CarExpert Alternative winner: Finest Luxurious Sports activities Automobile

The Chevrolet Corvette has been named Australia’s greatest luxurious sports activities automotive within the inaugural 2025 CarExpert Alternative Awards.

It beat out the Porsche 911 and BMW M4 for the title, with each German efficiency vehicles being named finalists.

Whereas the 911 is out there in a dizzying array of variants and the M4 is obtainable in three, the Corvette sits someplace within the center with six varieties Down Underneath, not less than up to now – and there’s fairly a little bit of selection on provide.

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The bottom Stingray 2LT and 3LT coupe and convertible open the lineup with a 369kW/637Nm naturally aspirated 6.2-litre petrol V8, whereas the hybrid E-Ray coupe provides an electrical motor to convey all-wheel drive and outputs of 488kW and 807Nm.

Lastly, there’s the 475kW/595Nm Z06 coupe that’s powered by a 5.5-litre flat-plane crank V8. For now, the warmer ZR1 and ZR1X with their twin-turbo flat-plane crank V8 engine are being produced solely in left-hand drive, ruling them out for an area berth.

Priced from $186,990 earlier than on-road prices – simply $10,000 greater than the most affordable M4 and nearly $100,000 lower than essentially the most inexpensive 911, each of which provide much less energy – the eighth-generation (C8) Corvette is the primary to be fitted with a mid-mounted engine.

It’s additionally the primary world model of the long-lasting American supercar, and is inbuilt right-hand drive on the manufacturing unit.

With conventional supercar credentials like a mid-mounted V8 engine, spectacular dealing with, and aggressive styling, topped off with that sharp pricing, the Chevrolet Corvette is our selection on this class.