Current pricing
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6th Gear
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Current pricing
Hi, new here.I was a C5 Z06 owner and sold it when the kids arrived. I was recently diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer (never smoked, ran marathons) and was given the standard 6-12 months. Not here for a pity party, but I want to get a Z06 again (or ZR1 but I can’t afford it!) and am wondering if anyone has purchased recently and what prices they are getting. I see lots of inventory out there and some places advertising a little less than 10% off MSRP. I did find one that has me interested, and it appears to have been in dealer stock since late Nov/early Dec, and the cut the price on it way back on 31 Jan of about 6%.
it seems invoice price is around 9.5% below MSRP, and with these sitting for 4 months surely has garnered more cash back from GM. Anyone have a good idea on what prices I can get. I do t want to over pay and then have my wife have to sell this thing for a huge loss in a year or so. Thank you!
it seems invoice price is around 9.5% below MSRP, and with these sitting for 4 months surely has garnered more cash back from GM. Anyone have a good idea on what prices I can get. I do t want to over pay and then have my wife have to sell this thing for a huge loss in a year or so. Thank you!
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6th Gear
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If you look at used prices, they don’t depreciate that fast, so a few thousand dollars is a big percentage of the loss. I talked about a 10% discount, so that covers most of the depreciation. If a 1 year old one was 30% below sticker, I’d buy that, but they are close to 2026 models, like 85-93% of MSRP depending on options. So even 1% is a huge portion of the depreciation. Like all of it or at least 25% of it. Did you read or know anything about this, or just post?
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If you read the post, I’m wondering what a good price is. I’m not haggling over 1%. I’m not going crazy. I see a few of them listed for around 10% off but I don’t know what current people are actually paying.
If you look at used prices, they don’t depreciate that fast, so a few thousand dollars is a big percentage of the loss. I talked about a 10% discount, so that covers most of the depreciation. If a 1 year old one was 30% below sticker, I’d buy that, but they are close to 2026 models, like 85-93% of MSRP depending on options. So even 1% is a huge portion of the depreciation. Like all of it or at least 25% of it. Did you read or know anything about this, or just post?
If you look at used prices, they don’t depreciate that fast, so a few thousand dollars is a big percentage of the loss. I talked about a 10% discount, so that covers most of the depreciation. If a 1 year old one was 30% below sticker, I’d buy that, but they are close to 2026 models, like 85-93% of MSRP depending on options. So even 1% is a huge portion of the depreciation. Like all of it or at least 25% of it. Did you read or know anything about this, or just post?
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First I am sorry to hear about your situation.
Here is the skinny…when the 2026’s were first released the general deals were 6% off MSRP for a Z06 and 8% off MSRP for a SR, this was on new orders. Fast forward to now, I feel it is easy to get at additional 2% off each (at this point you are most likely going to need to look at cars on the lot as 2026 orders are coming to an end). So anything better then 8% off an new Z06 and 10% off an SR is good, anything better then that is even better. But like you said, if you are not trying to squeeze every penny out of the deal I think the 8% Z06 and 10% SR are good numbers to start at…remember, people will through around dollar amounts but you need to look at percentage…that is the real number...
Hope this helps...
Here is the skinny…when the 2026’s were first released the general deals were 6% off MSRP for a Z06 and 8% off MSRP for a SR, this was on new orders. Fast forward to now, I feel it is easy to get at additional 2% off each (at this point you are most likely going to need to look at cars on the lot as 2026 orders are coming to an end). So anything better then 8% off an new Z06 and 10% off an SR is good, anything better then that is even better. But like you said, if you are not trying to squeeze every penny out of the deal I think the 8% Z06 and 10% SR are good numbers to start at…remember, people will through around dollar amounts but you need to look at percentage…that is the real number...
Hope this helps...
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Hi, new here.I was a C5 Z06 owner and sold it when the kids arrived. I was recently diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer (never smoked, ran marathons) and was given the standard 6-12 months. Not here for a pity party, but I want to get a Z06 again (or ZR1 but I can’t afford it!) and am wondering if anyone has purchased recently and what prices they are getting. I see lots of inventory out there and some places advertising a little less than 10% off MSRP. I did find one that has me interested, and it appears to have been in dealer stock since late Nov/early Dec, and the cut the price on it way back on 31 Jan of about 6%.
it seems invoice price is around 9.5% below MSRP, and with these sitting for 4 months surely has garnered more cash back from GM. Anyone have a good idea on what prices I can get. I do t want to over pay and then have my wife have to sell this thing for a huge loss in a year or so. Thank you!
it seems invoice price is around 9.5% below MSRP, and with these sitting for 4 months surely has garnered more cash back from GM. Anyone have a good idea on what prices I can get. I do t want to over pay and then have my wife have to sell this thing for a huge loss in a year or so. Thank you!
Last edited by Scottlp; Mar 15, 2026 at 01:41 PM.
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6th Gear
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Without replying to everyone individually, thank you for the well wishes! I’m 48 and otherwise perfectly healthy. It can happen to anyone at any age!
OK, it sounds like 8% is pretty say and 10% should be doable, especially since these have been sitting for 4 months.
If anyone has any good tips, I’m standing by!!
OK, it sounds like 8% is pretty say and 10% should be doable, especially since these have been sitting for 4 months.
If anyone has any good tips, I’m standing by!!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Myrtle Beach SC/Charlotte NC
Without replying to everyone individually, thank you for the well wishes! I’m 48 and otherwise perfectly healthy. It can happen to anyone at any age!
OK, it sounds like 8% is pretty say and 10% should be doable, especially since these have been sitting for 4 months.
If anyone has any good tips, I’m standing by!!
OK, it sounds like 8% is pretty say and 10% should be doable, especially since these have been sitting for 4 months.
If anyone has any good tips, I’m standing by!!
Burning Brakes
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From: Katy Texas
Hi, new here.I was a C5 Z06 owner and sold it when the kids arrived. I was recently diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer (never smoked, ran marathons) and was given the standard 6-12 months. Not here for a pity party, but I want to get a Z06 again (or ZR1 but I can’t afford it!) and am wondering if anyone has purchased recently and what prices they are getting. I see lots of inventory out there and some places advertising a little less than 10% off MSRP. I did find one that has me interested, and it appears to have been in dealer stock since late Nov/early Dec, and the cut the price on it way back on 31 Jan of about 6%.
it seems invoice price is around 9.5% below MSRP, and with these sitting for 4 months surely has garnered more cash back from GM. Anyone have a good idea on what prices I can get. I do t want to over pay and then have my wife have to sell this thing for a huge loss in a year or so. Thank you!
it seems invoice price is around 9.5% below MSRP, and with these sitting for 4 months surely has garnered more cash back from GM. Anyone have a good idea on what prices I can get. I do t want to over pay and then have my wife have to sell this thing for a huge loss in a year or so. Thank you!
all depends on what you want.. way too many variables.
you could pay anywhere from 110-140 new depending on the options you want.. minus any discounts.
not all dealers will offer huge discounts either. Some are fine sitting on it for a few months because they don’t have a lot of allocations.
if I knew I was dying, I wouldn’t give a sh*t and get something with every option I want or as close to it as possible. Wish you the best.
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6th Gear
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I went ahead and sent out my first emails, I basically offered 14% below MSRP and hope to settle around 10-12! Thanks for everyone’s input!
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