CORVETTE RESEARCH
The brochure Chevrolet put in the showroom for every Corvette since 1953, free to read: the factory’s own photographs, the models and colors of the year, the options and the specifications, and the argument the company made for the car when it was new. Seventy years of them, from the single-sheet folders of the 1950s to the hardbound catalogs of the C7, organized by generation.
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What This Is: The dealer sales brochure, folder or catalog issued for each model year, presented page by page
Years Covered: 1953 to 2022, every model year except 1955 (not yet posted) and 1983 (no production)
What’s Inside: The year’s models and bodies, the exterior and interior colors, the engines, gearboxes and options, the dimensions and specifications, and the factory photography and copy
How It Changed: Single sheets and small folders in the 1950s; a full catalog by the 1960s; the big photographic books of the 1970s and 1980s; the C5–C7 catalogs of 30 to 50 pages; digital brochures from the late C7 and the C8
Why Read One: It is the factory’s own statement of what was offered and what the car was for in that year, and the first place to check a color, an option or a wheel against what a seller claims
Related Research: The owner’s manuals, the order guides and RPO codes, the dealer playbooks, the colors pages, the specs pages and the year pages
The sales brochure is the Corvette’s own account of itself, year by year: the photography Chevrolet commissioned, the colors it offered, the engines and options it chose to show and the words it used to sell them. Read in sequence the brochures are a history of how the company saw the car, from the 1953 folder that introduced a fiberglass roadster to a public that had never seen one, through the 1963 Sting Ray catalog, the big-block years, the 1970s books that sold luxury and the T-top as much as speed, the 1984 catalog for an all-new car, the C5 and C6 books built around the LS engines and the Z06, the C7 catalogs and the digital brochures of the mid-engine C8.
For an owner or a buyer the brochure is evidence. It shows the colors and interiors of the year, the wheels and the options, and the specifications as the factory published them, which makes it the first place to check whether a car’s paint, trim or equipment could have left St. Louis or Bowling Green that way. The order guide lists what could be ordered and the owner’s manual what the owner received; the brochure shows what was offered and how it was meant to be seen.
Each brochure is linked from its generation’s table below with the year beside it; the explainer walks through how the brochures changed and what to look for in each era, and the reference table gives the brochures that matter most. The generation hubs and the year pages put each brochure next to its manual, its order guide and its specifications.
The brochures changed with the car and with the way cars were sold. Here is what each era’s looks like and what to look for in it.
The first Corvette brochures are folders and small catalogs, often a single sheet folded to pocket size, with illustrations as often as photographs. The 1953 piece introduces a car no dealer had seen, in Polo White with a red interior, and the 1954 adds the colors; the 1955 brochure, which we have not yet posted, is the one that announces the V-8. From 1956 the folders show the new body and the roll-up windows, from 1957 the fuel injection and the four-speed, and the 1958–62 catalogs grow with the options: the colors, the hardtop, the 1961 ducktail and the 1962 327.
The 1963 brochure is the first full Corvette catalog, built around the new coupe and its split window and the roadster, with the engines, the options and the colors on their own pages. The 1964–67 catalogs follow the pattern: the 1965 shows the disc brakes and the 396, the 1966 the 427, the 1967 the five-slot wheels and the stinger hood. These are the brochures most often reproduced, and the originals are collected in their own right.
The C3 brochures are the largest of the series, as Chevrolet’s photography and budgets grew: the 1968 catalog for the new body, the 1969 Stingray, the 1970–72 books with the LT-1 and the big blocks, and from 1973 the brochures that sold the car’s comfort, its T-tops and its colors as the horsepower fell. The 1978 catalog carries the 25th-anniversary car and the Pace Car replica, the 1980 the new nose and tail, and the 1982 the Collector Edition and the Cross-Fire engine. These are the years when the brochure and the order guide most disagree, because options were added and dropped during the year.
The 1984 catalog introduces the all-new car with its digital dash and uniframe, and the C4 brochures that follow track the engines (the L98, the LT1 from 1992, the LT4 in 1996), the ZR-1 from 1990 (with its own brochure in some years), the convertible from 1986 and the special editions: the 35th Anniversary of 1988, the 40th of 1993, the Grand Sport and Collector Edition of 1996. The photography is studio and track, and the specifications pages are complete.
The C5 brochures are built around the LS1, the hydroformed frame and the new body, then the hardtop of 1999, the Z06 from 2001 and the 50th Anniversary of 2003; the C6 catalogs around the exposed headlamps, the LS2 and LS3, the Z06 from 2006 and the ZR1 from 2009, with the Grand Sport and the 427 Convertible late in the run. The catalogs run 30 to 50 pages with the colors, the wheels and the packages laid out plainly.
The C7 catalogs are the last of the big printed books, with the Stingray, the Z06 from 2015, the Grand Sport from 2017 and the ZR1 of 2019 each given its pages; from 2020 the C8 brochures are digital, the 2020 edition presenting the mid-engine car and the 2021 and 2022 editions adding the colors and the packages. The 2015 brochure appears twice on the site; the full catalog is linked, and the Z06 piece is on the grid.
A brochure shows what was offered at the start of the model year, not everything that was built. Options were added and dropped mid-year, colors came and went, and some photographs show pre-production cars with details that never reached a dealer. Use the brochure for the colors, the options and the look of the year; the order guide for what could be ordered and at what price; the production numbers for what was actually built; and the owner’s manual for what the owner received.
MORE: RPO CODES & ORDER GUIDES / OWNER’S MANUALS, EVERY YEAR / PRODUCTION NUMBERS
What each generation’s brochures show, the editions worth seeing first, and the generation’s brochure tag for the whole set.
MORE: THE GENERATIONS / THE FULL MODEL LIST
| GENERATION | YEARS | WHAT THE BROCHURES SHOW | SEE FIRST | ALL OF THEM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 Corvette | 1953–1962 | Folders and small catalogs: the fiberglass roadster, the V-8, the fuel injection, the colors and the hardtop | 1953 (the introduction); 1957 (fuel injection); 1962 (the 327) | C1 brochures |
| C2 Corvette | 1963–1967 | The first full catalogs: the Sting Ray coupe and roadster, the engines, options and colors on their own pages | 1963 (the split window); 1967 (the 427 and the stinger hood) | C2 brochures |
| C3 Corvette | 1968–1982 | The big photographic books: the new body, the LT-1 and big blocks, then the T-tops, comfort and colors of the 1970s, the 1978 anniversary and Pace Car, the 1982 Collector Edition | 1968 (the new body); 1978 (25th anniversary); 1982 (Collector Edition) | C3 brochures |
| C4 Corvette | 1984–1996 | The all-new car of 1984, the convertible, the ZR-1, the LT1 and LT4, the anniversary and Grand Sport editions | 1984 (the new car); 1990 (the ZR-1); 1996 (Grand Sport) | C4 brochures |
| C5 Corvette | 1997–2004 | The LS1 car, the hardtop, the Z06 and the 50th Anniversary | 1997 (the new car); 2001 (the Z06); 2003 (50th Anniversary) | C5 brochures |
| C6 Corvette | 2005–2013 | The LS2 and LS3 cars, the Z06, the ZR1, the Grand Sport and the 427 Convertible | 2005 (the new car); 2006 (the Z06); 2009 (the ZR1) | C6 brochures |
| C7 Corvette | 2014–2019 | The last printed catalogs: the Stingray, the Z06, the Grand Sport and the ZR1 | 2014 (the Stingray); 2015 (the Z06); 2019 (the ZR1) | C7 brochures |
| C8 Corvette | 2020–2022 | The digital brochures for the mid-engine car, its colors and packages | 2020 (the mid-engine car) | C8 brochures |
The brochure is one of four documents the factory produced for each year. The others, each with an index page of its own:
Free Corvette Owner’s Manuals — the owner’s manual for every year
Corvette RPO Codes & Order Guides, All Years — the equipment, codes and prices for every year
Free Corvette Dealer Playbooks — Chevrolet’s sales guides for 2017–2020
Corvette Specs & Performance — the factory figures and the tests for every year
Nine brochures for the first generation, from the 1953 folder that introduced the car to the 1962 catalog with the 327; the 1955 brochure, which announced the V-8, is not yet posted. The folders show the colors and the hardtop, and from 1957 the fuel injection and the four-speed.
MORE: THE C1 HUB / C1 BROCHURES / C1 BUYER’S GUIDE / ALL C1 BROCHURES
| YEAR | THE BROCHURE | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 1953 Corvette Sales Brochure | The first Corvette: 300 hand-built cars in Flint, Polo White with red interiors, a 150-hp Blue Flame six and a Powerglide | Year page |
| 1954 | 1954 Corvette Sales Brochure | The first Corvette built to sell: 3,640 cars from a new St. Louis plant, four colors, a 155-hp Blue Flame… | Year page |
| 1955 | Brochure not yet posted; see the year page | The year the V-8 saved the Corvette: 700 cars, 693 of them with Ed Cole’s new 265-ci small block, Zora… | Year page |
| 1956 | 1956 Corvette Sales Brochure | The first real Corvette: a new body with the side coves, roll-up windows, a 210-hp V-8 as standard, a… | Year page |
| 1957 | 1957 Corvette Sales Brochure | One horsepower per cubic inch: the 283 V-8, Ramjet fuel injection, the first four-speed, Positraction and a… | Year page |
| 1958 | 1958 Corvette Sales Brochure | Quad headlights, fake hood louvers, chrome trunk spears and the first Corvette over 3,000 pounds, with the… | Year page |
| 1959 | 1959 Corvette Sales Brochure | The 1958 with the chrome taken off: no hood louvers, no trunk spears, a better interior with the first black… | Year page |
| 1960 | 1960 Corvette Sales Brochure | The first Corvette to pass 10,000 cars: a 1959 body with the fuelies raised to 275 and 315 hp, an aluminum… | Year page |
| 1961 | 1961 Corvette Sales Brochure | Bill Mitchell’s ducktail: the Sting Ray racer’s rear end on the C1 body, four round taillights for the first… | Year page |
| 1962 | 1962 Corvette Sales Brochure | The last C1 and the first 327: four engines from 250 to 360 hp, a four-speed in nearly eight of ten cars,… | Year page |
One brochure per model year. Click through to see every page.
Five catalogs for the Sting Ray, the first full Corvette brochures, with the coupe and roadster, the engines, the options and the colors each on their own pages; the 1963 and 1967 editions are the ones collectors seek.
MORE: THE C2 HUB / C2 BROCHURES / C2 BUYER’S GUIDE / ALL C2 BROCHURES
| YEAR | THE BROCHURE | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 1963 Corvette Sales Brochure | The first Sting Ray: a new chassis with independent rear suspension, the one-year-only split-window coupe,… | Year page |
| 1964 | 1964 Corvette Sales Brochure | The Sting Ray’s second year: one-piece rear window, hood vents gone, a 375-hp fuelie, Muncie four-speeds,… | Year page |
| 1965 | 1965 Corvette Sales Brochure | Four-wheel disc brakes, the 396 Mark IV big block at mid-year, the new 350-hp L79, side exhaust, knock-offs… | Year page |
| 1966 | 1966 Corvette Sales Brochure | The 427 arrives in two strengths, the small-block list shrinks to two, the grille goes egg-crate and the… | Year page |
| 1967 | 1967 Corvette Sales Brochure | The last and cleanest Sting Ray: five fender louvers, Rally wheels, Tri-Power 427s with 400 and 435 hp, and… | Year page |
One brochure per model year. Click through to see every page.
Fifteen brochures, the largest of the series, that track the car from the 435-horsepower L71 and the LT-1 to the comfort-and-colors years of the mid-1970s, the 1978 anniversary and Pace Car, the 1980 nose and the 1982 Collector Edition. Compare them with the order guides, because options came and went mid-year.
MORE: THE C3 HUB / C3 BROCHURES / C3 BUYER’S GUIDE / ALL C3 BROCHURES
| YEAR | THE BROCHURE | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1968 Corvette Sales Brochure | The Shark arrives: Mako Shark II styling, T-tops, hidden wipers and a three-speed automatic on a carried-over… | Year page |
| 1969 | 1969 Corvette Sales Brochure | The Stingray name returns, the 327 becomes a 350, side pipes and 8-inch wheels arrive, and the all-aluminum… | Year page |
| 1970 | 1970 Corvette Sales Brochure | The 454 arrives, the solid-lifter LT-1 small block and the first ZR1 debut, and the Shark gets its egg-crate… | Year page |
| 1971 | 1971 Corvette Sales Brochure | The year the compression came out: 91-octane rules cut the base 350 to 270 hp and the LT-1 to 330, while the… | Year page |
| 1972 | 1972 Corvette Sales Brochure | The last chrome-bumper Corvette: the last LT-1 and ZR1, the last removable rear window and egg-crate grille,… | Year page |
| 1973 | 1973 Corvette Sales Brochure | The Shark gets a body-color urethane nose, a fixed rear window, radial tires and door beams for its 20th… | Year page |
| 1974 | 1974 Corvette Sales Brochure | The body-color tail arrives in two pieces with a seam only the 1974 has, and the 454 bows out. The last… | Year page |
| 1975 | 1975 Corvette Sales Brochure | The last convertible for eleven years, the first catalytic converter, HEI ignition and unleaded fuel, two… | Year page |
| 1976 | 1976 Corvette Sales Brochure | Coupe only for the first time, the Stingray badge for the last, aluminum wheels back after three years, a… | Year page |
| 1977 | 1977 Corvette Sales Brochure | The Stingray script came off the fenders and crossed flags went back on, the 500,000th Corvette left St.… | Year page |
| 1978 | 1978 Corvette Sales Brochure | A fastback glass roof for the Corvette’s 25th birthday, a Silver Anniversary paint scheme that one buyer in… | Year page |
| 1979 | 1979 Corvette Sales Brochure | The record year: 53,807 Corvettes, more than Chevrolet has built in any year since. The 25th-anniversary… | Year page |
| 1980 | 1980 Corvette Sales Brochure | The Shark goes on a diet: 250 pounds off with an aluminum differential housing and crossmember, thinner hood… | Year page |
| 1981 | 1981 Corvette Sales Brochure | The last St. Louis Corvette and the first from Bowling Green were built in the same summer, so 1981 is the… | Year page |
| 1982 | 1982 Corvette Sales Brochure | The last Shark got the first C4 parts: a 200-hp Cross-Fire Injection 350, the first fuel-injected Corvette… | Year page |
One brochure per model year. Click through to see every page.
Thirteen catalogs from the all-new 1984 to the 1996 Grand Sport and Collector Edition, with the convertible from 1986, the ZR-1 from 1990, the LT1 from 1992 and the 35th and 40th Anniversary cars.
MORE: THE C4 HUB / C4 BROCHURES / C4 BUYER’S GUIDE / ALL C4 BROCHURES
| YEAR | THE BROCHURE | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1984 Corvette Sales Brochure | The first all-new Corvette in fifteen years and the first ever to skip a model year: a 96.2-inch uniframe… | Year page |
| 1985 | 1985 Corvette Sales Brochure | The year the C4 got its engine: Tuned-Port Injection turned the 350 into the 230-hp, 330-lb-ft L98, good for… | Year page |
| 1986 | 1986 Corvette Sales Brochure | The convertible came back after eleven years, reinforced by ASC until it was stiffer than the coupe, priced… | Year page |
| 1987 | 1987 Corvette Sales Brochure | The year the Corvette got a twin-turbo option from the factory order form: RPO B2K sent 184 cars from Bowling… | Year page |
| 1988 | 1988 Corvette Sales Brochure | The 35th Anniversary year: 2,050 white-over-black Z01 coupes with white leather, white 17-inch wheels and a… | Year page |
| 1989 | 1989 Corvette Sales Brochure | The ZF six-speed replaced the 4+3, the Z52’s 17-inch wheels and Bilsteins became standard, FX3 Selective Ride… | Year page |
| 1990 | 1990 Corvette Sales Brochure | The King of the Hill arrives: 3,049 ZR-1s with the 375-hp, 32-valve LT5 designed by Lotus and built by… | Year page |
| 1991 | 1991 Corvette Sales Brochure | The facelift: every 1991 got a slimmer nose with wraparound lamps, body-color side moldings, horizontal… | Year page |
| 1992 | 1992 Corvette Sales Brochure | The LT1: a new 300-hp small-block for every Corvette, with reverse-flow cooling, 10.5:1 compression,… | Year page |
| 1993 | 1993 Corvette Sales Brochure | Forty years on: 6,749 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary cars with Ruby Red leather and embroidered headrests across… | Year page |
| 1994 | 1994 Corvette Sales Brochure | A quiet year with two headlines: the National Corvette Museum opened across the road from the plant on… | Year page |
| 1995 | 1995 Corvette Sales Brochure | The last ZR-1 | Year page |
| 1996 | 1996 Corvette Sales Brochure | The C4’s send-off: 1,000 Admiral Blue Grand Sports with a white stripe, two red hash marks, black ZR-1-size… | Year page |
One brochure per model year. Click through to see every page.
Eight catalogs for the LS1 car: the 1997 coupe, the 1998 convertible, the 1999 hardtop, the Z06 from 2001, the 50th Anniversary of 2003 and the 2004 Commemorative Edition.
MORE: THE C5 HUB / C5 BROCHURES / C5 BUYER’S GUIDE / ALL C5 BROCHURES
| YEAR | THE BROCHURE | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1997 Corvette Sales Brochure | The first all-new Corvette in thirteen years and the one that nearly didn’t happen: hydroformed frame rails,… | Year page |
| 1998 | 1998 Corvette Sales Brochure | The convertible returns, with a trunk for the first time since 1962, and paces the Indianapolis 500: 1,163… | Year page |
| 1999 | 1999 Corvette Sales Brochure | The hardtop arrives: a fixed-roof convertible body with the six-speed and Z51 standard, black leather only… | Year page |
| 2000 | 2000 Corvette Sales Brochure | The quiet year before the Z06: new forged thin-spoke wheels with a polished option, Millennium Yellow and… | Year page |
| 2001 | 2001 Corvette Sales Brochure | The Z06 arrives: the hardtop body with a 385-hp LS6, a close-ratio six-speed, FE4 suspension, 17 x 9.5 and 18… | Year page |
| 2002 | 2002 Corvette Sales Brochure | The Z06 gets its 405 horsepower: a higher-lift cam, hollow-stem valves, a freer intake and exhaust, a… | Year page |
| 2003 | 2003 Corvette Sales Brochure | Fifty years on: the 50th Anniversary Edition in Anniversary Red over Shale with champagne wheels and Magnetic… | Year page |
| 2004 | 2004 Corvette Sales Brochure | The last C5: the Commemorative Edition in Le Mans Blue with Shale leather on the coupe and convertible and,… | Year page |
One brochure per model year. Click through to see every page.
Nine catalogs from the 2005 introduction to the 2013 60th Anniversary and 427 Convertible, with the Z06 from 2006, the ZR1 from 2009 and the Grand Sport from 2010.
MORE: THE C6 HUB / C6 BROCHURES / C6 BUYER’S GUIDE / ALL C6 BROCHURES
| YEAR | THE BROCHURE | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2005 Corvette Sales Brochure | The first C6: five inches shorter and an inch narrower on a longer 105.7-inch wheelbase, the first exposed… | Year page |
| 2006 | 2006 Corvette Sales Brochure | The Z06 returns as the fastest Corvette yet: a hand-built 505-hp 427-cubic-inch LS7 with dry-sump oiling and… | Year page |
| 2007 | 2007 Corvette Sales Brochure | A carryover year with two collectibles: the Ron Fellows ALMS GT1 Champion Z06, 399 Arctic White cars with red… | Year page |
| 2008 | 2008 Corvette Sales Brochure | The LS3 arrives: 6.2 liters and 430 horsepower | Year page |
| 2009 | 2009 Corvette Sales Brochure | The ZR1: a 638-hp supercharged LS9, carbon-fiber bodywork, carbon-ceramic brakes, 205 mph and the first… | Year page |
| 2010 | 2010 Corvette Sales Brochure | The Grand Sport returns: the LS3 in the Z06’s wide body, brakes and wheels, as a coupe or a convertible, with… | Year page |
| 2011 | 2011 Corvette Sales Brochure | Chevrolet’s centennial year and the Z06’s turn: the Z07 Ultimate Performance Package brought the ZR1’s… | Year page |
| 2012 | 2012 Corvette Sales Brochure | Chevrolet’s hundredth birthday on every Corvette: the Centennial Edition in Carbon Flash Metallic with… | Year page |
| 2013 | 2013 Corvette Sales Brochure | Sixty years of Corvette and the end of the C6: the 427 Convertible Collector Edition put the Z06’s 505-hp LS7… | Year page |
One brochure per model year. Click through to see every page.
Six catalogs, the last printed ones: the 2014 Stingray, the Z06 from 2015 (the 2015 catalog is linked; the Z06 piece is on the grid), the Grand Sport from 2017, the 2018 Carbon 65 Edition and the 2019 ZR1.
MORE: THE C7 HUB / C7 BROCHURES / C7 BUYER’S GUIDE / ALL C7 BROCHURES
| YEAR | THE BROCHURE | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2014 Corvette Sales Brochure | The seventh generation and the Stingray name back after 37 years: an aluminum frame built at Bowling Green, a… | Year page |
| 2015 | 2015 Corvette Sales Brochure; - 2019 Corvette Z06 Guide | The Z06 came back with 650 supercharged horsepower, a convertible body and an eight-speed automatic, the… | Year page |
| 2016 | 2016 Corvette Sales Brochure | The C7’s peak year: 40,689 cars, 14,275 of them Z06s, the Z06 C7.R Edition in Corvette Racing Yellow or Black… | Year page |
| 2017 | 2017 Corvette Sales Brochure | The Grand Sport came back for the C7: the Z06’s wide body, brakes, Magnetic Ride and eLSD with the 460-hp… | Year page |
| 2018 | 2018 Corvette Sales Brochure | The 65th-anniversary year, and the shortest of the C7: 9,686 cars built between June 5, 2017 and January 28,… | Year page |
| 2019 | 2019 Corvette Sales Brochure | The last front-engine Corvette and the fastest: the 755-hp ZR1 | Year page |
One brochure per model year. Click through to see every page.
The digital brochures for 2020, 2021 and 2022, presenting the mid-engine Stingray, its colors and its packages. Later brochures are posted as we obtain them; the year pages for 2023 on carry the in-depth guides to the Z06, E-Ray, ZR1, ZR1X and the 2027 lineup.
MORE: THE C8 HUB / C8 BROCHURES / C8 BUYER’S GUIDE / ALL C8 BROCHURES
| YEAR | THE BROCHURE | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2020 Corvette Sales Brochure | The first mid-engine Corvette: a 495-hp LT2 behind the seats, a dual-clutch and no manual, 2.9 seconds to 60… | Year page |
| 2021 | 2021 Corvette Sales Brochure | The second mid-engine Stingray: 26,216 cars, 42 percent of them convertibles, built around six weeks of chip… | Year page |
| 2022 | 2022 Corvette Sales Brochure | The third C8 and the shortest model year: eight months, 25,831 cars, nearly half of them convertibles | Year page |
| 2023 | Brochure not yet posted; see the year page | The Z06 arrives — 670 naturally aspirated horsepower at 8,600 rpm, 3.6 inches wider, 6,413 built — in the… | Year page |
| 2024 | Brochure not yet posted; see the year page | Three Corvettes for the first time: the E-Ray arrives — the first hybrid and the first all-wheel-drive… | Year page |
| 2025 | Brochure not yet posted; see the year page | Four Corvettes: the ZR1 returns with 1,064 turbocharged horsepower, 233 mph and a split rear window above the… | Year page |
| 2026 | Brochure not yet posted; see the year page | Five Corvettes and a new cockpit: the ZR1X arrives — the ZR1’s twin-turbo LT7 plus the E-Ray’s electric front… | Year page |
| 2027 | Brochure not yet posted; see the year page | Six Corvettes and a new engine: the 6.7-liter, 535-horsepower LS6 replaces the LT2 in the Stingray and in the… | Year page |
One brochure per model year. Click through to see every page.
Here: every model year from 1953 to 2022 except 1955 is linked from the generation tables above, one post per brochure, free to read page by page. The year pages carry the same brochure beside that year’s manual, order guide and specifications.
The year’s models and bodies, the exterior and interior colors, the engines, gearboxes and options, the dimensions and specifications, and the factory’s photography and copy. Later catalogs add the packages, the wheels and the trims; the C8 brochures are digital.
1955, which announced the V-8 and which we have not yet posted, and 1983, which had no production. Brochures for 2023 on are posted as we obtain them.
For the colors, the interiors, the wheels and the options offered in that year, yes, with one caution: a brochure shows the lineup at the start of the model year, options were added and dropped during it, and some photographs show pre-production cars. Check the order guide for what could be ordered, the production numbers for what was built and the build-date pages for when.
Because they were printed at different times for different readers. The brochure was photographed and written before the model year began and shows the planned lineup; the order guide was updated as options and prices changed. When they disagree, the order guide is the later document.
Original factory pieces, presented page by page. Many years had more than one edition (a full catalog and a folder, a dealer and a show version, a mid-year revision); where we have more than one, the post or the year page says so.
They are posted to read on the site in full. The copyright is General Motors’; we present them as reference and do not sell or redistribute them.
The owner’s manual (what the owner received), the order guide (the equipment, codes and prices) and, for 2017–2020, the dealer playbook (the sales guide). Each has an index page linked above, and the year pages gather all of them for each model year.
