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Now that the 2027 Grand Sport Configurator is online, each of us CorvetteBloggers will be sharing our dream GS builds. Our second entry comes from our Alex in Colorado and it features a budget build packed with performance options.

Welcome to the latest round of Blogger Builds, the segment where Keith sets his merry band of Corvette fanatics loose on Chevrolet’s latest online configurator. As teased last week, that means it’s officially Grand Sport o’clock around the various CorvetteBlogger offices across this great nation

The new GS presents the biggest challenge of the entire C8 lineup, for this blogger, at least. When we started doing these, the Z06 and ZR1 were so out of reach that I figured I might as well do an all-out build while I’m dreaming. My no holds barred Grand Sport – perfect for the Denver Broncos or bandwagon Knicks fan in your life – is a 3LT slathered in Sebring Orange with a White Center Stripe and Blue brake calipers and hash marks to match the Santorini interior and engine cover, topped off with the $20k Z52 Track Package and some other niceties for a total of $134,090.

There are just two problems with that spec. First, going into its fifth model year, it isn’t uncommon to see rebates of $15-grand or more on Z06s, and my dream performance-first, no-nonsense “stripper” Z build (1LZ, Z07) currently resides around $144,000.

Therefore, I could likely realistically get my hands on that flat-plane goodness for less, or at least similar money (though even this massive Z fan must admit that a fully loaded 409-cube GS is pretty stiff competition for its exotic stable mate!). Secondly, and more importantly, that’s still an outrageous sum for me at this stage in my life. But, if I apply the same playbook to a GS that I did with that Z, I’ll be looking at my first-ever Blogger Build that’s at least semi-attainable, and that’s too good to turn down, so here’s my final answer:

I’ve tried but failed to find a better GS color combo than the blueprint put out by the 1996 model, so I’m sticking with Admiral Blue with an Arctic White skunk stripe and Torch Red hash marks accented by a $795 splurge on Bright Red calipers behind ’96-approved black wheels. Lucky for me, the only interesting interior color available to 1LT buyers is Adrenaline Red; I’ve always thought that “red guts” were a must-have on the C4s, and I don’t see any reason not to continue that insistence with the new one. Other than the killer appearance of the GS Heritage graphics that were a big ask at a combined $2,290, the only other big-ticket option I went for is the lesser Z52 “Sport” Performance Package that forgoes the aero and ceramic brakes of the Z52 Track Pack I put on the orange car, but still adds a bit of an edge to your GS with upgraded brakes (the base units from the Z06) and some more aggressive (but not Cup 2 R levels of aggressive) rubber for the much more reasonable price of $3,500. Throw in a couple of frivolities like the red engine cover and seat belts, and my bottom line delivers a car I’d be dang proud of that still sneaks under the six-digit barrier at $97,965. Sign me up!

You can see Alex’s 2027 Corvette Grand Sport on the Build and Buy Configurator.

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Chevrolet Configurator

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