--- title: "The Internet Helped That Georgia Lottery Winner Find a C8 Corvette at Sticker Price" description: "Atlanta dealership comes to the rescue to deliver a Rapid Blue 2LT Z51." date: "2021-01-23" modified: "2021-01-23" authors: - name: "Kristin V. Shaw" job_title: "Contributor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kristin-shaw" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/38884/the-internet-helped-that-georgia-lottery-winner-find-a-c8-corvette-at-sticker-price" categories: - "Culture" - "News" tags: - "Chevrolet" - "Corvette" - "Coupe" - "sports car" --- # The Internet Helped That Georgia Lottery Winner Find a C8 Corvette at Sticker Price ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* The good news: you won a Corvette! The bad news: no Corvettes are available. As we reported yesterday, [Dennis Kahler won a brand-new C8 plus $250,000]() with a lucky Georgia Lottery Corvette and Cash scratch-off ticket. As a result, he was provided with a $107,000 budget by the Georgia Lottery Commission, and all he had to do was walk into a dealership and hand over the money. Wait. Aren’t [new Corvettes]() practically impossible to get right now, not to mention a very specific 2LT Z51 model in Rapid Blue? The Internet went to work to help Kahler get his prize. This fairy tale finally has a happy ending: Jim Ellis Chevrolet in Atlanta showed up to save the day, Fox Wilmington reported, and Kahler’s new Corvette should arrive from Chevrolet’s plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky by March. ![message-editor%2F1611435690578-corvettelottoticket2.jpg]() **Facebook/Dennis Kahler** [Chevy’s mid-engine Corvette has been a huge hit](), and production has been hampered in the last year because of the pandemic and a few issues that created a tangle. That has not seemed to slow demand, and you can even find a few C8s online with low miles as long as you’re willing to pay upcharges. The [C8 convertible is selling like crazy now](), so expect to see those on the market for even more than the $7,500 premium for the folding hardtop. Initially, [CorvetteBlogger]() reported that lottery officials did find Five Star Chevrolet, which was willing to provide the C8 with one condition: a $10,000 mark-up over MSRP for the sports car. Not so fast, Kahler said. He’s a former general sales manager for a car dealership, as it turns out, and he wasn’t having it. Can’t blame him; the remaining money left over from his $80,465 Corvette would be deposited into his bank account along with the $250,000 cash. Then an employee of Master Chevrolet in Aiken, South Carolina chimed in on the [C8 Corvette Owners and Friends Facebook page]() to say that they were taking orders for 2021 C8s at MSRP, but with a 9 to 12-month wait time. They couldn’t guarantee a delivery date, though, and Kahler wants his ‘Vette now. Don’t we all, sir. Don’t we all. *Got a tip? Send us a note: tips@thedrive.com* ## Author Kristin Shaw is the former Weekend Editor for The Drive and a current freelancer in both the automotive and aviation worlds. She’s a big fan of anything car-related and calls on her technology background on the corporate side to explain engineering and high-tech concepts. Now living in her sixth state (New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia, and now Texas), she is thrilled that working from home is now mainstream. ### Author social links [Facebook]() [Instagram]() [Twitter]()