2017 Corvette buyer's guide: the Grand Sport's first year, the wheel record and 2026 prices

Retail production of 2017 Stingrays and Grand Sports started at Bowling Green on July 11, 2016, two weeks after the last 2016s, and ran to June 2, 2017. About eleven months; the 2018 that followed was shorter still, ending in January 2018 (see the C7 guide).

The Grand Sport. GM’s March 2016 release and its 2017 order guide spell out the package (RPO Z16; an RPO, regular production option, is GM’s code for each option, printed on every car’s option label). It took the LT1 V8 with the dry-sump oil system (the oil lives in a separate tank, not the pan) and the performance exhaust, 460 hp, and put it in the Z06’s body: front fender inserts, the Z06-style grille, wider rear fenders, a front splitter, rocker extensions and a wickerbill rear spoiler. Underneath went the Z06’s 19 x 10 and 20 x 12 inch wheels with 285/30ZR19 and 335/25ZR20 Michelin Pilot Super Sports, six-piston front and four-piston rear Brembos, Magnetic Ride Control (GM’s electronically adjusted shocks), specific stabilizer bars and springs, and the electronic limited-slip differential. The Z07 package (carbon-ceramic brakes, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires and carbon-fiber aero) was offered on a Grand Sport for the first time.

The launch release said 14-inch front rotors, but GM’s 2017 brochure and 2018 Grand Sport spec sheet give the Z06’s 14.6 front and 14.4 rear (15.5 and 15.3 carbon-ceramic with Z07), as does the C7 guide.

The Z06 took a break. In July 2016 chief engineer Tadge Juechter told Corvette Blogger that Z06 production would pause for a few months during the Grand Sport launch (it was expected back the week of September 5), and that “We’ve redesigned the top of the supercharger for better flow through the intercooler.” GM’s 2017 brochure describes the result as a modified intercooler cover with repositioned intercooler bricks, and Juechter later added that manual cars also got an extra “lay down” cooler. No GM document found for this guide says the 2017 got a new hood; owners describe a taller supercharger cover and a different hood liner to clear it. The C7 Z06 buyer’s guide has the full heat story.

Four new colors. Admiral Blue returned, and Watkins Glen Gray, Sterling Blue and Black Rose (a purple, as Corvette Blogger described it) joined the list, for ten in all. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto aren’t a reason to pay up for a 2017: the 2016’s infotainment supplement already covers them.

Is there a 2017 ZR1? No. GM’s 2017 order guide and production table list only the Stingray, Grand Sport and Z06. The C6 ZR1 ended with the 2013 model year, and the C7 ZR1 is a 2019 only.

Specifications from GM’s 2017 brochure (opens in new tab) (page 46), prices from GM’s schedule as Corvette Blogger published it, counts from GM’s production table (shares are this site’s arithmetic). Convertibles cost $4,000 more on every model. Every Grand Sport and Z06 had the performance exhaust (NPP).

Every 2017 has a 455–460 hp LT1 V8 or 650 hp supercharged LT4, and a seven-speed manual with Active Rev Match (it blips the throttle on downshifts for you) or an eight-speed paddle-shift automatic ($1,725). Manuals got the 3.42 axle; automatics got 2.41 (Z06, and Stingrays without Z51) or 2.73 (Grand Sports, and Stingray Z51 automatics, by GM’s production codes).

Stingray. The way in. A non-Z51 car has the wet-sump LT1 (oil in the pan) on 18- and 19-inch wheels, though it could already get Magnetic Ride (FE2, $3,495), bundled with the Z51’s 19- and 20-inch wheels and its spoiler: 1,578 were built. The Z51 package ($5,000, 4,432 cars) adds the dry sump, bigger slotted rotors and the bigger wheels. EPA rates the LT1 at 15 city and 26 highway with the automatic, 16 and 25 with the manual, on premium fuel (recommended, not required, says the owner’s manual).

Grand Sport. Think of it as the 460 hp LT1 in the Z06’s wide body, good for 1.05 g of grip by GM’s figure, 1.2 g with Z07. By GM’s curb weights it is 130 lb heavier than a Stingray coupe and about 100 lb lighter than a Z06. Motor Trend measured a Z07 manual coupe at 3.9 seconds to 60 mph and 1.18 g, weighing 3,464 lb, as Corvette Action Center tabulates its September 2017 test.

Z06. The 650 hp LT4, premium required, 13 city and 23 highway with the automatic, 15 and 22 with the manual. It cost $14,000 more than a Grand Sport coupe for 190 more horsepower. GM’s own 2017 brochure says a manual “is recommended for extended track usage at higher ambient temperatures,” a model year before the owner’s manual said so, and in 2026 the manual Z06s also sold for more (see 2017 auction results, model by model).

GM’s 2017 production table, published by Corvette Blogger (opens in new tab) in June 2017, counts every option by its RPO code.

Shares are this site’s arithmetic. Also counted: Competition Sport seats on 3,642 cars, the transparent roof on 2,251, Museum Delivery on 372, and the three design packages (Twilight Blue, Spice Red, Jet Black Suede) on 231, 307 and 270.

Counting the Z06s, the wide body went on 19,231 cars, 59 percent of the year’s production by this site’s arithmetic, which is why the wheel record weighs so heavily on the 2017.

Heritage hash marks. The Z15 package put brushed aluminum hash marks inside, and required painted fender hash marks in one of six colors: Torch Red 2,157, Carbon Flash 1,284, Fusion Gray 226, Yellow 123, Hyper Green 40 and Volcano Orange 33. A Hyper Green or Volcano Orange set is one of fewer than 50.

Colors. All ten, by count:

Sterling Blue is the 2017’s scarcest paint. Watkins Glen Gray, the second most common, is also the Collector Edition’s color, so a gray Grand Sport with blue hash marks needs its label read.

GM announced it with the Grand Sport in March 2016, for later in the model year, and Corvette Blogger reported it limited to 1,000. GM’s production table shows how it ended: 935 built of 1,000 planned, 784 coupes and 151 convertibles. It cost $4,995, required the 3LT interior, and the order guide (opens in new tab) marked it “Late availability”.

What Z25 included, by GM’s order guide:

• Watkins Glen Gray Metallic paint with satin black full-length stripes (DUR) and Tension Blue fender hash marks.
• Black Grand Sport wheels (Q8X) and Carbon Flash badges.
• A two-tone Tension Blue leather interior with sueded microfiber inserts and blue stitching, carbon fiber dash trim and Grand Sport emblems on the seats and wheel.
• A numbered plaque (CFY) and Collector Edition sill plates (BE8).

How many 2017 Grand Sport Collector Editions were made? 935. The plaque carries a number, but the proof is Z25 on the option label and the whole package together: gray paint, blue interior, black wheels, sill plates. A gray 3LT Grand Sport with aftermarket blue stripes is a nice car and not a Collector Edition.

Two sold on Bring a Trailer in 2026, for $53,500 at 21,000 miles and $56,359 at 25,000 miles: inside the range of ordinary 2017 Grand Sports. On that small sample, the package adds less than it cost new.

NHTSA held 257 owner complaints (opens in new tab) against the 2017 Corvette on October 23, 2026 (one more than the C7 guide’s earlier pull) and tags 224 of them to wheels. The other themes and the rates are this site’s keyword counts and arithmetic, so read them as approximate.

What owners describe. About 214 complaints describe a cracked or bent wheel. About 97 describe a tire losing air, and about 43 point to the inner lip, bead or barrel, the inboard side of the rim that’s hidden behind the spokes. Of the 224, about 54 name a Grand Sport and 27 a Z06 (some both); 158 name no model, and none names a Stingray alone. A complaint filed in September 2026 reads like the old ones: the dealer found both rear wheels cracked and both fronts bent.

When they were filed. 8 in 2017 and 10 in 2018, then 105 in 2019 and 61 in 2020, the years the wheel lawsuits were in the news. The counts reflect publicity as well as failures, as the C7 guide says, but the cracks still get reported: 5 so far in 2026.

What GM did. No recall and no bulletin for Grand Sport wheels. GM’s Corvette Wheels Limited Reimbursement Program paid owners of 2017–2019 Grand Sports and 2015–2019 Z06s back for cracked or bent wheels replaced within 4 years or 48,000 miles, excluding impact damage; claims closed on January 25, 2025, so a 2017 bought today has none of that. GM’s wheel refinishing bulletin, 17-NA-052, says a cracked wheel is discarded, not straightened or welded.

Have every wheel checked (Eleven checks before buying a 2017 has the list), and budget for a wheel or two on any Grand Sport or Z06: it’s the cost of the wide body.

Two steering-gear recalls

The 2017’s recalls number four, two of them for power steering; no other C7 year has two. The list is NHTSA’s (opens in new tab), pulled October 23, 2026.

• 19V086000 (recall began June 13, 2019): the electric power steering assist may fail, which, NHTSA’s record says, “would require a higher steering effort, especially at lower speeds.” Dealers replace the steering gear. NHTSA’s file gives the Corvettes a build window of July 27, 2016 to May 4, 2017, and counts 26,772 vehicles across the Cadillac CTS and ATS, the Camaro and the Corvette; the Corvette’s share isn’t given, and only 2017 Corvettes are listed.
• 25V175000 (owner letters April 15, 2025): the same fault and fix for a small number of 2017–2018 cars, 934 vehicles across all the models it covers.
• 16V651000 and 17V437000: airbag-module software on early 2017s only (built to August 15, 2016), part of a recall that runs back to 2014.

About 11 owner complaints describe the assist failing, the latest filed on October 19, 2026 at 12,000 miles; five more say recall parts were unavailable in the spring of 2019. One owner whose assist failed in 2024 was told by the dealer that 19V086000 didn’t cover that VIN. So don’t assume: run the car’s VIN through NHTSA’s lookup (opens in new tab), and ask for the dealer’s invoice showing the gear was replaced.

The eight-speed: built before GM’s final fluid

Every 2017 automatic predates GM’s last answer to torque-converter shudder (a shake at light throttle between 25 and 80 mph): bulletin 18-NA-355 (opens in new tab), a one-time exchange to a new Mobil 1 fluid, which Corvette automatics built after February 1, 2019 have from the factory. A 2017 needs the exchange done. One new 2017 Grand Sport automatic shuddered at about 3,500 miles in December 2016, its owner told CorvetteForum, though NHTSA holds no shudder complaint for a 2017 (10 for 2016, by this site’s count).

Bulletins that start with the 2017

• Third gear pop-out, early manuals. PIP5435A: seven-speeds coded MEP (Stingray without Z51) and MEK (Z06) built July 26 to August 18, 2016 can jump out of third, from a mis-machined gear. The fix replaces the third gear, synchronizer and shift collar. The bulletin doesn’t list MEL, the Z51 and Grand Sport gearbox.
• Supercharger idler moan, Z06. PIP5492: 2017 LT4s with VINs H5605159 to H5605593 may scrape or moan at idle from an idler pulley built flipped; the fix is idler GM 12668046 (OEM).
• Small 2017-only items. 19-NA-173 reprograms the cluster when the coolant gauge vanishes from the Track display; PIP5459 says code P228D needs a fuel rail pressure sensor, not the high-pressure pump.
• Fascia paint, 2017–2018. 17-NA-355: paint peeling at the edge where a front or rear fascia meets the fender or quarter panel; a refinish.
• FE6 suspension, 2017–2018. Program 18197 reprogrammed the suspension module on Grand Sports and non-Z07 Z06s that might not give the softer ride intended. It ended July 31, 2020; a dealer can say whether it was done.
• Aero and brake parts shipped loose. 16-NA-330 and 16-NA-363: on Grand Sports and Z06s with the aero packages or big brakes, the track-only tall end caps, clear bridge, brake cooling ducts and wheel blocker rings went to the customer loose. Ask whether they came with the car.

The C7-wide items (AFM lifters, a rear warble, a 2016–2017 automatic driveline rattle, dry-sump oil, Z06 track heat) are in the C7 guide. One more: GM’s Special Coverage 17469 for a fuel pump module flange that leaks fuel or smells, 10 years or 120,000 miles from the in-service date on cars GM lists by VIN, may still apply to a 2017.

Z06 heat coverage. GM’s Special Coverage N202302720 covers 2015–2018 Z06 automatics that overheat into reduced power on a hot track, but only 2015–2016 manuals. Its 7 years or 72,000 miles from the in-service date have run out on most 2017s anyway, as the Z06 guide explains.

1. The VIN. The owner’s manual puts the plate on the driver’s side front of the instrument panel, read through the windshield. The eighth character is the engine: 7 for the LT1, 6 for the LT4 (manual, engine specs). NHTSA’s VIN decoder reads the 10th character H as 2017 and the 11th, 5, as Bowling Green. A “Z06” with a 7 in eighth place is a Stingray or Grand Sport in costume.
2. The option label. The Service Parts Identification label sits under the carpet in the rear cargo area, passenger side, and lists every RPO. Look for Z51, FE2 or FE4, Z07, J57, Z15, Z25, M5U (automatic) and the manual codes MEP, MEL or MEK. The ad should match it.
3. Recalls by VIN. 19V086000 and 25V175000 with the dealer’s invoice for the new gear; 16V651000 and 17V437000 on a car built before mid-August 2016.
4. Wheels. All four off the car or on a balancer, inner barrels included. Ask about slow leaks.
5. An automatic’s shudder. Light throttle between 25 and 80 mph. Ask for the 18-NA-355 receipt.
6. An early manual. On a non-Z51 Stingray or Z06 built July 26 to August 18, 2016, hold third under load and ask for PIP5435 work. On any manual, check for clean shifts into every gear.
7. The Z06. The N202302720 radiator package on an automatic, an honest answer about track use, and no moan at idle in the PIP5492 VIN range.
8. Steering. No power steering warning, and normal effort at parking speed.
9. Dry-sump oil. On a Z51, Grand Sport or Z06, check it GM’s way: engine at 175°F or more, off, then read the dipstick 5 to 10 minutes later (manual, page 233). A cold reading looks low and invites overfilling.
10. Paint and trim. Fascia edges for peeling paint, and on 3LT and 3LZ cars the dash and door panels: owners report wrapped panels lifting, and one owner had the dash reglued. No GM bulletin was found for it.
11. Records and a pre-purchase inspection by a shop that knows C7s.

How much is a 2017 Corvette worth? It depends on which one. From January 1 to October 22, 2026, Bring a Trailer (opens in new tab) listed 37 cars titled 2017 and sold 28, by this site’s count:

The two modified Z06s (one a Callaway SC757) sold for $79,000 and $110,000. Of the 28 sold, 25 gave their mileage in the title, at a median of 10,000; only 4 were past 20,000. These are low-mile, collector-grade cars; an ordinary 60,000-mile example will bring less.

The Z06. The manual premium shows plainly: $85,250 against $71,500 for the rest. The C7 Z06 guide’s 2017 figure, a $78,750 median from 16 sales, counts only April to September 2026; this page counts the year so far. classic.com averaged $76,526 across 33 sales of 2017 Z06s in a capture archived April 1, 2025.

The Grand Sport. Six sold, five coupes and a convertible ($52,500), with no title naming the gearbox. A 12,000-mile 3LT coupe was bid to $52,500 and didn’t sell. The C7 vs C8 guide’s $55,500 median covers unmodified Grand Sports of all three model years, April to September 2026.

The Stingray. Two sales aren’t a market: $33,500 at 40,000 miles and $42,500 at 3,700 miles with the seven-speed. Hagerty’s valuation tool, in a copy archived in January 2026, put a 2017 Stingray convertible in #3 (good) condition at $39,600 on January 1, 2026, plus 5 percent for the Z51 and minus 10 percent for an automatic. For coupes, use the C7 guide’s figures for all model years.

That’s what values did in 2026, not a forecast: a 2017 Grand Sport sold for about $12,700 under its $66,445 sticker.

Buy the Grand Sport: the opening’s math still works ten years on. It brings the Z06’s body, wheel sizes and 14.6-inch Brembos with the naturally aspirated LT1, which none of GM’s Z06 track-heat bulletins or coverage involves, for about $25,000 less than a 2017 Z06 at the 2026 medians. Make it a manual if you can find one (only 2,550 were built), or an automatic with the 18-NA-355 receipt. Either way, walk away from any car without proof of the steering recall work, and budget for a wheel. A Collector Edition costs little more than a regular Grand Sport at auction, so if you want one, pay for the option label, not the plaque.

For hot summer track days, buy a 2017 Z06 manual: the first year with the revised intercooler, the extra cooler, and the gearbox GM’s brochure recommended. For the street, a Z06 automatic is fine and costs less.

On a budget, a 2017 Stingray Z51 is the sensible buy; with so few auction results, price it against the C7 guide’s Stingray figures and the 2018, which got the bigger wheels as standard.

Get three things right (the recall, the wheels, the fluid) and about $54,000 buys a 460 hp America’s sports car with the Z06’s stance, in its first year. The C7 Z06 buyer’s guide covers the supercharged car in full, and the best Corvette years guide sets the 2017 against every other year.