CORVETTE COLORS
Long Beach Red Corvette: Every Year, Code and How Many Were Built
Long Beach Red Metallic Tintcoat on the Chevrolet Corvette, 2016–2020: what the color is, the GM paint code in every year, how many were built and what share of the year that was, the interiors it came with, a picture gallery for each year, the chart of its run and the colors that came before and after it.
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The Basics
The Color: Deep metallic red tintcoat, extra cost, 2016–2020
GM Codes: G1E
Years Offered: 2016–2020 (5 model years)
Generations: C7 (2014–19), C8 (2020–)
Built: 9,292 with GM counts
Best Year: 2016, 3,224 cars (7.9% of the year)
Color Family: Red (every red Corvette color)
Also Called: Code G1E, $995
Extra Cost: $995, $995,, $995.00 (a tintcoat or premium paint in those years)
Paint Codes: 2016–2020: WA405Y
Pictures: 5 picture posts on the site, one per model year
The Overview
Long Beach Red Metallic Tintcoat was offered on the Corvette in 2016–2020: 5 model years across the C7, C8 generations. GM’s color counts put 9,292 Long Beach Red Corvettes on the road, 3,224 of them in 2016 alone.
Deep metallic red tintcoat, extra cost, 2016–2020. Its share of a year’s production ran from 5 to 8 percent. It was an extra-cost paint ($995, $995,, $995.00). The interiors most often paired with it were Jet Black. The chart below shows the run year by year; the generation sections carry every year’s code, count, share, interiors and picture.
This page has every year Long Beach Red was offered with its GM code, how many were built, its share of the year and the interiors it came with, the site’s picture gallery for each year, a chart of the run, the related colors, and the FAQs. It is one of 77 color pages on CorvSport; the Red Corvettes page lists every red the factory ever sprayed, and Corvette Colors by Year has the full chart for each model year.
The Story of Long Beach Red
Long Beach Red Metallic Tintcoat replaced Crystal Red for 2016 and ran five years, through the end of the C7 and the C8’s first season. It cost $995 and took six to eight percent of C7 production — 3,224 cars in its first year — and it is the deep red of the 2019 ZR1 launch photography.
It is named, like Sebring Orange and Watkins Glen Gray beside it, for a race on the IMSA calendar. Red Mist replaced it for 2021.
The Long Beach Red Cars to Know
2019 ZR1 press cars in Long Beach Red; 2017 Grand Sport in Long Beach Red; 2020 C8 (1,068).
MORE: THE MOST POPULAR COLORS BY GENERATION / 70 YEARS OF LEAST & MOST POPULAR COLORS / ALL RED CORVETTES
Long Beach Red by Generation
Long Beach Red across the 2 generations it was offered on: the years, the GM paint code each generation used, how many were built with GM’s counts, the biggest year and the interiors most often paired with it. Each generation has its own section below with every year.
MORE: THE C7 HUB / THE C8 HUB
| GENERATION | YEARS | CODE(S) | BUILT | BEST YEAR | INTERIORS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C7 Corvette | 2016–2019 | G1E | 8,224 | 2016 (3,224) | Jet Black |
| C8 Corvette | 2020 | G1E | 1,068 | 2020 (1,068) | — |
Long Beach Red by Year: How Many Were Built
GM’s production counts for Long Beach Red in every year it was offered. The peak was 2016 at 3,224 cars; the full table for each year, with codes, shares and interiors, is in the generation sections below.
Long Beach Red on the C7 Corvette (2014–19)
Long Beach Red on the C7 (2014–19): offered 2016–2019 as code G1E. 8,224 cars by GM’s count, the best year 2016 with 3,224. Every year links to its research page (the full color chart, options and prices for that year) and to the site’s picture post for the color.
MORE: THE C7 HUB / THE 2016 RESEARCH PAGE / ALL C7 COLOR POSTS / ALL C7 COLORS
| YEAR | CODE | BUILT | SHARE | INTERIORS | PICTURES | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | G1E | 3,224 | 7.9%, #6 of 11 | Jet Black, Gray/Dark Gray, Adrenaline Red, Kalahari… | Pictures | Stingray coupe 1,618; Stingray convertible 594; Z06 coupe 771; Z06 convertible 241; $995, new that year |
| 2017 | G1E | 2,004 | 6.1%, #7 of 10 | — | Pictures | Stingray coupe 753; Stingray convertible 223; GS coupe 521; GS convertible 146; Z06 coupe 285; Z06 convertible 76; $995 |
| 2018 | G1E | 599 | 6.2%, #7 of 11 | — | Pictures | Stingray coupe 184; Stingray convertible 65; GS coupe 158; GS convertible 47; Z06 coupe 104; Z06 convertible 41; $995 |
| 2019 | G1E | 2,397 | 6.9%, #6 of 12 | — | Pictures | Stingray coupe 740; Stingray convertible 258; GS coupe 744; GS convertible 180; Z06 coupe 299; Z06 convertible 79; ZR1 coupe 69; ZR1 convertible 28; $995 |
Long Beach Red on the C8 Corvette (2020–)
Long Beach Red on the C8 (2020–): offered 2020 as code G1E. 1,068 cars by GM’s count. Every year links to its research page (the full color chart, options and prices for that year) and to the site’s picture post for the color.
MORE: THE C8 HUB / THE 2020 RESEARCH PAGE / ALL C8 COLOR POSTS / ALL C8 COLORS
Long Beach Red C8 Corvettes: The Pictures
The site’s picture post for each year Long Beach Red was offered on the C8: real cars in the real color, which no swatch shows properly.
Colors Related to Long Beach Red
The colors that came before and after Long Beach Red, the ones it is confused with and the ones that shared its slot on the chart. Each has its own page or a line on its family page.
MORE: EVERY RED CORVETTE COLOR / ALL CORVETTE COLORS / COLORS BY YEAR
| COLOR | YEARS | BUILT | FAMILY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Red | 2008–2015 | 18,128 | Red | See the Crystal Red page |
| Red Mist | 2021–2027 | 20,230 | Red | On the Red Corvettes page |
| Torch Red | 1993–2005, 2010–2027 | 138,514 | Red | See the Torch Red page |
| Magnetic Red | 1999–2002, 2004–2005 | 19,294 | Red | See the Magnetic Red page |
Long Beach Red Paint Codes: GM, WA, PPG and DuPont
The codes a body shop or a judge needs for Long Beach Red: the GM order code on the trim tag or service parts label, GM’s WA formula number and the PPG / Ditzler and DuPont mixing codes where they are documented. Where a code is blank the sources did not list one; the notes say where a source disagreed.
MORE: THE RPO CODES LIBRARY / THE VIN DECODER
| YEARS | GM CODE | WA | PPG / DITZLER | DUPONT | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–2020 | G1E | WA405Y | — | — | Deep red metallic tintcoat; extra-cost. GM sales name 'Limited Addiction Red Pearl'. |
Red Corvette Wallpapers
Desktop and phone wallpapers of red Corvettes from the site’s wallpaper collections.
Red Corvette Wallpapers — the color collection
All Corvette Wallpapers — by generation and by color
FAQs
What years was the Corvette offered in Long Beach Red?
2016–2020: 5 model years on the C7, C8. Long Beach Red Metallic Tintcoat replaced Crystal Red for 2016 and ran five years, through the end of the C7 and the C8’s first season.
What is the GM paint code for Long Beach Red?
Code G1E. The paint-shop codes are 2016–2020: WA405Y.
How many Long Beach Red Corvettes were built?
9,292 by GM’s counts (3,224 in 2016, the biggest year).
Which Corvette models and editions came in Long Beach Red?
2019 ZR1 press cars in Long Beach Red; 2017 Grand Sport in Long Beach Red; 2020 C8 (1,068). In its years it was available on every body style and model unless the year’s note says otherwise; the year tables above say which.
Is Long Beach Red a metallic, a tintcoat or a solid color?
Deep metallic red tintcoat, extra cost, 2016–2020. It was an extra-cost paint in some years ($995, $995,, $995.00), which is what the tintcoat or tri-coat label means: a base coat under a tinted clear and a clear, deeper to look at and harder to touch up.
What was the most popular year for Long Beach Red?
2016, with 3,224 cars, 7.9% of that year’s production.
What colors are similar to Long Beach Red?
Crystal Red, Red Mist, Torch Red, Magnetic Red. The Red Corvettes page has every red the factory offered, with the years and counts side by side.
Where can I see pictures of Long Beach Red Corvettes?
The site has a picture post for each year Long Beach Red was offered — real cars photographed in the real color — linked from the year tables above and in the picture grids on this page; the Red Corvettes page and the wallpaper collection have more.
How does the Long Beach Red page fit with the rest of the Corvette colors research?
Every model year has a research page with the full color chart (codes, counts, interiors and soft tops), the Colors by Year page indexes them, every color with three or more years has a page like this one, and the twelve family pages (Red, Blue, Black, White, Silver, Yellow, Gray, Green, Orange, Purple, Gold, Brown) list every shade ever offered.
