2004 Corvette Research

Everything You Want to Know About the 2004 Corvette, All in One Place.

The arrival of the 2004 Chevy Corvette brought with it the official announcement that, as far as factory production of the C5 was concerned, this would be the final year for the fifth generation model.  Despite the growing rumors that an all-new Corvette was on the way, it had been decided that Chevrolet would continue to produce the Corvette so as not to leave a production gap (as they had in 1983) while ramping up production of a next generation C6 Corvette.

Just the same, it was also decided that no notable changes should be made to the 2004 C5, save for the introduction of a couple new paint colors – namely Magnetic Red II, which as a re-formulated variant of the Magnetic Red originally used on the 1999 thru 2002 models and Arctic White, which had been featured previously on the 1997 to 2000 models.

However, General Motors, looking to commemorate the spectacular accomplishments that had been achieved by the C5 Corvette both on and off the race track during its eight year production run, also decided to introduce a special Commemorative Edition Corvette for its final model year.

The Commemorative Edition 2004 Corvette was specifically designed to pay homage to Corvette's successful return to racing.  All the Commemorative Edition 2004 Corvettes were finished in a striking LeMans Blue paint with red-edged silver stripes that adorned the hood, roof and rear deck lid.  Special “LeMans 24-hours” emblems featuring Corvette's iconic crossed-flags trademark appeared on the nose and the tail of the car, and a matching emblem was embroidered into the headrests of the custom shale color interior leather seats.

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