CORVETTE MODELS

Corvette Special Editions

Every special edition Corvette in 70+ years, generation by generation: the racing packages of the 1950s and 1960s (the SR-2, the Airbox, the Z06, the L88, the ZL1), the pace-car replicas and anniversary editions that began in 1978, the Collector Editions that closed the C3 and C4, and the championship, commemorative and limited editions of the modern car, each with how many were built, what made it special and a link to its guide. The dealer and tuner specials, the one-offs and the show cars follow in the grids.

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The Basics

  • What This Is: The catalog of official Chevrolet special editions and factory packages, with production numbers and a guide for each, plus the dealer, tuner and one-off specials in grids by generation

  • The First: The 1956 SR-2 racers and the 1957 “Airbox” fuelie; the first edition sold to the public as such was the 1978 Indy 500 Pace Car replica

  • The Families: Racing packages (Z06, L88, ZL1, ZR1/ZR2); pace-car replicas (1978, 1986, 1995, 1998, 2007, 2008); anniversary editions (1978, 1988, 1993, 2003, 2013, 2018, 2023); collector editions (1982, 1996, 2013, 2017); championship and commemorative editions (2004, 2007, 2009, 2022); design packages (2012, 2015, 2019); the 2026 Stars & Steel

  • The Rarest: The two 1969 ZL1s, the five 1963 Grand Sports, the twelve 1971 ZR2s, the twenty 1967 L88s, the three SR-2s, the 43 Airboxes

  • The Most Common: The 15,283 Silver Anniversary 1978s and the 11,632 50th Anniversary 2003s

  • Related Pages: The pace cars, the anniversary cars, the Z06 and ZR1 pages, the Callaway and Greenwood guides, the concepts, the race cars, the full model list

  • By Generation: C1 · C2 · C3 · C4 · C5 · C6 · C7 · C8

The Overview

Chevrolet did not sell a special-edition Corvette for its first twenty-five years. It built racing packages (the SR-2s, the 1957 Airbox, the 1963 Z06, the L88, the ZL1 and the ZR1) that were special in everything but name, and then in 1978 it discovered that a stripe and a badge would sell: the Indy 500 Pace Car replica and the Silver Anniversary paint of that year started a tradition that has produced an anniversary edition every ten years, a pace-car replica for most of the races the Corvette has paced, a Collector Edition to close two generations and a run of championship, commemorative and design editions since.

This page catalogs the official ones, generation by generation: what each was, how many were built and where its guide is, with the year page beside it for the production breakdown, the RPO codes and the prices. The grids under each generation carry everything else tagged as a special for that era: the dealer editions, the tuner cars (Callaway, Greenwood, Guldstrand, Baldwin-Motion, Lingenfelter, Hennessey), the one-offs and the show cars, which have index pages of their own.

Production numbers are GM’s where GM published them and the best documented count where it did not; a few editions were options rather than numbered runs (the Centennial, the 60th and 70th Anniversary packages) and are marked as such. The anniversary cars and the pace cars have their own pages with the full story of each.

How to Read a Special Edition

A special edition is a set of factory codes, and the codes are how a real one is told from a tribute. The families, and what to check.

The racing packages, 1956–72

Before there were editions there were RPOs that built a race car: the 1957 Airbox (579E, 43 cars), the 1963 Z06 (199, with 63 big-tank “tankers”), the L88 (216 over three years), the ZL1 (two) and the 1970–72 ZR1 and 1971 ZR2 (53 and 12). None had a badge; all are identified by the engine stamp pad, the tank sticker and the options on the build sheet, and all are forged. The guides for each list the tells.

Pace-car replicas, 1978 on

The 1978 replica set the pattern: a paint scheme and decals matching the track car, its own VIN series (1978 and 1982 only) or an RPO code, and a production run announced in advance. Chevrolet followed it in 1986 (every convertible), 1995, 1998, 2007 and 2008, and marked the later pace years (2015, 2018, 2019, 2020–23, 2024, 2025, 2026) with packages or none at all. The pace-car page has every car that paced the race; this page has the replicas sold to the public.

Anniversary editions, every ten years

1978 (Silver Anniversary, B2Z), 1988 (35th, Z01), 1993 (40th, Z25), 2003 (50th, 1SC), 2013 (60th Design Package), 2018 (Carbon 65) and 2023 (70th): a paint and trim package with badges, on whichever models the year had. The anniversary page tells each one’s story and the market for them.

Collector and commemorative editions

The Collector Editions closed a generation (1982, 1996) or a model (the 2013 427 Convertible, the 2017 Grand Sport); the commemorative and championship editions celebrated the racing team (2004 Le Mans Commemorative, 2007 Ron Fellows, 2009 GT1, 2022 IMSA GTLM) and were numbered runs with plaques. These are the easiest to verify: the RPO code is on the build sheet and the number is on the dash.

Design packages and limited colors

From 2012 Chevrolet sold themes rather than numbered cars: the Centennial Edition (2012), the 60th (2013), the Atlantic and Pacific packages (2015), the Twilight Blue and Spice Red packages (2016), the Heritage package (2017–18) and the Drivers Series (2019). They are options, not editions, and the year pages carry their take rates.

What is not here

The dealer and tuner specials (Callaway, Greenwood, Guldstrand, Baldwin-Motion, Yenko/SC, Lingenfelter, Hennessey), the one-offs and the show cars are specials of a different kind, with their own pages and the grids below. The concepts and the race cars have catalogs of their own.

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The Special Editions at a Glance

The families of official editions, the years they appeared and the page for each; the generation sections below give every car with its production number and guide.

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FAMILY THE EDITIONS WHERE TO READ
Racing packages 1956 SR-2; 1957 Airbox; 1963 Z06; 1967–69 L88; 1969 ZL1; 1970–72 ZR1; 1971 ZR2 The Z06 page / The race cars
Pace-car replicas 1978; 1986 (every convertible); 1995; 1998; 2007; 2008; pace packages 2015–26 The pace cars
Anniversary editions 1978 Silver Anniversary; 1988 35th; 1993 40th; 2003 50th; 2013 60th; 2018 Carbon 65; 2023 70th The anniversary cars
Collector editions 1982; 1996; 2013 427 Convertible; 2017 Grand Sport The full model list
Championship & commemorative 2004 Le Mans Commemorative; 2007 Ron Fellows; 2009 GT1 Championship; 2022 IMSA GTLM Championship The racing page
Design packages 2012 Centennial; 2015 Atlantic/Pacific; 2016 Twilight Blue, Spice Red; 2017–18 Heritage; 2019 Drivers Series The year pages
Limited runs, 2026 Stars & Steel (250); ZR1X Quail Silver The 2026 Corvette
Dealer & tuner specials Callaway, Greenwood, Guldstrand, Baldwin-Motion, Yenko/SC, Lingenfelter, Hennessey and the one-offs Callaway / Greenwood

The Special Series, Each With Its Page

The catalogs beyond this one: the anniversary cars, the pace cars, the Z06 and ZR1, the Callaways and Greenwoods, the concepts and the race cars.

C1 Corvette Special Editions, 1953–1962

No badged editions in the solid-axle years, but three factory specials that defined the idea: the SR-2 racers, the Airbox fuelie and the Cunningham Le Mans cars. The grid carries the show cars and one-offs of the decade, which have their own concepts page.

MORE: THE C1 HUB / ALL C1 SPECIAL MODELS / THE C1 BUYER’S GUIDE

THE CAR YEAR BUILT
1956 Corvette SR-2 1956 Corvette SR-2
The first factory special: three racing Corvettes with the finned headrest and the long nose, built for Harley Earl’s son, Bill Mitchell and GM president Harlow Curtice; Sebring and Daytona
The guide / Year page		 1956 3
1957 Corvette “Airbox” (RPO 579E) 1957 Corvette “Airbox” (RPO 579E)
The racing fuelie: the 283-hp fuel-injected 283 with a cold-air box over the driver’s-side fender, a tachometer on the column and no radio or heater; the first Corvette built to a competition specification
The guide / Year page		 1957 43
1960 Cunningham Le Mans Corvettes 1960 Cunningham Le Mans Corvettes
Briggs Cunningham’s three 1960s, prepared by Chevrolet through the back door, took the Corvette’s first Le Mans class win with Fitch and Grossman
The guide / Year page		 1960 3

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1961 – 1962 Chevrolet Corvette Gulf Race Car

Ordered by Don Yenko for Gulf Oil VP Grady Davis and driven by 'The Flying Dentist' Dick Thompson, this Sebring-package 1961 Corvette won the SCCA B-Production national title and later entered the Corvette Hall of Fame.

1959 Purple People Eater

A metallic purple paint job so Nickey's car stood out, and a driver who guaranteed the championship. Jim Jeffords' 1959 Corvette lost exactly one race on its way to the SCCA B-Production title.

1959 Scaglietti Coupe

When his Ferrari Monza broke its crank, a Texas Chevy dealer sent three Corvette chassis to Scaglietti. The aluminum fastbacks lost 400 pounds, cost $9,200 and were built out of Enzo Ferrari's sight.

1961 XP-755 Mako Shark I Concept

Inspired by a shark Bill Mitchell caught in the Bahamas, the XP-755 previewed the Sting Ray two years early with a double-bubble canopy, hidden headlights and a supercharged 327. It now lives at the GM Heritage Center.

1956 SR-2 Lookalike

The only SR-2 built to be driven on the street belonged to GM's president. Car #1636 left the line in 1956 and came back with a fuelie 283, a 100-pound louvered hood and Curtice's own blue metallic paint.

1955 Corvette EX87 Prototype

The car that birthed the Duntov cam. A 1954 test mule tagged EX87 got a plexiglass windscreen, a tail fin and a 307 ci V8, then ran 163 mph at GM's Arizona proving ground.

1955 Chevrolet Biscayne Concept Car

Ordered crushed in 1958, the Biscayne XP-37 lay in pieces at a Sterling Heights junkyard for 25 years until Joe Bortz dug it out. Its rear bumper design ran on Corvettes through 1967.

1961 Corvette Vignale Coupe

Designed by Gordon Kelly and bodied in Italy by Vignale, this one-off coupe debuted at the 1961 Paris Salon on a 1960 Corvette chassis. Its polished brake drums double as wheel centers, an option GM never offered.

1957 Corvette Ghia-Aigle Coupe

A Corvette rebodied in aluminum by a Swiss coachbuilder for Geneva 1957, then lost for decades. Found in Portugal with just 3,800 km, the Michelotti coupe carries Borrani wires and a wood-rimmed wheel.

1953 Chevrolet Nomad

The Tri-Five Nomad began life as a Corvette. Five Corvette-bodied wagons toured the 1954 Motorama circuit before Harley Earl fast-tracked the design into Bel Air production, and only three survive today.
SR 2 Corvette

Corvette SR-2: The Birth of A Racing Legacy

Harley Earl's son wanted to race a Ferrari. Instead, 17 GM engineers built him a fin-tailed Corvette in a matter of weeks. The SR-2 story, from Elkhart Lake to the AMA racing ban.
1959 Chevrolet Corvette CERV 1

1960 Chevrolet CERV I

Duntov's first mid-engine argument weighed 1,450 pounds and made 352 hp from an aluminum 283. The CERV I ran Pikes Peak, Riverside and 206 mph at Milford, then GM bought it back for $1.32 million.
Corvette XP700 Concept

1958 Corvette XP-700

Red, then silver, then gone. Bill Mitchell's XP-700 wore a loop bumper, an aluminum-coated double-bubble roof and the tail that shaped the 1961 Corvette before a 1961 memo hints it became XP-755.

1959 Corvette XP-87

The first Corvette to wear a Stingray badge never went on sale. XP-87 raced to a 1960 SCCA title, previewed the C2 and then got a windshield and passenger seat for Bill Mitchell's weekends.

1957 Corvette ‘Air Box’ Roadster

Forty-three cars, one purpose. The 1957 Airbox package ducted cold air to the 283 hp fuelie, moved the tach to the steering column and paired with RPO 684 big brakes for the track.

1956 Chevrolet Corvette SR

Four hurriedly prepared Corvettes went to Sebring in 1956 and the #1 car came back a legend. Fitch and Hansgen's 9th overall finish became the Real McCoy ad and arguably saved the Corvette.

1956 Corvette Impala Concept

A five-passenger Corvette almost happened. The 1956 Impala show car put a 225 hp dual-quad 265 under a brushed stainless roof, lit a bar-graph speedometer, and gave Chevrolet a nameplate still in use.

1955 Prince Bertil Corvette

A Swedish prince skipped Europe's sports cars and ordered a Corvette straight from GM's president. GM Styling answered with a one-off wearing a flat black grille screen, a big V emblem and a deck-lid fuel filler.

1955 LaSalle II Roadster

A Cadillac dream car with Corvette bones. The LaSalle II Roadster paired open rear wheels and brake drums cast into the wheels with a dummy V6, then survived its death sentence in a Michigan salvage yard.

1954 Corvette Corvair

A fastback Corvette with a jet-afterburner tail: the 1954 Corvair concept took Harley Earl's aviation obsession to the Motorama. Its 155 hp inline six was pure C1 underneath, and slow sales killed it.

1954 Corvette GM Styling Concept

Sharkfin headlights, a prototype steering wheel and a blue no production car wore: this 1954 Corvette was a GM Styling design exercise, documented on 1955 and 1956 shop orders and restored by Werner Meier.

1956 Corvette SS Show Car

Two cars named Corvette SS, and nobody at GM seemed to notice. This modified 1956 show car hit the Waldorf in January 1957 just as the secret XP-64 racer was being finished for Sebring.

1953 EX52 / EX122 Concept Car

Before the first production Corvette there was EX-122, the Motorama show car built from Harley Earl's Project Opel. Public response in January 1953 pushed GM from prototype to production in six months.

1957 Q Corvette

The Corvette that previewed the C5 in 1957. Duntov's Q-Corvette put the transaxle in the back, the brakes inboard and an aluminum 283 up front, then died with the 1958 recession.

1954 Corvette Hardtop Motorama Showcar

GM's 1954 Motorama fielded a Corvette quartet, and the Hardtop was the one that foretold a production feature. Its removable fiberglass top took until 1956 to reach buyers, along with roll-up windows.

1960 C2 Prototype XP-720

The C2 started as the Stingray Racer with a coupe roof. XP-720's October 1959 clay already had the door vents that would move to the front fenders on the 1963 Sting Ray.

C2 Corvette Special Editions, 1963–1967

The Sting Ray’s specials are racing packages: the 1963 Z06 and its tankers, the five Grand Sports and the L88, none of them badged and all of them forged, so the guides matter.

MORE: THE C2 HUB / ALL C2 SPECIAL MODELS / THE C2 BUYER’S GUIDE

THE CAR YEAR BUILT
1963 Corvette Z06 1963 Corvette Z06
Duntov’s racing package: the 360-hp fuelie, heavy-duty brakes and suspension, the 36-gallon “tanker” fuel tank on 63 of them; the first Z06
The guide / Year page		 1963 199
1963 Corvette Grand Sport 1963 Corvette Grand Sport
Five lightweight Sting Rays built to beat the Cobra before GM stopped the program at five; the most valuable Corvettes ever sold
The guide / Year page		 1963 5
1967 Corvette L88 1967 Corvette L88
The 427 racing engine, rated 430 hp and making about 550, sold with no radio or heater to keep it off the street; 20 in 1967, 80 in 1968, 116 in 1969
The guide / Year page		 1967 20

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1963 Corvette Sting Ray Convertible Show Car

Two near-identical 1963 Sting Ray convertibles left GM Design under special work orders: one for the Chicago Auto Show, one for retired styling chief Harley Earl. Earl's car later brought $925,000 at Mecum.

1964 Corvette Sting Ray ‘GM Styling Special’

Built for Indianapolis sponsor Ozzie Olson, this Mitchell special previewed 1965's side-exit exhausts with simulated pipes and added six taillights, custom floor grates and pearlescent blue paint.

1964 Corvette Sting Ray XX

The most innovative of Bob McDorman's GM Styling Corvettes, Bill Mitchell's Sting Ray XX previewed Astro ventilation with ventless door glass and hid chaser lights in its door panels.

1964 Corvette for Knudsen’s Wife

Pink Pearl paint to match the door of the Knudsens' Florida home, pink sidewall tires, FMK-engraved seat belts and a preproduction 396 big-block make this 1964 coupe one of GM Design's wildest executive specials.

1967 Corvette Sting Ray L89

Only 16 buyers checked the L89 box in 1967. Aluminum heads cut 75 pounds off the nose of the Tri-Power 427 and made this the rarest street Sting Ray of the year.

The XP-819 “Ugly Duckling” Model Guide

Fifty-six years before the C8 went mid-engine, Larry Shinoda hung a V8 behind the driver on a 90-inch wheelbase. The result previewed the C3 and ended in a crash on a test drive.

1965 Corvette Mako Shark II Concept

After its 1965 Paris debut, Chevrolet was flooded with requests to build the Mako Shark II. Its retractable bumpers never made production, but its shape became the 1968 Stingray.

1963 Chevrolet Corvette GS-II

Labeled a Corvette but built to feed Chaparral, the GS-II paired a steel monocoque, an all-aluminum 327 and a one-speed automatic. At just 1,450 lb it reached 198 mph at the GM proving grounds.

1967 Corvette L88 Race Cars

Before the L88 reached showrooms it was winning its class at Daytona and Sebring. Meet the Sunray DX car, the lone mid-year to race Le Mans and Roger Penske's COPO 427.

1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray ‘Bunkie Knudsen’

Chevrolet's general manager wanted a road-going Mako Shark, so engineering built him one: side exhausts, Rose Pearl paint, a white stripe and a chrome-dressed fuel-injected 327 that forced the battery behind the seat.

George Barris’ 1963 Corvette “Asteroid”

Ordered in primer and shipped straight to Barris Kustoms, this 1963 Corvette became a copper street-and-strip custom with a 352ci six-carb V8, running 12.20 at 118 mph. It crossed the Barrett-Jackson block in 2022.

The 1963 Corvette Rondine Model Guide

A split-window Sting Ray rebodied by Pininfarina and shown at the 1963 Paris Motor Show, the Rondine traded coves for Ferrari Lusso curves and sold for $1.6 million in 2008.

1964 Corvette Sting Ray Styling Study

GM Styling cut a hole in the hood to show off the fuel-injection manifold, added side pipes that turned out to be plastic, and painted it candy apple red. Today the car is valued at $1.25 million.

1967 Corvette Sting Ray L68

The 400 hp L68 was the livable big block: tri-carb power you could still order with an automatic and air conditioning. A look at the 2,101 Sting Rays built with it.

1967 Corvette Sting Ray L71

Three Holley two-barrels, solid lifters and a rating that ignored the industry's 425 hp gentleman's agreement. Specs, pricing and period test numbers for the top street Sting Ray of 1967.
1964 Chevrolet CERV II Corvette

1964 CERV II Corvette

Duntov planned six CERV IIs to take on the GT40 at Le Mans; GM allowed one. Its twin-transmission all-wheel drive and 490 hp overhead-cam V8 made it a precursor to the mid-engine C8.

1967 Astro I Concept

Just 35.5 inches tall, with a clamshell roof that lifted the seats up with it, the Astro I previewed the 1968 Corvette's nose while hiding a rear-mounted Corvair engine.
1963 Corvette Grand Sport

1963 Corvette Grand Sport

Built in secret to beat Shelby's Cobra at Le Mans, the Grand Sport was meant to be a 150-car homologation run. Only five were finished before GM enforced the AMA ban, and those five became legends.

1961 Four Seat Stingray Corvette XP-796 2+2

Ed Cole wanted a four-passenger Corvette to rival the Ferrari 2+2; Bunkie Knudsen thought it would ruin the car's image. Larry Shinoda's one-off XP-796 was the result, and Knudsen's diary tells how he killed it.

1964 XP-819 Rear Engine Corvette

Born from an argument between Zora Arkus-Duntov and Frank Winchell over whether a rear-engine V8 could handle, the XP-819 crashed in testing, went to Smokey Yunick in pieces and was later resurrected.

1963 Corvette Z06 Model Guide

Zora Arkus-Duntov's track-ready option package cost almost half the price of the car and only 199 buyers ticked the box. The 63 big-tank 'Tanker' coupes are among the most valuable Corvettes ever.

1966 Mid Engine Styling Proposal

Far more radical than what Zora Arkus-Duntov had in mind, this Styling Staff proposal gave the mid-engine chassis gullwing doors, rear air intakes and a periscope for rear vision.

1963 Wedge Concept

A front-engine Corvette proposal from late 1963 with doors that swung up and forward around the windshield pillar, side pipes and a short bobbed tail, prepared by Henry Haga's team at GM Styling.

1960 C2 Prototype XP-720

The C2 started as the Stingray Racer with a coupe roof. XP-720's October 1959 clay already had the door vents that would move to the front fenders on the 1963 Sting Ray.

C3 Corvette Special Editions, 1968–1982

The ZL1, the ZR1 and ZR2 packages, and then the two cars that invented the special edition: the 1978 Pace Car replica and the Silver Anniversary, followed by the 1982 Collector Edition that closed the generation.

MORE: THE C3 HUB / ALL C3 SPECIAL MODELS / THE C3 BUYER’S GUIDE

THE CAR YEAR BUILT
1969 Corvette ZL1 1969 Corvette ZL1
The all-aluminum 427 L88, a $4,718 option that doubled the price of the car; two sold
The guide / Year page		 1969 2
1970 Corvette ZR1 (1970–72) 1970 Corvette ZR1 (1970–72)
The LT-1 small-block racing package: the 370-hp solid-lifter 350, M22 gearbox, heavy-duty brakes and suspension, no radio or air; 25, 8 and 20 cars
The guide / Year page		 1970 53
1971 Corvette ZR2 1971 Corvette ZR2
The ZR1 package on the 425-hp LS6 454, one year only
The guide / Year page		 1971 12
1978 Indy 500 Pace Car Replica 1978 Indy 500 Pace Car Replica
The first pace-car replica, black over silver with the red stripe, its own VIN series and a dealer frenzy that sent asking prices to double sticker
The guide / Year page		 1978 6,502
1978 Silver Anniversary Edition 1978 Silver Anniversary Edition
Two-tone Silver over Charcoal for the car’s 25th birthday (RPO B2Z), the first anniversary edition
The guide / Year page		 1978 15,283
1982 Collector Edition 1982 Collector Edition
The send-off for the C3: Silver Beige, the first opening rear glass on a Corvette, turbine wheels, its own VIN series and the first Corvette over $20,000
The guide / Year page		 1982 6,759

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The 1978 Special Edition Corvettes

Two firsts for 1978: a Silver Anniversary Edition and an Indy Pace Car replica that ballooned from 300 planned cars to 6,502, or 15 percent of the year's production.

1982 Chevrolet Corvette Collector Edition

Built only to order after the 1978 pace car clone fiasco, the Collector Edition closed out the C3 with a lifting glass hatch, turbine wheels, bronze T-tops and the first Corvette window sticker past $20,000.

1972 Two Rotor XP-897 GT

GM wanted the $3 million rotary Corvette forgotten; it sat crated on a Luton rooftop for a decade until Tom Falconer talked Chuck Jordan out of crushing it. The survival story.

1975 Greenwood Sportwagon

Legend says a drummer wanted room for his kit. Greenwood's answer was a Corvette with a wagon roof and a working hatch, sold as a kit for the rubber-bumper Sharks.

1982 “Greenwood Daytona” Corvette

Dismiss it as a seventies body kit at your peril. The Greenwood Daytona was a race-bred aero package from Burt and John Greenwood, and this blue example wears the genuine Eckler's-built kit with a numbers-matching 350.

Corvette Sportwagon Model Guide

A Corvette with cargo space? Greenwood took Chuck Miller's Kammback kit, added a working glass hatch and a 22-gallon fuel cell, and created the rarest C3 body style of all.
1968 corvette race car #4

1968 Corvette L88 Race Cars

Six Le Mans starts for one chassis, a Ferrari-red Corvette held together with tape and rivets, and a 46-for-49 SCCA record. The L88 race cars that followed the 1968 Stingray.

1973 Corvette Four Rotor XP-882 Concept

Two rotary engines bolted together for 420 hp, gullwing doors and a silver-leather cabin: the Four-Rotor was GM's most serious mid-engine Corvette proposal of the 1970s.

1970 Scirocco Showcar

One 1968 Corvette lived three lives as Aero Coupe, Scirocco and Mulsanne. The Scirocco phase paced Can-Am races with the same all-aluminum ZL-1 that powered the dominant McLarens.

1968 Chevrolet Astro-Vette

Skirted rear wheels, smooth wheel discs and a roadster windshield made the Astro-Vette a slippery oddity, but its nose and tail showed up on production Corvettes in 1973 and 1974.

1969 Astro III Concept

A helicopter turbine, a single front wheel and a power canopy: the Astro III looked like a business jet because John DeLorean wanted it to. The strangest car in the Astro saga.

1968 Astro II (XP-880) Concept

Duntov built the Astro II from parts-counter Camaro and Corvette pieces to prove a mid-engine Corvette could reach production. GM said no, and the C8 took 50 more years.

1968-1969 Corvette Sting Ray L89

The L89 put aluminum heads on the 435 hp L71 and shaved 75 pounds off the nose of the new C3. Production numbers, pricing and performance for 1968 and 1969.

1977 Aero-Vette Concept

GM's chairman approved it for 1980 production, then Dave McLellan chose a front engine instead. How the gullwing Aerovette came within a signature of becoming the C4.

1973 XP-898 Concept

Four fiberglass skins, a shot of expanding urethane foam and fifteen minutes later you had a car body. The XP-898 tested a manufacturing idea rather than a styling one.

1980 Duntov Turbo (Corvette) Model Guide

Zora finally got his turbocharged Corvette in 1980, but not from GM. The ACI-built Duntov Turbo convertible doubled the price of a base car, melted its own hoses and flopped so hard Zora never received his own.

1980 4-Door Corvette America

A Corvette for growing families sounded like a stretch in 1980, yet California Custom Coach built six four-door C3s and Chevrolet nearly adopted the idea as the Corvette America before the price killed it.

1973 Reynolds XP-895

Reynolds Metals built an aluminum twin of the steel XP-895 and cut 450 pounds, then cost killed it. Decades later Dave McLellan had it rebuilt and drove it. The full account.
1971 ZR2 Convertible

1971 ZR1 & ZR2 Corvette Model Guide

Eight ZR1s and twelve ZR2s. Duntov's last factory racers paired an LT-1 or LS6 454 with an M22 and deleted the radio, A/C and power steering. Why they now bring $400,000-plus.
1969 Baldwin Motion Corvette

1968-1972 Baldwin Motion Corvettes

Joel Rosen guaranteed his Phase III Corvettes would run 11.50 in the quarter or your money back. How a Long Island Sunoco station became the most feared tuner of the muscle era.

1969 Corvette Manta Ray

Bill Mitchell could not let the Mako Shark II retire, so it came back in 1969 with a new roof, flying-buttress tail and a ZL-1 427. What changed and why it still matters.

Mid-Engine Corvette Prototypes: The XP-882

DeLorean cancelled it, then revived it to spite Ford's Pantera. The XP-882 became the Aerovette, approved for 1980 production until Dave McLellan chose a front-engine C4 instead.

1970-1972 Corvette ZR1

Long before the supercharged C6 and C7 cars, ZR1 meant a stripped small-block racer with no radio or A/C. Only 53 were sold from 1970 to 1972. Here is what the package included.

1969 Corvette ZL-1

The engine option cost almost as much as the car, so Chevrolet sold just two. Why the all-aluminum ZL-1 427 exists, what it really made and how it ran 12.1 in the quarter.

1978 Silver Anniversary Edition Corvette

Mechanically identical to every other 1978 Corvette, the Silver Anniversary Edition earned its collectible status with Jerry Palmer's two-tone paint, special badging and a strictly limited interior palette that still helps spot real cars today.

1974 Mulsanne Showcar

Bill Mitchell's personal Stingray wore 1975 bumpers, four rectangular headlamps and a 454 built from a ZL-1. The last life of the Aero Coupe and Scirocco car, shown in New York in 1975.

1978 Indy Pace Car Model

Chevrolet planned 2,500 replicas of its first Indy 500 pace car, then built 6,502 so every dealer had one. Here is how the RPO Z78 package came together, what it cost and why fakes followed.

1981 Greenwood Corvette GTO

Only two Greenwood GTOs were built, and on the track the Suction Cup car outworked the wilder Daytona. This guide spells out the hood, fender and rear bumper changes that separate the two widebody C3s.

C4 Corvette Special Editions, 1984–1996

Seven editions in thirteen years: the 1986 pace-car convertibles, the Konner cars, the 35th and 40th Anniversary, the 1995 pace car, and the Grand Sport and Collector Edition that ended the C4.

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THE CAR YEAR BUILT
1986 Indy 500 Pace Car Convertible 1986 Indy 500 Pace Car Convertible
The first Corvette convertible since 1975 paced Indianapolis, and Chevrolet called every 1986 convertible a pace car; the yellow cars are the ones that matched the track car
The guide / Year page		 1986 7,315
1986 Malcolm Konner Commemorative Edition 1986 Malcolm Konner Commemorative Edition
Fifty Silver Beige over Black coupes for the New Jersey dealer who sold more Corvettes than anyone
Year page		 1986 50
1988 35th Anniversary Edition 1988 35th Anniversary Edition
White over white with a black roof hoop, white wheels and leather, RPO Z01; the first numbered anniversary car
The guide / Year page		 1988 2,050
1993 40th Anniversary Edition 1993 40th Anniversary Edition
Ruby Red with Ruby leather and anniversary badges, RPO Z25, on coupes, convertibles and 245 ZR-1s
The guide / The 40th ZR-1 / Year page		 1993 6,749
1995 Indy 500 Pace Car Replica 1995 Indy 500 Pace Car Replica
Dark Purple over Arctic White convertibles with the track car’s graphics; the rarest of the replicas
The guide / Year page		 1995 527
1996 Grand Sport 1996 Grand Sport
Admiral Blue with the white stripe and red hash marks, the 330-hp LT4, ZR-1 wheels and flares on the coupe; the name’s first revival
The guide / Year page		 1996 1,000
1996 Collector Edition 1996 Collector Edition
Sebring Silver with ZR-1-style wheels and badges for the last C4, RPO Z15
The guide / Year page		 1996 5,412

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The 1992 Stingray III Concept

Drawn in GM's Los Angeles studio while the Corvette fought cancellation, the Stingray III previewed the C5's taillights and decklid but would have cost $300,000 per car.

1990 Corvette ZR1 Active Suspension

Only three drivable examples are believed to survive of the 25 active-suspension ZR-1s GM built with Lotus, the cars that led to Active Handling in 1996 and Magnetic Ride Control in 2003.

1995 Corvette GT1 C4 ZR1

Doug Rippie dreamed of Le Mans, so he built a ZR-1 with a 525 hp Black Widow LT5 and took on McLaren F1s and Ferrari F40s as Corvette Team USA. Both outings ended in DNFs.

1992 ZR-12 Corvette Falconer

When the Viper arrived, a group inside Chevrolet built Conan: a ZR-1 stretched 8.8 inches to swallow Ryan Falconer's 683 hp V12. It melted its tires on the first quarter-mile run.
1993 Corvette C4 40th Anniversary ZR-1 parked on street

1993 Corvette 40th Anniversary ZR-1

Ruby Red over Ruby Red, RPO Z25 on a 405 hp ZR-1 and just 250 built. This guide traces the ZR1 badge from a forgotten C2 option code to its 1993 anniversary peak.

1991 Callaway Corvette Speedster LM

A 766 hp twin-turbo LT5, a Le Mans GT2-derived body by Paul Deutschman and Candy Wine Red paint: the Super Speedster LM is the most powerful of the twelve Callaway Speedsters ever built.

1990 Corvette Challenge Car Series

Available for one week and only to race teams, the 23 R9G Corvettes of 1990 carried FX3 adjustable suspension and base 5.7-liter engines, leaving owners to do their own race prep.

1996 Corvette Grand Sport

Admiral Blue, one white stripe, two red hashes and a 330 hp LT4 behind an 8,000 rpm tach: Chevrolet built exactly 1,000 Grand Sports for 1996, each with its own serial number.

1989 Corvette ZR1 ‘Snake Skinner’

Built to skin the coming Viper, the Snake Skinner shed 250 pounds with magnesium, Kevlar and Lexan, then gained a 475 hp MerCruiser LT5. Specs, the Milford 185 mph run and its 2009 auction are all here.

1989 Corvette Challenge Car Series

Year two of the Corvette Challenge shrank to 29 cars, each ordered under option code R7F and converted by Powell strictly for racing. Here is what separated them from a showroom 1989 C4.
1988 Corvette Challenge Car Series

1988 Corvette Challenge Car Series

John Powell's one-make series put 56 factory-sealed, equally matched C4s on track. The B9P option code makes a real Challenge car easy to verify, and this guide lists exactly how each was equipped.

1996 Corvette Collector Edition

Sebring Silver paint, five-spoke wheels and an optional 330 hp LT4 with a ZF six-speed made the 5,412-unit Collector Edition a fitting farewell to the C4 Corvette.

1990 CERV III

Twin turbos, 650 horsepower, scissor doors and a $300,000-plus build cost: the CERV III was GM's last serious try at a mid-engine Corvette before the C5, and its roofline lived on in that car.
1984 PPG Indy Pace Car

1984 Corvette PPG Indy Pace Car

Built by PPG with Chevrolet to lead the Indy Car World Series, this one-off C4 swapped its Cross-Fire 350 for a 450 hp Katech V8. It now sits crushed and unrestored at the National Corvette Museum.

1994 Callaway SuperNatural C6 Corvette LM

Born from Reeves Callaway's Le Mans ambitions, the LM put carbon fiber race bodywork on a C4 with a 435 hp SuperNatural 383, running 0-60 in 4.1 seconds and the quarter in 12.5.
1993 ZR-1 COrvette

1990-1995 ZR-1 Corvette

Lotus engineered the LT5, Mercury Marine built it, and 6,939 ZR-1s left Bowling Green before a $72,000 price and a look-alike base car killed the King of the Hill. The full C4 ZR-1 story.

1992 – 1996 Callaway SuperNatural Corvette

When the LT1 arrived in 1992, Callaway swapped boost for displacement. The SuperNatural line grew from 400 to 450 hp on LT1 cars and 490 hp on ZR-1s, plus three twin-turbo LT5 specials.

1989 Corvette DR-1 Concept

GM wanted to know whether a topless ZR-1 could work, so ASC built one for Advanced Engineering chief Don Runkle. The answer was no, and the DR-1 remains a one-off.

1986 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car

Stung by the 1978 pace car backlash, Chevrolet made every reintroduced 1986 convertible a pace car replica with nothing more than a decal kit. Colors, VIN ranges and graphics options are all here.

1986 Corvette Indy Concept

Chuck Jordan saw the mid-engine Indy as a rolling showcase for satellite navigation, CRT gauges, Lotus active suspension and carbon construction. Its Lotus-tuned V8 program fed directly into the 1990 ZR-1.

1994 Guldstrand Grand Sport 90 (GS90)

Dick Guldstrand asked GM for fifteen ZR-1s and a few million dollars. He got one car and a blessing, and built the $206,208 GS90, the most elaborate specialty Corvette ever made.

1984 Bertone Ramarro

Bertone took a C4 chassis, moved the radiator to the back, fitted sliding doors and a lizard-skin interior, then unveiled the Ramarro in Los Angeles before the 1984 Olympics. Here is what the green lizard was all about.

1986 – 1989 Guldstrand Grand Sport 80 (GS80)

Aimed at autocross and Pro-Solo drivers, the GS80 turned Guldstrand from tuner into small-volume manufacturer. The guide breaks down the suspension package, the three TRACO engine stages and the removable roll bar.

1995 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car Replica

Dark Purple over Arctic White, embroidered headrests and ZR-1-style wheels: just 527 Z4Z replicas were built, and most dealers got exactly one. Here's what they cost then and now.

1988 Corvette 35th Anniversary Edition

White body, white wheels, white leather and a black roof halo made the 35th Anniversary coupe pure 1988. Unveiled at the New York Auto Show, it sold out fast and still trades above other C4s.

1992 Corvette CERV IV Concept

Built in secret for $1.2 million so GM management could not cancel it, CERV IV was a C4 shell hiding the next-generation V8 and interior that became the 1997 C5 Corvette.

1986 EX4607 (ZR-1 Prototype)

An engineless C4 shipped to Hawtal-Whiting to package the LT5 should have been crushed. Instead it ended up on an Essex farm, was sold, regretted for 14 years and finally reclaimed, prototype stickers intact.

1992 Corvette Sting Ray III

Fixed seats, a moving steering wheel and pedals, four-wheel steering and a pop-up rollover bar: the black cherry Sting Ray III was a 1960s-flavored vision of the Corvette that cost too much to build.

1988 Callaway Corvette “Sledgehammer”

Driven 700 miles to Ohio, run to 254.76 mph, then driven home in the rain with the air conditioning on. The Sledgehammer held the street-legal top speed record for 20 years, and this is how it was built.

1989 – 1991 Callaway Corvette Speedster

Fifty were planned and twelve were built. The Speedster was Callaway's send-off for the Twin Turbo program, a permanently topless carbon-bodied C4 with 450 hp, and the original 1991 press release is included.

1991 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 Spyder

GM never sold a ZR-1 convertible, but this ASC-built Spyder prototype came close, with a chopped windshield, aero bars and a signed hood the National Corvette Museum is still trying to find.

1989 Corvette ZR2 ‘Big Doggie’

Three C4 Corvettes got 454 big-blocks at GM's Arizona proving grounds, and the orange 1989 roadster nicknamed Big Doggie was the last. Here's how the ZR-2 offered ZR-1 pace at half the price and still died.

1985 Corvette Indy Concept

A year after the C4 launched, Corvette engineers were already sketching its mid-engine replacement. The silver 1985 Indy pushmobile tested public appetite and previewed the turbine wheels of later C4s.

1993 Callaway CR1 Corvette

The CR1 was Callaway's SuperNatural take on the ZR-1, stroking the LT5 to 475 or 490 bhp and offering the Aerobody, German upholstery, special wheels and exhausts on top.

1987 – 1991 Callaway Corvette B2K Twin Turbo

GM bought a Callaway twin-turbo Alfa, watched it embarrass a Corvette and handed Reeves Callaway an RPO code. Power, pricing and production of the B2K cars from 1987 to 1991 are covered year by year.

1987 – 1988 SCCA Trans-Am Corvette

Built by Bob Riley and Gary Pratt to beat the Roush Fords, the Protofab Corvette never dominated but launched two of racing's great chassis houses. Car histories, specs and drivers are traced here.

1990 Bertone Nivola Concept

Named for Tazio Nuvolari and built around the ZR-1's LT5, Bertone's Nivola reimagined the Corvette as a mid-engine European coupe with a lift-off roof and seats bolted straight to the floor.

1985-1988 Chevrolet Corvette GTP Race Car

A Corvette in name only, the GTP paired a Lola T710 chassis with a turbocharged Chevy V6 that eventually topped 1,100 hp. Seven were built, and the first still survives in England.

1991 Greenwood G4R Corvette

Racer John Greenwood's G4R turned the C4 into a serial-numbered aero special with a front wing that force-feeds the radiator, louvered hood and a rear wing proven in the Bridgestone Supercar Series.

C5 Corvette Special Editions, 1997–2004

Three editions: the 1998 pace-car replica, the 50th Anniversary of 2003 and the Commemorative Edition of 2004 that gave the Z06 a carbon hood. The Z06 itself and the Callaway C12 are on their own pages.

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1998 Indy 500 Pace Car Replica 1998 Indy 500 Pace Car Replica
Radar Blue with yellow wheels and the flame graphics, on the first C5 convertible; love it or hate it, the most recognizable pace car since 1978
The guide / Year page		 1998 1,163
2003 50th Anniversary Edition 2003 50th Anniversary Edition
Anniversary Red with Shale leather and the debut of Magnetic Selective Ride Control, RPO 1SC
The guide / Year page		 2003 11,632
2004 Commemorative Edition 2004 Commemorative Edition
Le Mans Blue with the C5-R’s stripes on coupes, convertibles and the Z06, whose carbon-fiber hood was the first on a production Corvette; 2,025 Z06s
The guide / Z06 CE sequence numbers / Year page		 2004 about 7,000

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Corvette Of The Day: 2003 Italdesign Moray Corvette

2003 Italdesign Moray Corvette

Italdesign's tribute to fifty years of Corvette wrapped C5 mechanicals in a body shaped like a moray eel, with clear semi-dome doors that swing up like wings. Shown at Geneva in 2003.

2001 Corvette “Tiger Shark” Concept

Built by Wheel-to-Wheel for GM Special Vehicles, the Tiger Yellow concept packed a 742-horsepower supercharged 427 and a hood vent that later appeared on the C7. Why the body kit flopped.

2002 Corvette White Shark Concept

A 512-horsepower nod to the 1965 Mako Shark, dressed in Shark Sand tri-stage pearl with Klein Karoo ostrich leather inside. The specs and details of Chevrolet's 2002 SEMA show Corvette.

2001 – 2004 Corvette Z06

Built on the Fixed Roof Coupe and powered by the LS6, the C5 Z06 pushed the Corvette from sports car to supercar. From Zora's 1963 original to the 2004 car's 7:56 Nurburgring lap.

1998 Greenwood G5R Corvette

Greenwood's G5R body kit bolted a frame-mounted rear wing, splitter and rear tunnel onto the C5, promising measurable downforce from 50 mph. What the package included and how it was built.

1998 Corvette Indy Pace Car Replica

Nearly identical to the car Parnelli Jones drove at the 82nd Indy 500, the Radar Blue and yellow 1998 replica was the first with factory-applied livery. Production numbers, RPO Z4Z pricing and collector values.

1999 Corvette 24 Hours of Le Mans Pace Car

Chevrolet sent a near-stock 345-horsepower C5 to lead the field at Le Mans in 1999, the same year the C5-R debuted. The original press release and what was changed for pace duty.

2003 Corvette 50th Anniversary Edition

Every 2003 Corvette wore 50th badges, but the Anniversary Red package added Shale leather, champagne wheels and the debut of Magnetic Selective Ride Control. Pricing and package details.
1997 Callaway C12 Corvette Silver

1997 – 2001 Callaway C12 Corvette

Built with Germany's IVM to homologate a Le Mans GT2 racer, the C12 kept only the C5's door cuts and glass. Twenty were made at about $200,000 each, and the C12.R took pole at Le Mans in 2001.

2004 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car

The final C5 led the field at Indy with little more than coolers, a freer muffler, racing belts and strobes added. The Americana-themed paint scheme and Chevrolet's original press release.

2002 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car

Corvette kicked off its 50th anniversary celebration by leading the field at Indy for a fifth time. Pace car highlights, the fleet of festival Corvettes and Camaros, and the original Chevrolet press release.

1999 Corvette Rolex 24 of Daytona Pace Car

The first fixed-roof Corvette since the 1967 Sting Ray got its public debut leading the Rolex 24 field. Jon Moss, Gary Claudio and the original press release on how little Chevy had to change.

2003 Guldstrand 50th Anniversary Corvette

Fifty Z06 hardtops got a Katech-stroked small block, two-tone Anniversary Gold and Cobalt Blue paint and a John Schinella interior. How the 500-hp Guldstrand tested against Lingenfelter's 427.

1999 – 2004 Corvette C5-R

GM's first true factory Corvette racer started with a 6.0-liter LS1-based V8 and grew into a 427 Le Mans winner. Race-by-race results for every ALMS season from 1999 to 2004.

C6 Corvette Special Editions, 2005–2013

The busiest generation for editions: two pace-car replicas, the Ron Fellows Z06, the 427 Limited Edition, the GT1 Championship Edition, the Z06 Carbon, the Centennial, the 427 Convertible Collector Edition and the 60th Anniversary.

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2007 Z06 Ron Fellows Championship Edition 2007 Z06 Ron Fellows Championship Edition
Arctic White with red fender stripes and Fellows’s signature on the dash, the first Corvette special edition named for a driver
The guide / Year page		 2007 399
2007 Indy 500 Pace Car Replica 2007 Indy 500 Pace Car Replica
Atomic Orange convertibles with the track car’s graphics, 500 built
The guide / Year page		 2007 500
2008 Indy 500 Pace Car Replica 2008 Indy 500 Pace Car Replica
Black and silver for the 30th anniversary of the 1978 car, coupes and convertibles
The guide / Year page		 2008 500
2008 427 Limited Edition Z06 2008 427 Limited Edition Z06
Crystal Red Z06 with the 427 hood badge and plant manager Wil Cooksey’s signature; 505 cars for 505 horsepower
The guide / Year page		 2008 505
2009 GT1 Championship Edition 2009 GT1 Championship Edition
Coupes, convertibles and Z06s in Velocity Yellow or black with the C6.R’s graphics, for the team’s GT1 titles; 600 planned, far fewer built
The guide / The Z06 GT1 / Year page		 2009 600 planned
2011 Z06 Carbon Limited Edition 2011 Z06 Carbon Limited Edition
The Z06 with the ZR1’s carbon-ceramic brakes, Magnetic Ride and carbon aero in Inferno Orange or Supersonic Blue; 500 planned, 252 built
The guide / Year page		 2011 252
2012 Centennial Edition 2012 Centennial Edition
Carbon Flash Metallic with satin-black wheels and Louis Chevrolet badges for Chevrolet’s 100th birthday, on every model from Grand Sport to ZR1
The guide / Year page		 2012 option
2013 427 Convertible Collector Edition 2013 427 Convertible Collector Edition
The Z06’s 505-hp LS7 in a convertible for the first time, with the Grand Sport’s wide body; the fastest Corvette convertible to that point
The guide / Year page		 2013 2,552
2013 60th Anniversary Design Package 2013 60th Anniversary Design Package
Arctic White with Blue Diamond leather and the 60th badges, on every model; the 427 Convertible wore it best
The guide / Year page		 2013 option

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2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Daytona 500 Pace Car

2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Daytona 500 Pace Car

For the first time, a pace car out-muscled the restrictor-plate field: the 505-horsepower Z06 versus roughly 450-hp Cup cars. The heat-shift paint scheme, Jay Leno and the original press release.

2008 Corvette Competition

Launched for the 2008 ALMS season after Corvette Racing's Sebring double, the Competition was a black, weight-conscious European special. Honeycomb grille scoops, Z06 spoiler, Competition Grey alloys and a stripped options list.

2009 Corvette GT1 Championship Edition

Unveiled at Sebring to mark eight ALMS titles and five Le Mans class wins, the GT1 Championship Edition came in yellow for the No. 3 car and black for the No. 4, with matching VINs. Package contents and production limits.

2006 – 2013 Corvette Z06

The 505-horsepower LS7 made the C6 Z06 the fastest Corvette of its day. Year-by-year changes, special editions and specs for the 2006 through 2013 cars.

2005 – 2013 Callaway C16 Corvette

Every panel but the roof, hatch and mirrors was new on Callaway's C6-based supercar, offered as coupe, convertible and 700-hp Speedster. Specs, pricing and the original launch press releases.

2009 Corvette Stingray Concept

Equal parts race car and spaceship, the Sideswipe concept let GM's Corvette designers run free of production rules. Ed Welburn explains why the 1959 Stingray racer inspired the no-holds-barred 2009 vision concept.

2005 – 2013 Callaway C17 Corvette (C6)

From naturally aspirated SuperNatural packages to the 652-horsepower SC652, Callaway's 17th project spanned the whole C6 era. The RCSE and the 2012 RPO B2K Grand Sport that ran 10.8 in the quarter.

2008 Pratt & Miller C6RS

Chevrolet asked its own race team for a road-legal C6.R and got a 500-cubic-inch monster with more torque than the ZR1. Jay Leno bought the first at SEMA 2007; the financial crisis meant only seven ever followed.

2008-2009 Hertz Corvette ZHZ

Rental-fleet Corvette or future collectible? Hertz's Fun Collection ZHZ got a black stripe, polished seven-spoke wheels and Magnetic Ride, finished by hand at a Louisville dealer. Production, specs and what they have sold for since.

2008 Corvette 427 Limited Edition

A retirement gift to Bowling Green plant manager Wil Cooksey, the 427 Limited Edition Z06 was capped at 505 cars to match its horsepower. Crystal Red paint, stinger-style hood graphics and a signed armrest in every one.

2009 Competition Sport Z06 Corvette

Just 20 Z06s worldwide got the Competition Sport treatment. Mechanically untouched at 505 hp, this one wore gray stripes and wheels, red calipers, a carbon-look engine cover and a racing-style #38 on its doors.

2009 Competition Sport Corvette

A spring 2009 run of just 72 cars gave track-day purists the Corvette Racing look without ZR1 money. Gray stripes, headlamps and wheels, Jake logos, a numbered racing roundel and Z51 hardware on the coupe version.

2009 Corvette Z06 GT1 Championship Edition

Corvette Racing's eight ALMS championships and five Le Mans wins got a 505-hp tribute. Velocity Yellow cars carry 300001-series VINs for the No. 3 C6.R, black cars 400001 for the No. 4; the Z06 version of the package explained.

2008 Corvette C6 GT4

Six weeks after a new C6 Z51 coupe arrived in Leingarten, Callaway Competition had turned it into an FIA GT4 racer. Stock 437-hp LS3, dry sump, rollcage and center-lock wheels for Kroymans Racing's 2008 season.
Corvette C6R

2005 – 2009 Corvette C6-R

Built on the same hydroformed frame rails as the road car, the C6.R won GT1 at Le Mans and dominated the ALMS. Race-by-race results from 2005 through the emotional 2009 Le Mans finale.
2007 Victory Edition Corvette

2007 Victory Edition Corvette

Built to celebrate five GT1 class wins at Le Mans, the Victory Edition was sold only in Europe. Just 250 numbered cars, Competition Grey wheels, two-tone leather and a one-day track school bundled into the £51,285 price.

2012 Corvette Centennial Edition

Chevrolet's 100th birthday package dressed every 2012 Corvette, Z06 and ZR1 included, in Carbon Flash Metallic with satin black wheels; the first car sold for $175,000 at Barrett-Jackson.

2011 Corvette Z06 Carbon Limited Edition

Only 500 were built to mark 50 years since Corvette first raced at Le Mans, pairing the naturally aspirated Z06 with ZR1 brakes, Magnetic Ride and a carbon fiber hood.

2009 – 2013 Corvette C6.R GT2

When GT1 died, Corvette Racing rebuilt the C6.R around the production ZR1's aluminum frame and fenders. How the GT2 car came together in months, why its engine shrank to 5.5 liters, and who drove the Compuware Corvettes.
Corvette GT3 C6 Z06-R

2006 – 2013 Corvette GT3 C6 Z06-R

Built by Ernst Woehr's Callaway Competition from export Z06 road cars, the Z06.R won FIA GT3 team and driver titles in 2007 and 2008. Complete engine, chassis and bodywork specs.

2005 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car

The C6 convertible made its track debut leading the Indy 500 with a former Secretary of State at the wheel. Paint details, pace car and festival car counts, and the original Chevrolet release.

2009 Corvette SV 9 Competizione

Promised as a 1,000-car run with Italian style over a 450-hp LS3, the SV 9 Competizione ended after four cars when its creator was convicted of running a Ponzi scheme. The full story and what the cars fetch today.

2007 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car Replica

Chevrolet had not sold a pace car replica since 1998. The 2007 Indy 500 edition changed that with 500 Atomic Orange convertibles, gold ribbon graphics and a 400-hp LS2. Specs, options and build numbers inside.

2008 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car Replica

The first Indy pace car replica offered as either coupe or convertible, each with Emerson Fittipaldi's autograph inside the console. Body-style, transmission, top-color and export breakdowns, plus the one Z06 built in pace car colors.

2008 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car

For the first time, two different Corvettes paced the Indy 500 in one year. An ethanol-burning Z06 concept in color-shifting Gold Rush Green led the field under Emerson Fittipaldi while a 30th anniversary edition honored the 1978 original.

2009 Specter Werkes GTR

Specter's SEMA showpiece paired its widebody GTR package with a Lingenfelter twin-turbo LS7 and the first carbon fiber HRE wheels on a GTR. Features, partners and which C6 models could get the package.

2010 Corvette Grand Sport

The Grand Sport name returned in 2010 on a wide-body C6 that paired the 430 hp LS3 with Z06 brakes and suspension, replacing the Z51 package and adding a convertible.

2007 Corvette Z06 Ron Fellows Championship Edition

Mocked for its mile-long name when new, the Ron Fellows Z06 was the first factory-signed, numbered Corvette. Arctic White paint, maple-leaf hash stripes, red interior accents and just 399 built, 300 of them for the US.
2013 C6 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

2013 C6 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

The 2013 ZR1 closed out the C6 era with its 638 hp supercharged LS9 and optional 60th Anniversary package; this page is a placeholder awaiting the full model guide.

2012 C6 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

The 2012 ZR1 kept its 638 hp supercharged LS9 and 205 mph top speed as the fastest C6; this page is a placeholder awaiting the full model guide.

2011 C6 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

The 2011 ZR1 carried over the 638 hp supercharged LS9 and carbon ceramic brakes as the C6 flagship; this page is a placeholder awaiting the full model guide.

2010 C6 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

The ZR1 returned for 2010 with its 638-hp supercharged LS9, carbon-fiber bodywork and a speedometer reading to 220 mph. Year-two details for Chevrolet's six-figure Blue Devil supercar.
2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

2009 – 2013 Corvette ZR1

Code-named Blue Devil after GM's CEO, the C6 ZR1 was the most powerful Corvette yet. The full story from the 1970 LT-1 and Lotus-built LT5 lineage through the LS9's Eaton supercharger, carbon bodywork and year-by-year details.

2011 Corvette Z06X Track Car Concept

Chevrolet and Pratt & Miller turned a Z07-package Z06 into a closed-course track car, removing the radio and carpet and adding an SCCA roll cage, racing seat and adjustable carbon wing.

2010 Corvette Jake Edition

Corvette Racing's skull mascot inspired this Grand Sport show car, built almost entirely from Genuine Corvette Accessories to show how any owner could build a Jake special.

2007 Corvette Z06 Brickyard 400 Pace Car

Only strobe lights, racing belts and a brick-inspired red, white and blue paint scheme separated this Z06 from showroom cars. How Chevrolet marked 14 straight years of pacing NASCAR's Brickyard race with its fastest-ever model.

2012 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car

Guy Fieri led the 2012 Indy 500 field in a 2013 ZR1, the most powerful production car ever to pace the race, dressed in the Arctic White 60th Anniversary livery.

2010 Corvette Brickyard 400 Pace Car

A Bowling Green-style green and white Grand Sport coupe led the 2010 Brickyard 400 field, with Arctic White convertibles as festival cars and Jamie McMurray taking the win.

2006 Corvette Z06 Brickyard 400 Pace Car

Months after leading the Indy 500, the Z06 came back to Indianapolis Motor Speedway to pace NASCAR's Brickyard 400 with only strobes and belts added. Paint scheme and race-day recap.

2007 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car

The first regular-production Indy pace car replica since 1998: 500 Atomic Orange convertibles with gold ribbon graphics and Z51. Features, pricing and the Grey's Anatomy star who drove the real thing.

2006 Corvette Z06 Indy 500 Pace Car

The eighth Corvette to pace Indy needed just strobe lights and safety gear thanks to 505 horsepower and 1.01 g of grip. Lance Armstrong, the Americana livery and the original release.

2009 Corvette Z06 Brickyard 400 Pace Car

For a fifth consecutive year a Corvette Z06 led the NASCAR field at Indianapolis. Chevrolet's July 2009 announcement, its pacing records at IMS, and Jimmie Johnson's back-to-back Brickyard win.

2008 Corvette Z06 Brickyard 400 Pace Car

After nearly five decades at GM, John Middlebrook retired by driving the Corvette Z06 Pace Car to the green at the 2008 Brickyard 400. Why Chevrolet handed him the keys and how the Corvette's IMS pacing record kept growing.
2008 Corvette Daytona Pace Car

2008 Daytona 500 Pace Car

Unveiled in Orlando with Kevin Harvick on hand, the 50th Daytona 500 pace car wore a gold, red, blue and white scheme and iridescent gold wheels over a stock 505-hp Z06. Specs and backstory of Corvette's fifth straight Daytona duty.

2007 Daytona 500 Pace Car

Unveiled by NEXTEL Cup drivers Tony Raines and Jeff Green, the red, white and blue 2007 Daytona 500 Corvette was driven to the green by baseball iron man Cal Ripken Jr. The story of Corvette's fourth straight Daytona pace duty.

C7 Corvette Special Editions, 2014–2019

Design packages and racing tributes: the Atlantic and Pacific packages, the Z06 C7.R Edition, the Grand Sport Collector Edition, the Carbon 65 and the Drivers Series, with the ZR1 and the Z06 pacing Indianapolis.

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2015 Atlantic and Pacific Design Packages 2015 Atlantic and Pacific Design Packages
Two themed packages for the Z51 Stingray: the Atlantic for the convertible, the Pacific for the coupe, with the Z06’s aero and interior pieces
The guide / Year page		 2015 option
2015 Z06 Indy 500 Pace Car 2015 Z06 Indy 500 Pace Car
The 650-hp Z06 paced the 99th Indianapolis 500 with Jeff Gordon driving; a pace-car edition followed
The guide / Year page		 2015 —
2016 Z06 C7.R Edition 2016 Z06 C7.R Edition
Corvette Racing Yellow or black with the C7.R’s graphics, the Z07 package and carbon aero, for the team’s 2015 Le Mans win
Year page		 2016 500
2017 Grand Sport Collector Edition 2017 Grand Sport Collector Edition
Watkins Glen Gray with Tension Blue leather and the Grand Sport hash marks in blue, RPO Z25
The guide / Year page		 2017 850
2018 Carbon 65 Edition 2018 Carbon 65 Edition
Ceramic Matrix Gray Grand Sport and Z06 with visible-carbon aero and a blue interior for the 65th anniversary
The guide / Year page		 2018 650
2019 Grand Sport Drivers Series 2019 Grand Sport Drivers Series
Four liveries for Corvette Racing’s drivers (Milner, Magnussen, Gavin, Garcia) on the Grand Sport
The guide / Year page		 2019 —
2019 ZR1 Indy 500 Pace Car 2019 ZR1 Indy 500 Pace Car
The 755-hp ZR1 paced the 2018 race with Victor Oladipo driving, after Mark Reuss crashed the first car on a parade lap
The guide / Year page		 2019 —

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2014 – 2019 Callaway C7 AeroWagen

Paul Deutschman's carbon fiber hatch swaps onto any C7 coupe, Stingray, Grand Sport or Z06, adding roughly a pound and room for three golf bags while keeping factory latches.

2020 Callaway 25th Anniversary Edition

A hardened SC757 with 757 hp and 777 lb-ft, Callaway's 25th Anniversary Edition fixes the C7 Z06's cooling woes and adds carbon aero. Standard equipment, the Champion Package and the Competition options list.

2020 Callaway Corvette C7 Z06 Champion

Hand-built in Connecticut and California to honor 25 years of Callaway GT racing, the Champion pairs a 757-hp SC757 package with a huge rear wing and track suspension. Equipment, performance and warranty details.

2021 Zagato IsoRivolta GTZ

Milan coachbuilder Zagato reskinned the C7 Corvette Z06 as a spiritual successor to Giotto Bizzarrini's Iso Grifo A3/C. Design, Corvette underpinnings, performance and the 19-car production plan.

2019 Corvette Grand Sport Drivers Series

Four Corvette Racing drivers each designed a Grand Sport color and graphics package for 2019. The exterior colors, stripes, interior details and pricing for the Milner, Gavin, Magnussen and Garcia editions.

2015 Corvette Z06 Indy 500 Pace Car

Five-time Brickyard winner Jeff Gordon paced the 2015 Indy 500 in a production-spec Z06, Arctic White over Adrenaline Red, hours before racing the Coca-Cola 600.

2018 C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06

Production of the 2018 Z06 came to 2,353 coupes and 449 convertibles, each with the 650-hp supercharged LT4. Colors, pricing, interior equipment and the Carbon 65 package that marked the Corvette's 65th year.

2019 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car

For the 16th time a Corvette led the Indy 500 field, this time a Long Beach Red Grand Sport joined by 33 Stingray festival cars. Equipment and performance of the 2019 pace car.

2018 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car

The fastest Corvette ever built led the field at the 2018 Indy 500. Equipment, performance figures and the strobe-equipped Indy graphics package on the 2019 ZR1 pace car, plus the 14 Corvettes that paced before it.

2013 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car

49ers coach Jim Harbaugh drove the brand-new C7 Stingray, in Laguna Blue with the Z51 package and a 450 hp LT1, to lead the 2013 Indy 500 field to the green flag.

2019 Yenko/SC Corvette Stage II

Ordered through select Chevy dealers, SVE's Yenko/SC Stage II turns a Grand Sport Z07 into a 1,000-hp, 875 lb-ft supercharged monster. Engine build, options, pricing, warranty terms and the 25-car production cap.
Stingray Atlantic Concept

2013 Corvette Trio of SEMA Concepts

Chevrolet's SEMA 2013 headliners were three C7 Stingrays, the jet-inspired Atlantic, the track-ready Pacific and a Gran Turismo 6 tribute, all dressed in catalog accessories.
The No. 4 C7.R Corvette Race Car at Sunset in Daytona Beach, Florida

VIDEO: 2014 – 2019 Corvette Stingray C7.R

Pratt & Miller pulled C7.R frames straight off the Z06 line in Bowling Green. Doug Fehan and Tadge Juechter explain the cascade engineering that links the road car and the racer.
2019 Corvette ZR1 in Sebring, Orange

2019 Corvette ZR1 Guide

Only the fourth Corvette ever to wear the ZR1 badge, the 2019 car brought 755 hp, a 52 percent larger supercharger and a High Wing worth 950 pounds of downforce. Engine, transmissions, aero packages and the ZTK option.

2017 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car

The 14th Corvette to pace the Indianapolis 500 was a Z07-equipped Grand Sport with carbon-ceramic Brembos and a unique Indy graphics package. Here is what Chevrolet sent to lead the field in 2017.
The 2018 Carbon 65 Edition Corvette

2018 Corvette Carbon 65 Edition

Chevrolet marked the Corvette's 65th anniversary with 650 numbered Carbon 65 Edition cars in a new Ceramic Matrix Gray. Which trims qualified, what the carbon-fiber package included and what RPO Z30 cost.

2017 Grand Sport Collectors Edition (Z25)

Watkins Glen Gray Metallic, Tension Blue hash marks and a headrest embossed with the original Grand Sport racer set the Z25 Collector Edition apart. Colors, equipment and performance numbers for the 2017 package.

2017 Corvette Grand Sport

Unveiled at Geneva in March 2016, the C7 Grand Sport married the Z06's wide body and chassis to the 460 hp LT1, lapping Milford just a second behind the C6 ZR1 with Z07.

2014 Corvette Stingray Premiere Edition

Just 500 Laguna Blue coupes launched the C7, each with the Z51 package, brown suede trim, an exposed carbon roof, a hood stinger stripe and a numbered plaque.

2016 Corvette Z06 C7.R Edition

A road-going tribute to the Corvette Racing C7.R, limited to 500 numbered cars in Corvette Racing Yellow Tintcoat or Black, every one fitted with the Z07 Performance Package.

2015 – 2019 Corvette Z06 Guide

The first supercharged Z06 brought 650 hp and 650 lb-ft, an eight-speed automatic and, thanks to a 20 percent stiffer aluminum frame, a convertible for the first time since 1963.

C8 Corvette Special Editions, 2020–present

The mid-engine editions so far: the 2020 pace car, the IMSA GTLM Championship Edition, the 70th Anniversary, the Stars & Steel and Quail Silver runs of 2026 and the ZR1X that paced the 2026 Indianapolis 500.

MORE: THE C8 HUB / ALL C8 SPECIAL MODELS / THE C8 BUYER’S GUIDE

THE CAR YEAR BUILT
2020 Stingray Indy 500 Pace Car 2020 Stingray Indy 500 Pace Car
The first mid-engine Corvette paced the first Indianapolis 500 run without spectators, in August 2020
The guide / Year page		 2020 —
2022 Stingray IMSA GTLM Championship Edition 2022 Stingray IMSA GTLM Championship Edition
Accelerate Yellow or Hypersonic Gray with the C8.R’s graphics and the Z51 package, for the 2020 and 2021 championships
The guide / Year page		 2022 1,000
2023 70th Anniversary Edition 2023 70th Anniversary Edition
White Pearl or Carbon Flash with Ceramic White leather, red brake calipers and the 70th badges, on the Stingray and the new Z06
The guide / The Z06 70th / Year page		 2023 option
2026 Stars & Steel Limited Edition 2026 Stars & Steel Limited Edition
A 250-car run for America’s 250th birthday with red, white and blue accents, across the lineup; the one-off ZR1X sold at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale for charity
The guide / Year page		 2026 250
2026 ZR1X Quail Silver Limited Edition 2026 ZR1X Quail Silver Limited Edition
A numbered ZR1X run in the Quail Silver launch color
Year page		 2026 limited
2027 ZR1X Indy 500 Pace Car 2027 ZR1X Indy 500 Pace Car
The 1,250-hp ZR1X paced the 110th Indianapolis 500 in 2026, unveiled at the Speedway for America’s 250th
Year page		 2027 —

More C8 Specials: Dealer Editions, Tuners, One-Offs and Show Cars

Every C8 special-model guide on the site, newest first; load more for the rest.

2026 Corvette E-Ray In-Depth Guide

Production ends after 2026, and the final E-Ray is the most polished one. Chevrolet deleted the wall of buttons, moved Charge+ to the wheel and added PTM Pro while leaving the 655-hp hybrid untouched.
Front view of 2026 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X Quail Silver Limited Edition.

2026 Corvette ZR1X In-Depth Guide

An 8.675-second quarter mile on pump gas and street tires. The ZR1X guide explains how the ZR1's LT7 and the E-Ray's electric axle combine, the 6:49 Nürburgring lap, chassis options and pricing.

2027 Corvette Grand Sport In-Depth Guide

No turbos, no hybrid, just 409 cubic inches of naturally aspirated V8 in a Z06-width body. The 2027 Grand Sport guide covers the LS6, Z52 packages, the AWD Grand Sport X and the $60,000 gap to a 911 GTS.

2026 Corvette ZR1 In-Depth Guide

Forced induction returns to the Corvette with no hybrid assistance and no apology. The 2026 ZR1 guide covers the LT7, 9.6-second quarter mile, ZTK aero, braking hardware and the $524,950 Ferrari it matches.
3/4 side view of a 2024 silver C8 Corvette Z06

2024 Corvette Z06 In-Depth Guide

No major updates for 2024, and none were needed. The mid-engine Z06 still screams to 8,600 rpm with 670 naturally aspirated horsepower, and this guide covers the LT6, Z07 package, cabin tech and pricing.
The 2024 Corvette E-Ray (Image courtesy of Chevrolet.)

2024 Corvette E-Ray In-Depth Guide

The first electrified Corvette pairs the LT2 V8 with a front electric motor and a 1.9-kWh battery for 655 hp and a 2.5-second 0-60. Powertrain, Stealth Mode, AWD handling, aero, interior tech and pricing.
Front view of a 2025 Corvette E-Ray with mountain background

2025 Corvette E-Ray In-Depth Guide

The first all-wheel-drive Corvette is also one of the quickest. This guide breaks down the E-Ray's through-the-road hybrid system, 2.5-second launches, new 2025 options and how it compares with the Z06.
2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 in Elkhart Lake Blue Metallic driving down a road.

2025 Corvette Z06 In-Depth Guide

An 8,600-rpm V8 that Car and Driver likened to a Ferrari 458 hitting puberty. The 2025 Z06 guide covers performance numbers, Z07 hardware, new colors and wheels, cabin tech and pricing.

2025 C8 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Model Guide

King of the Hill returns with 1,064 horsepower. Here is how the twin-turbo LT7 differs from the Z06's LT6, what the ZTK package adds, and why the 2025 ZR1 tops 233 mph.
Front view of 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 in Amplify Orange Tint.

2023 C8 Chevrolet Corvette Z06

The eighth-generation Z06 arrived with the most powerful naturally aspirated V8 ever put in a production car. How the LT6's flat-plane crank, titanium rods and DOHC heads were engineered, plus options and VIN details.

2024 Corvette Z06 GT3.R

Seen at the 2023 Rolex 24, the Z06 GT3.R is the first Corvette built to full FIA GT3 rules and the first sold to customer teams. Chassis, suspension, aero and how much it shares with the street Z06.

2023 Corvette 70th Anniversary Special Edition

Seventy years after the first car left Flint, Chevrolet dressed the 2023 Stingray and Z06 in a 70th Anniversary package. Paint colors, stripes, wheels, two-tone Ceramic interior and badging covered in full.

2022 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car

A White Pearl 2023 Z06 70th Anniversary Edition with the Z07 package led the field at the 2022 Indy 500, Sarah Fisher at the wheel. Equipment, pace car graphics and the Corvette's 19th pace car appearance.

2021 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car

The first drop-top Indy 500 pace car since 2011, the 2021 Corvette convertible wore Arctic White with black and yellow stripes and the Z51 pack. Its graphics, equipment and integrated lighting detailed.

2020 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car

The first mid-engine Corvette to pace the Indy 500 did it in August, with Mark Reuss at the wheel of a Torch Red Stingray. Equipment, performance and Chevrolet's 17-time Corvette pace car record.
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R

2020 – Present Corvette C8.R

Chevrolet's first mid-engine race car shares more parts with its production counterpart than any Corvette before it. Engine, gearbox, chassis, the silver and yellow liveries and the C8.R's path from Road Atlanta to Daytona.

Dealer and Tuner Specials

The Corvettes made special by someone other than Chevrolet: Callaway, Greenwood, Guldstrand, Baldwin-Motion, Yenko/SC, Lingenfelter, Hennessey and the rest.

MORE: THE CALLAWAY GUIDE / THE GREENWOOD GUIDE

Corvette Of The Day: 2003 Italdesign Moray Corvette

2003 Italdesign Moray Corvette

Italdesign's tribute to fifty years of Corvette wrapped C5 mechanicals in a body shaped like a moray eel, with clear semi-dome doors that swing up like wings. Shown at Geneva in 2003.

1975 Greenwood Sportwagon

Legend says a drummer wanted room for his kit. Greenwood's answer was a Corvette with a wagon roof and a working hatch, sold as a kit for the rubber-bumper Sharks.

1982 “Greenwood Daytona” Corvette

Dismiss it as a seventies body kit at your peril. The Greenwood Daytona was a race-bred aero package from Burt and John Greenwood, and this blue example wears the genuine Eckler's-built kit with a numbers-matching 350.

Corvette Sportwagon Model Guide

A Corvette with cargo space? Greenwood took Chuck Miller's Kammback kit, added a working glass hatch and a 22-gallon fuel cell, and created the rarest C3 body style of all.

1959 Scaglietti Coupe

When his Ferrari Monza broke its crank, a Texas Chevy dealer sent three Corvette chassis to Scaglietti. The aluminum fastbacks lost 400 pounds, cost $9,200 and were built out of Enzo Ferrari's sight.

George Barris’ 1963 Corvette “Asteroid”

Ordered in primer and shipped straight to Barris Kustoms, this 1963 Corvette became a copper street-and-strip custom with a 352ci six-carb V8, running 12.20 at 118 mph. It crossed the Barrett-Jackson block in 2022.

1991 Callaway Corvette Speedster LM

A 766 hp twin-turbo LT5, a Le Mans GT2-derived body by Paul Deutschman and Candy Wine Red paint: the Super Speedster LM is the most powerful of the twelve Callaway Speedsters ever built.

2014 – 2019 Callaway C7 AeroWagen

Paul Deutschman's carbon fiber hatch swaps onto any C7 coupe, Stingray, Grand Sport or Z06, adding roughly a pound and room for three golf bags while keeping factory latches.

1980 Duntov Turbo (Corvette) Model Guide

Zora finally got his turbocharged Corvette in 1980, but not from GM. The ACI-built Duntov Turbo convertible doubled the price of a base car, melted its own hoses and flopped so hard Zora never received his own.

2020 Callaway 25th Anniversary Edition

A hardened SC757 with 757 hp and 777 lb-ft, Callaway's 25th Anniversary Edition fixes the C7 Z06's cooling woes and adds carbon aero. Standard equipment, the Champion Package and the Competition options list.

2020 Callaway Corvette C7 Z06 Champion

Hand-built in Connecticut and California to honor 25 years of Callaway GT racing, the Champion pairs a 757-hp SC757 package with a huge rear wing and track suspension. Equipment, performance and warranty details.

2005 – 2013 Callaway C16 Corvette

Every panel but the roof, hatch and mirrors was new on Callaway's C6-based supercar, offered as coupe, convertible and 700-hp Speedster. Specs, pricing and the original launch press releases.

1980 4-Door Corvette America

A Corvette for growing families sounded like a stretch in 1980, yet California Custom Coach built six four-door C3s and Chevrolet nearly adopted the idea as the Corvette America before the price killed it.

1961 Corvette Vignale Coupe

Designed by Gordon Kelly and bodied in Italy by Vignale, this one-off coupe debuted at the 1961 Paris Salon on a 1960 Corvette chassis. Its polished brake drums double as wheel centers, an option GM never offered.

1957 Corvette Ghia-Aigle Coupe

A Corvette rebodied in aluminum by a Swiss coachbuilder for Geneva 1957, then lost for decades. Found in Portugal with just 3,800 km, the Michelotti coupe carries Borrani wires and a wood-rimmed wheel.

2005 – 2013 Callaway C17 Corvette (C6)

From naturally aspirated SuperNatural packages to the 652-horsepower SC652, Callaway's 17th project spanned the whole C6 era. The RCSE and the 2012 RPO B2K Grand Sport that ran 10.8 in the quarter.

2021 Zagato IsoRivolta GTZ

Milan coachbuilder Zagato reskinned the C7 Corvette Z06 as a spiritual successor to Giotto Bizzarrini's Iso Grifo A3/C. Design, Corvette underpinnings, performance and the 19-car production plan.

2008 Pratt & Miller C6RS

Chevrolet asked its own race team for a road-legal C6.R and got a 500-cubic-inch monster with more torque than the ZR1. Jay Leno bought the first at SEMA 2007; the financial crisis meant only seven ever followed.

1994 Callaway SuperNatural C6 Corvette LM

Born from Reeves Callaway's Le Mans ambitions, the LM put carbon fiber race bodywork on a C4 with a 435 hp SuperNatural 383, running 0-60 in 4.1 seconds and the quarter in 12.5.
1969 Baldwin Motion Corvette

1968-1972 Baldwin Motion Corvettes

Joel Rosen guaranteed his Phase III Corvettes would run 11.50 in the quarter or your money back. How a Long Island Sunoco station became the most feared tuner of the muscle era.

1992 – 1996 Callaway SuperNatural Corvette

When the LT1 arrived in 1992, Callaway swapped boost for displacement. The SuperNatural line grew from 400 to 450 hp on LT1 cars and 490 hp on ZR-1s, plus three twin-turbo LT5 specials.

1994 Guldstrand Grand Sport 90 (GS90)

Dick Guldstrand asked GM for fifteen ZR-1s and a few million dollars. He got one car and a blessing, and built the $206,208 GS90, the most elaborate specialty Corvette ever made.

2008 Corvette C6 GT4

Six weeks after a new C6 Z51 coupe arrived in Leingarten, Callaway Competition had turned it into an FIA GT4 racer. Stock 437-hp LS3, dry sump, rollcage and center-lock wheels for Kroymans Racing's 2008 season.

1984 Bertone Ramarro

Bertone took a C4 chassis, moved the radiator to the back, fitted sliding doors and a lizard-skin interior, then unveiled the Ramarro in Los Angeles before the 1984 Olympics. Here is what the green lizard was all about.

1998 Greenwood G5R Corvette

Greenwood's G5R body kit bolted a frame-mounted rear wing, splitter and rear tunnel onto the C5, promising measurable downforce from 50 mph. What the package included and how it was built.

1986 – 1989 Guldstrand Grand Sport 80 (GS80)

Aimed at autocross and Pro-Solo drivers, the GS80 turned Guldstrand from tuner into small-volume manufacturer. The guide breaks down the suspension package, the three TRACO engine stages and the removable roll bar.

1988 Callaway Corvette “Sledgehammer”

Driven 700 miles to Ohio, run to 254.76 mph, then driven home in the rain with the air conditioning on. The Sledgehammer held the street-legal top speed record for 20 years, and this is how it was built.

2019 Yenko/SC Corvette Stage II

Ordered through select Chevy dealers, SVE's Yenko/SC Stage II turns a Grand Sport Z07 into a 1,000-hp, 875 lb-ft supercharged monster. Engine build, options, pricing, warranty terms and the 25-car production cap.

1989 – 1991 Callaway Corvette Speedster

Fifty were planned and twelve were built. The Speedster was Callaway's send-off for the Twin Turbo program, a permanently topless carbon-bodied C4 with 450 hp, and the original 1991 press release is included.

2009 Corvette SV 9 Competizione

Promised as a 1,000-car run with Italian style over a 450-hp LS3, the SV 9 Competizione ended after four cars when its creator was convicted of running a Ponzi scheme. The full story and what the cars fetch today.

1981 Greenwood Corvette GTO

Only two Greenwood GTOs were built, and on the track the Suction Cup car outworked the wilder Daytona. This guide spells out the hood, fender and rear bumper changes that separate the two widebody C3s.
1997 Callaway C12 Corvette Silver

1997 – 2001 Callaway C12 Corvette

Built with Germany's IVM to homologate a Le Mans GT2 racer, the C12 kept only the C5's door cuts and glass. Twenty were made at about $200,000 each, and the C12.R took pole at Le Mans in 2001.
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Every Special-Edition Guide

The whole collection, newest first.

The 1978 Special Edition Corvettes

Two firsts for 1978: a Silver Anniversary Edition and an Indy Pace Car replica that ballooned from 300 planned cars to 6,502, or 15 percent of the year's production.

1982 Chevrolet Corvette Collector Edition

Built only to order after the 1978 pace car clone fiasco, the Collector Edition closed out the C3 with a lifting glass hatch, turbine wheels, bronze T-tops and the first Corvette window sticker past $20,000.
2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Daytona 500 Pace Car

2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Daytona 500 Pace Car

For the first time, a pace car out-muscled the restrictor-plate field: the 505-horsepower Z06 versus roughly 450-hp Cup cars. The heat-shift paint scheme, Jay Leno and the original press release.

2023 Corvette 70th Anniversary Special Edition

Seventy years after the first car left Flint, Chevrolet dressed the 2023 Stingray and Z06 in a 70th Anniversary package. Paint colors, stripes, wheels, two-tone Ceramic interior and badging covered in full.

2022 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car

A White Pearl 2023 Z06 70th Anniversary Edition with the Z07 package led the field at the 2022 Indy 500, Sarah Fisher at the wheel. Equipment, pace car graphics and the Corvette's 19th pace car appearance.
1993 Corvette C4 40th Anniversary ZR-1 parked on street

1993 Corvette 40th Anniversary ZR-1

Ruby Red over Ruby Red, RPO Z25 on a 405 hp ZR-1 and just 250 built. This guide traces the ZR1 badge from a forgotten C2 option code to its 1993 anniversary peak.

2008 Corvette Competition

Launched for the 2008 ALMS season after Corvette Racing's Sebring double, the Competition was a black, weight-conscious European special. Honeycomb grille scoops, Z06 spoiler, Competition Grey alloys and a stripped options list.
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FAQs

What was the first special-edition Corvette?

The first sold as an edition was the 1978 Indianapolis 500 Pace Car replica (6,502 cars), alongside the Silver Anniversary paint of the same year. Before that Chevrolet built racing packages that were special in all but name: the three SR-2s of 1956, the 43 1957 Airbox cars, the 199 1963 Z06s, the L88s and the two ZL1s.

How many special-edition Corvettes are there?

About forty official editions and packages from Chevrolet (the tables above), plus the dealer and tuner specials (Callaway, Greenwood, Guldstrand, Baldwin-Motion, Lingenfelter, Hennessey and others) and the one-offs and show cars, which bring the site’s special-model guides past a hundred and fifty.

What is the rarest Corvette special edition?

The 1969 ZL1 (two sold) and the 1963 Grand Sport (five built), then the 1971 ZR2 (12), the 1967 L88 (20) and the 1956 SR-2 (3). Among the badged editions the 2011 Z06 Carbon Limited Edition (252 of 500 planned) and the 1986 Malcolm Konner Commemorative (50) are the scarcest.

Which anniversary editions did Chevrolet build?

1978 (Silver Anniversary), 1988 (35th), 1993 (40th), 2003 (50th), 2013 (60th Design Package), 2018 (Carbon 65) and 2023 (70th). Each is in its generation’s table above, and the anniversary page tells their stories.

Which Corvettes were Indy 500 pace-car replicas?

1978 (6,502), 1986 (every convertible, 7,315), 1995 (527), 1998 (1,163), 2007 (500) and 2008 (500), with pace packages or none for the later years. The Corvette has paced the race more than any other car; the pace-car page has every one.

How do I tell a real special edition from a tribute?

By the codes. Every edition has an RPO code on the build sheet or tank sticker (B2Z, Z01, Z25, 1SC, Z15 and so on), the 1978 and 1982 cars have their own VIN series, and the numbered editions carry a dash plaque. The racing packages (Z06, L88, ZL1, ZR1) are the hardest, because they had no badges; their guides list the tells, and the VIN decoder and RPO pages give the codes for every year.

Are special-edition Corvettes worth more?

The racing packages and the numbered modern editions carry real premiums; the high-volume paint editions (the 1978 Silver Anniversary, the 2003 50th) carry small ones. The anniversary market reports and the buyer’s guides have the figures, and the values depend on documentation above everything.

Where are the Callaways, the Greenwoods and the concepts?

On their own pages, linked above: the Callaway and Greenwood guides for the tuner cars, the concepts page for the show cars and prototypes, the race-cars page for the competition cars, and the tuner-specials grid on this page for the rest.