Best place for insurance - C7 Grand Sport

[soundslegal]

Any recommendations for insurance for a C7 Grand Sport? UK sourced, not an import, looking for limited mileage policy.

[Artill]

i bought a Stingray convertible last year, and found A-plan to be excellent

[bobchevy]

Hi, If it is a euro spec C7 try all the comparison sites they should have it on there database.
I have a Gen 6 Camaro and had no trouble at all getting multiple quotes, I was looking at a import C7 before I bought the Camaro and that was listed as well actually came in at £50 cheaper than the Camaro even though its value was higher.

I think there are too many individual variable's to recommend any one insurance company as insurance quotes seem to be based on the person and there driving history more than the car, although a little old lady trying to insure a Veyron may struggle a bit !

[bobchevy]

Forgot to add I am on a limited mileage policy as well, just tick the boxes on the form, garaged not used for commuting etc..

[largelunchbox]

I just went on compare the market.com and the grand sport wasn’t listed, stingray and z06 was there tho

[soundslegal]

Thank you all - yes, the problem is the Grand Sport doesn’t show up in the list of cars, and the mainstream insurers don’t seem all that interested in adding it currently. Have tried a few specialists eg Adrian Flux but are a good 50% more expensive for the same cover compared to a Z51, which is, um.... irritating!

[soundslegal]

Am awaitIng a call from A Plan.

[largelunchbox]

soundslegal said:

Am awaitIng a call from A Plan.

Let us know how you get on as I need insurance as well. I put in z06, limited 5000 miles,1000 excess, one claim,garaged at home, comp,value of car 78k, age 56. Came out 650 with a driving miss daisy box fitted!!! Obviously not having that, next was 670 and up

[C5RagTop]

soundslegal said:

Thank you all - yes, the problem is the Grand Sport doesn’t show up in the list of cars, and the mainstream insurers don’t seem all that interested in adding it currently. Have tried a few specialists eg Adrian Flux but are a good 50% more expensive for the same cover compared to a Z51, which is, um.... irritating!

I have just got a quote using my details from Compare the Market for a 2017 GS Convertible.

Admiral, Elephant, Diamond and LV all coming in below £500.

[largelunchbox]

C5RagTop said:

soundslegal said:

Thank you all - yes, the problem is the Grand Sport doesn’t show up in the list of cars, and the mainstream insurers don’t seem all that interested in adding it currently. Have tried a few specialists eg Adrian Flux but are a good 50% more expensive for the same cover compared to a Z51, which is, um.... irritating!

I have just got a quote using my details from Compare the Market for a 2017 GS Convertible.

Admiral, Elephant, Diamond and LV all coming in below £500.

Cool, there was no GS in the drop down box when I tried?

[soundslegal]

largelunchbox said:

C5RagTop said:

soundslegal said:

Thank you all - yes, the problem is the Grand Sport doesn’t show up in the list of cars, and the mainstream insurers don’t seem all that interested in adding it currently. Have tried a few specialists eg Adrian Flux but are a good 50% more expensive for the same cover compared to a Z51, which is, um.... irritating!

I have just got a quote using my details from Compare the Market for a 2017 GS Convertible.

Admiral, Elephant, Diamond and LV all coming in below £500.

Cool, there was no GS in the drop down box when I tried?

Yup, I can't see GS in the box either. Although going to Admiral direct, for example, I seem to be able to get a quote so that's a start...

[soundslegal]

largelunchbox said:

Let us know how you get on as I need insurance as well. I put in z06, limited 5000 miles,1000 excess, one claim,garaged at home, comp,value of car 78k, age 56. Came out 650 with a driving miss daisy box fitted!!! Obviously not having that, next was 670 and up

Yes, will do. I got a similar quote (690) from the mainstream insurers for a 2018 GS, 91k value, garaged, no claims, 600 excess, 3000 miles.

[C5RagTop]

I used a registration number to get a quote.

[soundslegal]

C5RagTop said:

I used a registration number to get a quote.

Ah, that explains it. I can't do that as it's a new car. Maybe it'll be easier next year...

[mudnomad]

Try Classicline insurance. They insure my Corvette and the Nomad at a good price I'd say. No mainstream companies wanted to touch it.

[soundslegal]

largelunchbox said:

Let us know how you get on as I need insurance as well. I put in z06, limited 5000 miles,1000 excess, one claim,garaged at home, comp,value of car 78k, age 56. Came out 650 with a driving miss daisy box fitted!!! Obviously not having that, next was 670 and up

I ended up with a pretty wide variety of quotes. Value 91k, no claims, garaged, 3000 mile policy, age 39:

- Admiral: £611 (but I need to speak with them as you can't place online, so we'll see...) with £550 excess. This one was much more expensive until I added my wife onto the quote, oddly.

- Diamond - £775 with £600 excess

- Adrian Flux: £1100, plus need to fit thatcham tracker, £750 excess (they always seem to be really expensive!).

- A-Plan: £860 with £900 excess, with guaranteed replacement at full value within 12 months of first reg. (maybe worth it given you can't get Gap Insurance for new Vettes so far as I can tell...).


I also got a quote that included cover for track days. It's very pricey (£3200 - Footman James - with £2k excess), but given it covers the entire cost of the car on up to 5 track days, that's fair enough, and should be cheaper in a few years when the car is worth less and I have some NCD to put on it. One for another year, won't be tracking it in the next 12 months!

[largelunchbox]

soundslegal said:

I ended up with a pretty wide variety of quotes. Value 91k, no claims, garaged, 3000 mile policy, age 39:

- Admiral: £611 (but I need to speak with them as you can't place online, so we'll see...) with £550 excess. This one was much more expensive until I added my wife onto the quote, oddly.

- Diamond - £775 with £600 excess

- Adrian Flux: £1100, plus need to fit thatcham tracker, £750 excess (they always seem to be really expensive!).

- A-Plan: £860 with £900 excess, with guaranteed replacement at full value within 12 months of first reg. (maybe worth it given you can't get Gap Insurance for new Vettes so far as I can tell...).


I also got a quote that included cover for track days. It's very pricey (£3200 - Footman James - with £2k excess), but given it covers the entire cost of the car on up to 5 track days, that's fair enough, and should be cheaper in a few years when the car is worth less and I have some NCD to put on it. One for another year, won't be tracking it in the next 12 months!

Ok cheers, I won’t be tracking mine at all. I will be needing cover from 1st March so let let you know how my quotes go.

[BlackZeD]

I have just insured mine with Brentacre.
My renewal from Adrian Flux was £485, for a 2007 Z06.
Brentacre came in at £385.
Agreed value of 32k, 5000 miles and £350 excess.
Mods as well.

[largelunchbox]

mudnomad said:

Try Classicline insurance. They insure my Corvette and the Nomad at a good price I'd say. No mainstream companies wanted to touch it.

Tried classicline, £697, hopefully I can improve on that. They were very helpful tho

[soundslegal]

Did you try Admiral yet? Way cheaper than all the brokers based on my quotes. Only problem with them is they don’t do new car cover for the first 12 months (mine is new/18 plate) so you just get ‘market value’, with new car cover you get retail cost of new car in first 12 mo. Shame you can’t get gap insurance for Vettes...