Chevy Launches Stars & Steel Collection For America's Big Birthday
Key Points
- Chevrolet is launching a Stars & Steel Collection for 2026, tying special-edition Corvettes, Silverados, and Colorados to America’s 250th anniversary with unique patriotic styling.
- The program includes a charitable component, with Chevy donating $250 per vehicle and auctioning a one-off Corvette ZR1X to benefit Tunnel to Towers.
- Production begins in spring 2026, with limited-run Corvettes (250 units total) and Stars & Steel packages available across multiple truck lines.
Chevrolet is getting an early start on America’s 250th birthday. While most of us are still figuring out what to do with the 2025 wall calendar, the brand is rolling out a special-edition lineup it calls the Stars & Steel Collection—a mix of commemorative trims and one-off machinery timed to hit showrooms as the country turns 250 in 2026.
Rather than lean only on nostalgia or graphics packages, Chevrolet is tying the program to a charitable effort. For every Stars & Steel vehicle sold, the company will donate $250 to nonprofits that support veterans. It’s a simple gesture, but one that aligns neatly with the customer base that buys the bulk of Chevy’s trucks and performance cars.
Chevrolet Stars & Steel Collection: All The Details
The collection debuts publicly at the Army–Navy game on December 13, where Chevrolet will show its centerpiece: a one-of-one 2026 Corvette ZR1X prepared specifically for charity auction. That car heads to Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale in January, with every dollar of the hammer price going to Tunnel to Towers, a group that assists injured veterans and families of fallen first responders.
Only 250 Stars & Steel–branded Corvettes will be built in total, and the package is available across the lineup—from Stingray through ZR1X—as long as the buyer selects a 3LT or 3LZ trim. The look comes in either Arctic White with Santorini Blue accents or Black over Adrenaline Red, complete with an American flag–inspired stripe, a “250” flag graphic, black exhaust tips, and red-stitched interiors.
Chevrolet isn’t limiting the treatment to sports cars. The Silverado, Silverado HD, and Silverado EV can also be ordered in Stars & Steel spec. All three feature black or white exteriors with flag graphics, with interiors tailored to the powertrain—Jet Black for the gas and diesel trucks, Sky Cool Gray for the EV. The Silverado EV rolls on 24-inch wheels, while the light-duty and HD variants run 22- and 20-inch wheels, respectively.
The Colorado Trail Boss Crew Cab rounds out the lineup. It gets the same paint and graphics approach, but Chevrolet folds in functional upgrades: a sport bar with an integrated light bar, a skid-plate package, a spray-in bedliner, a soft tonneau cover, and the truck’s technology bundle.
Pricing hasn’t been finalized, but production is slated for early spring of 2026. In other words, buyers should be able to park one in the driveway in time for the country’s semiquincentennial celebrations—fireworks optional.
This article was co-written using AI and was then heavily edited and optimized by our editorial team.
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