A Corvette built for America’s 250th birthday is about to test what buyers will pay for a car that, by definition, cannot be replicated. The E-Ray convertible headed to Mecum’s Nashville sale this month carries the final build number in Chevrolet’s 250-unit Stars & Steel program, chassis No. 250 of 250, finished in Arctic White over a Santorini Blue cabin with a full list of performance options checked. Only 50 of those 250 commemorative Corvettes were built as E-Rays, and only 15 of those wear Arctic White paint, according to Corvsport’s reporting on the consignment. Because this particular car is the last one built, its build sheet is the only one that reads No. 250 of 250 with this exact combination of paint, cabin color and equipment, a distinction no other Corvette can claim. With 701 miles on the odometer and a sibling Stars & Steel model having already fetched well over half a million dollars this year, the car arrives with real momentum behind it.
A Commemorative Build With a Hard Ceiling
Chevrolet unveiled the Stars & Steel Collection in December 2025 as a tribute to America’s 250th anniversary, spreading a strict production run of 250 units across the entire C8 Corvette lineup, Stingray, E-Ray, Z06, ZR1 and ZR1X, all restricted to 3LT and 3LZ trims in coupe or convertible form, according to Corvette Blogger’s coverage of the announcement. Buyers could choose one of two liveries: Arctic White with a Santorini Blue interior, or black with Adrenaline Red. Every car received full-length racing stripes, hood graphics, a small “250” flag badge on the doors, red brake calipers and seatbelts, red-stitched floor mats and a numbered interior plaque marking its place in the run. Chevrolet also pledged to donate $250 to veterans’ nonprofits for every Stars & Steel Corvette sold.
Why This Specific Car Stands Apart
Within that already-tight run, the E-Ray convertible headed to auction sits near the bottom of a shrinking set of numbers. Chevrolet built just 50 Stars & Steel E-Rays out of the 250-car program, and only 15 of those left Bowling Green in Arctic White, per Corvsport’s reporting on the consignment. This particular example carries build No. 250 of 250, the final Stars & Steel Corvette Chevrolet produced. That sequence number alone makes its build sheet unrepeatable: no other car can be the last one built, finished in this paint and interior, with this options list checked. The car also wears carbon-ceramic brakes with Edge Red calipers, magnetic selective ride control, a front-axle lift system with memory, and a full ceramic coating with paint protection film, plus door sills stamped “1776-2026” and Torch Red seatbelts inside the Santorini Blue cabin.
The Numbers Under the Hood
Underneath the commemorative graphics, the E-Ray remains Chevrolet’s first hybrid Corvette: a 6.2-liter LT2 V8 driving the rear wheels paired with a 160-horsepower electric motor up front, combining for 655 horsepower and all-wheel drive through an 8-speed dual-clutch transmission. Chevrolet rates the combination at 0 to 60 mph in roughly 2.5 seconds. This car has covered just 701 miles, making it essentially a new-condition example of a configuration Chevrolet will never build again.
What the Market Has Already Paid
Stars & Steel Corvettes have already shown collectors will pay a real premium for the theme. A Stars & Steel ZR1 convertible, itself the second-to-last car built in the 250-unit run, sold for $561,000 including fees at Mecum’s Harrisburg auction in July 2026, well above the roughly $330,000 a standard ZR1 coupe had fetched earlier that year, according to Corvette Blogger’s sale report. E-Ray convertibles in general trade far lower. Aggregated marketplace and auction data compiled by classic.com puts typical clean, low-mile E-Rays in the $94,000 to $120,000 range, with one recent sale closing at $103,000. A documented, final-build Stars & Steel E-Ray with under 1,000 miles has room to clear that entire band by a wide margin, even without matching what the rarer ZR1 variant commanded.
What This Sale Will Actually Prove
The Nashville result will say less about the E-Ray as a driving machine and more about how far collectors will stretch for a build number that cannot exist twice. Limited-edition Corvettes have chased anniversary themes before, but few carry a sequence number, a rare color combination and a fully loaded options sheet all in one car at once. If bidders treat this E-Ray the way they treated the Stars & Steel ZR1 in July, the sale becomes less a referendum on hybrid Corvettes and more proof that Chevrolet’s 250th-anniversary program created something genuinely singular: a Corvette whose only real competition for one-of-one status is the next unrepeatable car GM decides to build.