile for the suspension and everything else. From there, the packages let you add better brakes, stickier tires, carbon ceramics, and carbon-aero bits if you want to chase the track (or look the part). No manual transmission, and people will keep clamoring, but I don’t miss it in a car this performance-focused.

It’s also usable every day. Like the E-Ray, the standard all-season tires mean you could drive this in the rain, maybe even light snow.  You’ll also pay more than the old E-Ray cost, but you get more, and you’re still well under ZR1X or 911 Turbo money, which is easily $250,000. 

This car offers a lot for half that (the Grand Sport X starts at $112,195), and it does it with a naturally aspirated V8, a rare and fantastic thing in 2026. 

Pras Subramanian is Lead Auto Reporter for Yahoo Finance. You can follow him on X and on Instagram.

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