Highlights
- Limited edition replica Daytona pace car
- Based on Corvette C6
- Believed to be fully original - 1 of 1 example in the UK
- Imported into UK April 2025
- Comprehensive specification
- Private plate not included but negotiable to winning bidder
The Appeal
Every year, the Daytona 500 starts with a high-performance pace car leading the competitors around the track. Pace car driving has become synonymous with celebrities, but it’s also an opportunity for the supplying manufacturer to show off their wares, such as the gold Chevrolet Corvette Z06 which led off the 50th anniversary race in 2008.
Lovingly styled to resemble a pace car, and emblazoned with Daytona 50 Years livery from 2008, this instantly arresting Corvette C6 from the same year was imported into the UK earlier in 2025 having spent the rest of its life Stateside. It’s every inch the official pace car, as its nose and tail decals suggest, with a dramatic roof-mounted NASCAR-branded light bar. The tricolour decals extend into the cabin where striped seats are capped by “Daytona 500 50 Years 2008” badges sewn into the headrests.
Decals and seats aside, this is a classic late Noughties Corvette, with a six-dial instrument gauge and head-up display dominating the driver’s eyeline. It still has 2024 service stickers from American dealerships on the windscreen, while Corvette logos appear everywhere from the floormats to the inner bonnet lining, via the infotainment screen and seat backs. This wouldn’t be a shy and retiring car even if the Daytona decals were removed, with a central quad exhaust and red brake callipers (Corvette-branded, naturally) competing for attention.
There is some wear to the door handles and surface flecks missing from the white paintwork, particularly along that lengthy bonnet, but the Targa roof panel appears to be in excellent order as it stows away neatly under the tailgate. Similarly, surface wear across parts of the interior doesn’t detract from its robust overall condition.
There is some wear to the door handles and surface flecks missing from the white paintwork, particularly along that lengthy bonnet, but the Targa roof panel appears to be in excellent order as it stows away neatly under the tailgate. Similarly, surface wear across parts of the interior doesn’t detract from its robust overall condition.
Combining unforgettable aesthetics with thunderous performance and a high standard specification, this Corvette lives up to its owner’s billing as being “totally beautiful and unique.”
The History and Paperwork
- Manufactured in 2008
- Imported to the UK in April 2025
- Has covered less than 50,000 miles
- Retains original manufacturer stickers
- Servicing stickers attached to the windscreen
- Private registration not included but available upon negotiation
The Condition
- Seats and carpets in very good order
- Tinted Targa panel in good condition
- Rusting screws inside door frames
- Small chips and marks on white paint
- All dashboard dials appear to work
- Original white painted bodywork from factory
The Mechanics
- 6.2-litre Corvette LS3 engine
- Six-speed automatic with paddle shifters
- Engine bay appears to be in excellent order
- All mechanical components believed original
- Described as “faultless” mechanically
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