Corvette prices from 1989

[Nassau65]

Going through some of my old magazines and found one of my old Corvette trader magazines from February 1989
Now, back in the 80’s and 90’s the Corvette trader was THE magazine for buying or selling your corvette. Used by dealers and private alike, it covered all of the USA.
Have taken a few page shots to show you what they cost some 33 years ago. Exchange rates were £1 to $1:80’s depending on month.

 

[teamzr1]

I posted the then pricing on my website back in 2001

	Value as of May 2001	​		​	​
Corvette	​	​	Fair	Good​	Excellent​
1984 Coupe	​	​	5,275	7,750​	11,000​
1985 Coupe	​	​	5,850	8,350​	11,775​
1986 Coupe	​	​	6,325	8,800​	12,225​
1986 Convertible	​	​	8,450	11,725​	16,300​
1987 Coupe	​	​	7,325	9,900​	13,575​
1987 Convertible	​	​	9,100	12,300​	16,850​
1988 Coupe	​	​	8,350	11,000​	14,850​
1988 Convertible	​	​	9,950	13,100​	17,675​
1988 35th Anniversary Coupe	​	​	12,700	16,700​	23,375​
1989 Coupe	​	​	9,750	12,500​	16,625​
1989 Convertible	​	​	10,925	14,000​	18,625​
1990 Coupe	​	​	10,650	13,300​	17,425​
1990 Convertible	​	​	12,250	15,325​	20,100​
1990 ZR-1 Coupe	​	​	20,800	25,800​	35,350​
1991 Coupe	​	​	12,300	15,000​	19,350​
1991 Convertible	​	​	14,350	17,500​	22,575​
1991 ZR-1 Coupe	​	​	23,100	28,150​	37,700​
1992 Coupe	​	​	14,100	16,775​	20,975​
1992 Convertible	​	​	16,550	24,625​	30,500​
1992 ZR-1 Coupe	​	​	25,600	30,500​	39,650​
1993 Coupe	​	​	15,700	18,250​	22,450​
1993 Convertible	​	​	18,400	21,400​	26,300​
1993 ZR-1 Coupe	​	​	31,400	36,500​	46,700​
Add for 40th Anniversary	​	​	1,000	1,300​	1,775​
1994 Coupe	​	​	17,275	19,625​	23,750​
1994 Convertible	​	​	20,575	23,375​	28,300​
1994 ZR-1 Coupe	​	​	35,750	40,600​	51,200​
1995 Coupe	​	​	19,350	21,500​	25,600​
1995 Convertible	​	​	23,275	25,850​	30,750​
1995 Pace Car Convertible	​	​	28,800	32,000​	39,700​
1995 ZR-1 Coupe	​	​	43,350	48,150​	59,700​
1996 Coupe	​	​	23,000	25,000​	29,250​
1996 Convertible	​	​	27,150	29,500​	34,500​

 

[Nassau65]

I’ve probably got a couple of corvette traders from 2001. I used to subscribe and kept them all. Had a bit of a clear out some time ago as they were taking up too much room. Kept a few from each year so I could always see what was selling for what, or the ones we bought from.

 

[Nassau65]

From our point of view to import cars from the USA at that period in time we also had the following
10% car import tax ( what HMRC valuation of the car in the UK would be. Non negotiable)
10 % import duty
Both the above then plus
VAT at 15% from memory.
If you paid for the shipping in the US no VAT applied.
They altered that later on in the 90’s so you did indeed pay VAT as they included that in the UK “landed “ price.

 

[Nassau65]

Lots of memories looking through that mag, many dealers from the past, now long gone
John Danos enterprises
Lussiers corvettes
Atlantic corvettes and Corvette concepts in Miami/Ft Lauderdale I knew them well.
Good ole Ted Vernon.
The notorious Visone corvettes
My local Clearwater/tampa dealers all still in business I might add
PJ, Toy Store, corvettes and collectibles.