New Jersey car dealer breaks down the real-world value of a used Corvette GS to see if seller's asking price is actually worth it
Published on Nov 15, 2026 at 5:16 AM (UTC-5)
by Henry Kelsall
Last updated on Nov 15, 2026 at 5:16 AM (UTC-5)
Edited by
Mason Jones
A New Jersey car dealer has broken down the real-world value of a second-hand Chevrolet Corvette GS to find out if the seller’s asking price is unrealistic.
YouTuber and car dealer George Saliba buys and sells all sorts of cars and is no stranger to the Chevrolet Corvette in many of its forms.
What Saliba didn’t enjoy about this particular Corvette, however, was that it wasn’t in stock form, but the seller wanted the non-stock parts back.
So that led to quite a bit of back and forth as he tried to negotiate a good price for the sports car.
Was the price of the Corvette justified?
Saliba was faced with the Chevrolet Corvette being modified, and he openly wasn’t too happy with modified cars.
“I’m tired of buying modded cars,” he said in his video.
Saliba was told the owner had been offered $53,000 for the car recently.
They’d even been offered as high as $56,000 before that went away.
The owner wanted to sell the car for closer to $60,000, but Saliba didn’t think it was worth that much.
That was because of its modifications, something he had become tired of.
The owner, however, did state he would take the modified parts off and revert the Corvette back to stock.
That would have put him closer to $55,000 when it came to resale value.
“It’s good that it’s a manual,” said Saliba, which did somehow justify the price of the sports car.
Was the Chevrolet in good condition?
In terms of its condition, the Corvette appeared to be quite good.
The fact that it still had all of its original components as well was a big win.
Without them, Saliba may not have even entertained buying it from its owner.
Saliba also noted that the Carfax wholesale value of the car was $49,000.
But with the manual transmission, they can sell for $58,500, so that will help Saliba when he comes to reselling the Corvette.
The only problem now was that, after agreeing to buy the car, he had to thrash out a deal with its owner.
This is how much Saliba paid for the Corvette
There was plenty of back and forth with the owner.
Saliba argued he had to pay at least $2,000 to get the parts off the car, and might only make $3,000 profit on it.
Complicating the matter was the fact that he supposedly owed $1,000 to the Corvette’s owner following the sale of a previous car.
So, that added another layer to the negotiations.
What followed was back-and-forth between the two, with Saliba initially offering $53,500 before it was eventually sold for $54,000.
Maybe that shows you should never give up haggling as it may pay off well for you.
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Henry joined the Supercar Blondie team in February 2025, and since then has covered a wide array of topics ranging from EVs, American barn finds, and the odd Cold War jet. He’s combined his passion for cars with his keen interest in motorsport and his side hustle as a volunteer steam locomotive fireman at a heritage steam railway.
