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The arrival of the 1988 model year brought with it the 35th anniversary of the Chevy Corvette. For its 35th anniversary year, the Corvette was treated to a number of important engine and chassis upgrades. In total production volumes for the 1988 Corvette was 22,789 units.
Read more: 1988 Corvette Research Center.
1988 Production Volumes by Model Variant
The coupe accounted for 67.5% of production at 15,382 units while the convertible accounted for 32.5% of production volume at 7,407 units made.
| Model Variant | Production | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Coupe | 15,382 | 67.50 |
| Convertible | 7,407 | 32.50 |
| Total | 22,789 | 100.00 |
1988 Production Volumes by RPO Codes & Colors
Below, we have broken out the 1988 Corvette production builds by RPO codes and options so you can see how popular or rare certain options were.
| RPO | Grouping | Description | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1YY07 | Base Car | Base Coupe | 15,382 |
| 1YY67 | Base Car | Base Convertible | 7,407 |
| K34 | Engine | Electric Speed Control w/ Resume | 0 |
| L98 | Engine | Engine, 5.7L V8, TPI | 0 |
| MX0 | Transmission | Auto. Transmission w/ Overdrive | 0 |
| Z01 | Package | 35th Anniversary Package (coupe) | 2,050 |
| Z51 | Package | Performance Handling Pkg. (coupe) | 1,309 |
| Z52 | Package | Sport Handling Pkg. (coupe) | 16,017 |
| B2K | Callaway | Callaway Twin Turbo | 124 |
| AC1 | Seats | Power Passenger Seat | 18,779 |
| AC3 | Seats | Power Driver Seat | 22,084 |
| AQ9 | Seats | Leather Sport Seats | 12,724 |
| AR9 | Seats | Base Leather Seats | 9,043 |
| C2L | Roof | Dual Removable Roof Panels | 5,091 |
| 24S | Roof | Removable Roof Panel, blue tint | 8,332 |
| 64S | Roof | Removable Roof Panel, bronze tint | 3,337 |
| G92 | Rear Axle | Performance Axle Ratio, 3.07:1 | 4,497 |
| MM4 | Transmission | 4-spd, Manual Trans. | 4,282 |
| UL5 | Radio/Stereo | Radio Delete | 179 |
| UU8 | Radio/Stereo | Delco Bose Stereo System | 20,304 |
| UM6 | Radio/Stereo | Electric Tuned Stereo w/ Cassette | 0 |
| AX4 | Export | European Belt System | 0 |
| NM5 | Export | Canadian Export Emission Reg. | 0 |
| NM8 | Export | Export Emission System | 0 |
| QZD | Wheels/Tires | P255/50VR16, Steel Belt Radial Tires | 0 |
| UJ6 | Wheels/Tires | Low Tire Pressure Warning System | 0 |
| T89 | Export | Tail/Stop Lamp Assembly, European | 0 |
| UK1 | Export | Japanese Radio Frequency | 0 |
| UL2 | Export | European Radio Frequency | 0 |
| U18 | Export | Export Speedometer | 0 |
| VD1 | Export | European Modifications | 0 |
| VE1 | Export | Japanese Modifications | 0 |
| V70 | Export | Front Tow Hook - Export | 0 |
| Z49 | Export | Canadian Base Equipment Group | 0 |
| T85 | Export | Left Rule of Road Headlamps | 0 |
| C68 | Other Options | Electronic Air Conditioning | 19,372 |
| DL8 | Other Options | Twin Remote Heated Mirrors (convert.) | 6,582 |
| D74 | Other Options | Illuminated Driver Vanity Mirror | 14,249 |
| FG3 | Other Options | Delco Bilstein Shock Absorbers | 18,437 |
| KC4 | Other Options | Engine Oil Cooler | 18,877 |
| NN5 | Other Options | California Emission Requirements | 3,882 |
| B4P | Other Options | Radiator Boost Fan | 19,035 |
| V01 | Other Options | Heavy Duty Radiator | 19,271 |
| Z6A | Other Options | Rear Window/Side Mirror Defoggers (coupe) | 14,648 |
| C49 | Other Options | Electric Rear Defogger | 0 |
| DD9 | Other Options | Electric Outside Rear View Mirrors | 0 |
| K05 | Other Options | Engine Block Heater | 0 |
| T84 | Other Options | Right Rule of Road Headlamps | 0 |
| 13 | Exterior Colors | Silver Metallic | 385 |
| 20 | Exterior Colors | Medium Blue Metallic | 1,148 |
| 28 | Exterior Colors | Dark Blue Metallic | 1,675 |
| 35 | Exterior Colors | Yellow | 578 |
| 40 | Exterior Colors | White | 3,620 |
| 41 | Exterior Colors | Black | 3,420 |
| 66 | Exterior Colors | Dark Orange (Pilot) | 5 |
| 74 | Exterior Colors | Dark Red Metallic | 2,878 |
| 81 | Exterior Colors | Bright Red | 5,340 |
| 90 | Exterior Colors | Gray Metallic | 644 |
| 96 | Exterior Colors | Charcoal Metallic | 1,046 |
| 40/41 | Exterior Colors | White/Black | 2,050 |
| 19C | Interior | Black Cloth | 0 |
| 60C | Interior | Saddle Cloth | 0 |
| 113 | Interior | White Leather | 2,050 |
| 192 | Interior | Black Leather | 6,834 |
| 212 | Interior | Blue Leather | 1,708 |
| 602 | Interior | Saddle Leather | 3,206 |
| 732 | Interior | Red Leather | 5,405 |
| 902 | Interior | Gray Leather | 2,564 |
| N/A | Convertible Top | Black | 3,431 |
| N/A | Convertible Top | Saddle | 1,165 |
| N/A | Convertible Top | White | 2,811 |
| RPO | Grouping | Description | Total |