GM wanted this to be the first Corvette marketed/sold "worldwide", so what are the actual stats on this?

 

2025 Corvette Sales by Country

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2025/10/check-out-2025-corvette-sales-by-country/

From AI
Export numbers for the C8 Corvette vary significantly by year, with Canada being the primary export market, followed by Japan, the Middle East, and Europe. While the United States receives the vast majority of production, export volume has grown as Right-Hand Drive (RHD) models became available.
Based on available data from the National Corvette Museum and GM Authority:
C8 Corvette Export Numbers by Model Year

• 2025: 13,640 total Stingrays produced, with 505 units officially exported outside North America.
  • Top 2025 Export Markets: Japan (239), Mexico (112), Middle East (66), Australia/New Zealand (46), Europe (24), SE Asia (15), Israel (3).
  • 300 of the 2025 Stingrays were built in Right Hand Drive (RHD) configuration.
• 2024: Export numbers are included within the high-volume production, with significant growth in international delivery for Z06 and E-Ray models in addition to the Stingray.
• 2023: Total production was 53,785 units, with a high proportion of US/Canada deliveries, but increasing RHD production for Australia/UK.
• 2022: Total production was 25,831 units, including 470 RHD units.
• 2021: 23,573 (89.9%) were built for the US, 1,887 (7.2%) to Canada, 361 (1.4%) to Japan, 246 (0.9%) to the Middle East, and 149 (0.6%) to Mexico.
• 2020: Primarily North American market with very limited international exports due to COVID-19 production constraints.
  
• Key Export Market Trends
• **Canada:**Consistently the top export market, with 2,675 sold in 2025 and 2,842 in 2024.
• Japan: The largest market outside North America, holding the number three spot overall.
• Australia/New Zealand: A major target for the factory RHD C8 Stingray and Z06.
• Europe: While active, Europe receives a smaller share of direct factory exports compared to Japan, with 24 units listed in 2025 data

 

I'm surprised that the numbers to AU and NZ are not larger...

 

24 units for all of Europe (an entire continent) is a joke.

 

Hmm, no doubt cost is the factor!
Google AI
New C8 Corvette Stingray prices in Australia generally range from approximately $190,000 to over $260,000+ AUD (plus on-road costs) for 2024-2026 models, depending on trim (2LT/3LT) and spec. High-performance Z06 variants start closer to $336,000.

Europe is also high with 10+% import duty and often 20+% VAT Tax:
Google AI
A new C8 Stingray in Europe generally starts at over $110,000–$119,000+ local taxes. In Denmark, for example with registration taxes, the cost can easily exceed $250,000–$300,000 USD equivalent for higher-spec models.

 

@GoldRose85 : thank you for the stats.

@JerryU

Indeed High cost is a big topic, example from germany E-Ray HTC 3LZ costs about 220k USD, competition with European sports cars is hard. and also performance of EU Corvettes is not as good as the US models, because of restrictive legislation (seems the european manufacturers can deal with this better), reputation/perception of US sports cars is a topic most people think the handling of a Corvette is like a Mustang from the 60ties.... (Leaf spring and life axle). Also the wide body cars (Z06, Eray) are a bit hard to move around european cities. European sports cars (Porsche Turbo S, Lambo, Ferrari 296) are typically 4-5 inch narrower which makes a huge difference in narrow city streets and narrow parking slots typical German parking slots are: 7' 6,6" wide. Which can be a pain with a wide body car.

Never the less, we hopefully can take delivery of our MY26 Eray next week (hopefully no more surprises come) and then have an absolute gorgeous exotic car, with great performance and handling.

 

I was on the Gold Coast for a month over the holidays and I saw only one C8. Believe it or not, I saw more Ferrari’s. I rarely see anything newer than a C5. It’s mostly Mercedes and BMW’s. Plus gas is like $7+ a gallon, probably closer to $8 now.

 

Not only are Corvettes more expensive in Europe, European cars are less expensive there, and not just because of tariffs.
Many cars can come less comprehensively equipped than their US brothers.

All U.S. spec cars from the likes of Mercedes and BMW have AC, leather, upgraded wheels, sound systems, etc. While in Europe you can get a basic, less expensive model.
My sister in law has a neighbor with a Porsche Panamera without a sunroof.Likewise my BiL has a top of the line Mercedes without one.
Good luck seeing one like that here.

The width issue is real, but in this class of car, I wouldn't think it's that big an issue.
It's a fact of life along with high fuel costs or engine capacity based road taxes.
Something sports and luxury car owners have learned to put up with.

I test drove a new C4 in the UK. It was wide on the rural roads, but on those roads, designed for farm wagons 200 years ago, anything larger than s compact was wide. In farm country, it's not unusual to have to pull off a road when you meek a tractor or truck, because it's only 1 or 1 1/2 cars wide. But realistically, you don't see exotics on those type of roads.
The larger "A" and "B" roads are much better, but probably a bit tighter than we are used to.
The motorways (freeways) are fine, there are a lot of large trucks on the road.​​​​​

 

Indeed JeBC8,but this comes also from customer behaviour, when you buy a car, you don’t buy it of a lot, especially for anything north of 30 Grand you would order from the factory, BMW, Mini,Mercedes are on the Apex of this. For the Mini Cooper S conv. I have there was more than100individul options beside trims, packages and colours. And you can order a Top engine model with almost no options. In same instances even with cloth upholstery. But you have always to wait for a manufacturing slot and for popular cars it might take 12 months+.

 

I sold my 23 SR to a guy in Spain. They put it in a container and shipped it out of Miami. The thing is he said there were no Chevy dealers in Spain.

 

One point I forgot to mention.
According to the figures I saw, Japan is the largest market for overseas C8s.
Now admittedly my time in Japan was when I was a child...but if one is concerned about car width on narrow congested roads, that would be the last place for a C8.
Apparently Japanese enthusiasts don't care.
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