OK heres the poop!
C1 53 - 62 Cant remember nick name (Roadster?)
C2 63 - 67 Midyear
C3 68 - 82 Shark (My now 2nd favorite to the C5)
No 83 year model Vette made
C4 84 - 96 ClamShell
C5 97 - Present No nick names yet, other than
beautiful, and I want one.
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The C5 incorprated all the special little unique features from all the C1 -
C4 Vettes and rolled it into in smae way or another into the C5.
The C5 has also made a huge marked improvement in all catagories for the
entire history of Corvette.
You can get a lot of info at:
http://www.vettenet.org
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Q
PS Trivia
The most powerful engine GM ever made for a production car was for the
Vette between the years of 90 - 95, they made the Vette with the ZR1 engine
which produced 405HP if I'm not mistaken. It was offered as an upgrade to
the trim package. Then, Callaway took the engine and added twin tubo
chargers and did more performance enhancements to the engine. Whew! They
go for double the price of a new C5.
At 01:28 AM 1/5/98 +0000, Scott Gardner wrote:
>This isn't a trick question, and I honestly don't know the answer,
>but hopefully some kind lister can help me out.
> The new Corvettes are being called the "C5" model, and that stands
>for "Corvette--5th Generation". This much I got from the brochures
>and from a Road & Track article. The problem is, I count SIX
>generations, including the new ones:
>
>1953-1955 or so (blue flame six, no cove, etc.)
>1956?-1962 (cove on side)
>1963-1967 (Sting Rays)
>1968-1982 (Stingrays)
>1983-1996 (ever-popular pimp car)
>1997-present (modern C5 incarnation)
>
>Is Chevy lumping the first nine years together as one generation?
>That's all I can figure. Anybody have any more information?
>Thanks,
>Scott
>
>
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