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10 most valuable Corvettes. With a new Corvette being revealed at the Detroit auto show, here are past 'Vettes that are the most valuable today. 1963 Grand Sport. The 1963 Grand Sport only barely qualifies as a production car but, going for between six and eight million dollars, it definitely qualifies as valuable.
A 1963 Grand Sport is estimated to be worth $6 million to $8 million, according the collector car insurance company Hagerty Insurance. Purpose-built for racing, only five of those cars were ever made. Even at $3.4 million, though, this Corvette is far from the most expensive car ever sold at auction. That distinction belongs to a 1954 Mercedes racecar that sold at an English auction in February for $30 million.