ParisTNDude

The convertible 2014 Stingray is on the block right now at Barrett Jackson! Guess what color...yep, grey.

jr3

Looks good in Cyber Grey

jr3

I like the Blue Stingray hats everybody is wearing.

jr3

Large crowd on stage around the car.

ParisTNDude

1 Million Dollars!!!! We were trying to guess the MSRP????? I can't pay that much.

jr3

A Million bucks. SOLD

allred

SOLD.....for $1,000,000!

LOL.......you beat me to it! By seconds!

ParisTNDude

Did anyone guess who would get it?

Zymurgy

RIck Hendrick?

jr3

Yep, Rick Hendrick bought it.

I think everybody pretty much already knew who would buy it.

jr9170

ParisTNDude

Barrett Jackson just said that the two grey 2014s that were on the block were the only two in existence. Not really true is it?

markiemark

I was there today. that person won the right to have the 1st. retail C7 convertible not that exact one. Oh. And I actually stood behind the car when they started it..ummm and have video of the car at idle. heehee. and a video of them raising the top. plus many pictures of the inside and engine. They also had a red on red with black wheels. Both were awesome and had many admirers.

markiemark

but have no clue how to post vid or pics to the forum from my phone. And won't be back in NY till next Friday

sam90lx

Looks like Rick is getting the 1st Coupe and the 1st Vert....his Corvette collection is going to be second to no one! May be that way already.

jr3

They said the winning bidder gets to pick any color he wants... Rick said his car will be Black... He should pick a unique color only available on his car. Kinda like they did with the blue ZR1 a few years ago. A special "one off" color would make the car even more rare and special.

jr3

Hendrick loves Corvettes. When they interviewed him he says Corvettes are his favorite cars and he also gave Corvette credit for getting him in the car business.

ParisTNDude

I thought I heard them say that Rick Hendricks first car was a Vette. Did you ever imagine having the kind of money it takes to buy 2 cars like that for over $2 Mil?

speedlink

Remember, that money goes to charity. So there is some write off. But still impressive, nevertheless.

jr3

Hendrick makes another big purchase at Barrett-Jackson
SPEED.com

Rick Hendrick has done it again.

The famed NASCAR team owner, who bought the rights to the very first 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray coupe at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale in January, has doubled down today by winning the Palm Beach bidding for the first 2014 Stingray convertible to be produced.

The price tag: $1 million. Although, every penny of the charity sale goes to benefit the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute .

Hendrick, a familiar face as a regular buyer and seller at Barrett-Jackson auctions, paid $1.1 million for the coupe in Scottsdale. So it was widely speculated that he would vie for the convertible. Now, he has a pair of No. 1 2014 Corvette bookends costing a total of $2.1 million. Barrett-Jackson charges no auction fees for charity sales.

“I paid a little more than I wanted for that car,” Hendrick said in a classic understatement. “But I owe so much to Corvette for getting me into the car business in the first place.”

Hendrick, considered to be the biggest Chevy dealer in the world, said he has a passion for Corvettes, with many examples of the breed in his private collection.

“Corvettes are a passion of mine,” he said. “I love those cars so much, and to have the first Corvettes from the new generation means so much to me.”

Part of the deal from General Motors for the first Corvette convertible is a ceremony that will take place at the factory when Hendrick will start up the freshly built Stingray for the first time at the end of the assembly line.



As well as buying cars this week, Hendrick is also selling them . He has 10 top-drawer cars from his collection going over the block today and Saturday, as well as a charity car: former President George W. Bush’s own 2009 Ford F-150 King Ranch pickup. Hendrick bought the Bush pickup in a charity sale in Scottsdale and has re-donated it for Palm Beach.

Hendrick has a few other first-of purchases from Barrett-Jackson auctions. He bought the first production 2010 Camaro SS for $350,000; the first 2011 Corvette Z06 Carbon Edition for $270,000; the first 2011 Camaro SS convertible for $205,000; and the first 2012 ZL1 Camaro for $250,000.