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1986 Convertible Indy 500 Pace Car edition. A yellow convertible was the pace car for the 1986 Indianapolis 500 race. This marked the return of the convertible body style, absent from the Corvette lineup since 1975. All 7,315 1986 convertible Corvettes (all exterior colors) had "Indy 500 Pace Car" console identification.
The car is based on the C5 generation of the Chevrolet Corvette sports car, yet is designed purely for motorsports use. [131] It became one of the most dominant cars in GT categories, with wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, and 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as championships in the American Le Mans Series. [ 132 ]
The Callaway Project C15, was originally known as Corvette Z06.R GT3, a competition version of the Corvette C6 Z06 built to compete in FIA GT3 category GT racing. The cars are built at Callaway Competition's facility in Leingarten, Germany and raced in the FIA GT3 European Championship. With Chevrolet's 2014 Corvette model change, Callaway ...
Prior to 1984, Chevrolet naturally aspirated V8s and Buick turbocharged V6s were popular engines in the GTP class for privateer teams. General Motors (GM) saw the opportunity to enter the IMSA GT Championship for themselves in the 1984 season in competing against Jaguar, Porsche, Nissan and Mazda, but more importantly to expand and explore the limits of the V8 and V6 engine programs.
[citation needed] The 1997 model year Camaro and Firebird were the last year for this engine in a GM production car before it was replaced by the LS1, which was already in the Corvette for 1997. The 1992 LT1s in Y-body Corvettes were factory rated at 300 hp (220 kW) and 330 lb⋅ft (447 N⋅m). 1996 LT1 Corvettes were rated at 300 hp (220 kW ...
Chevrolet's successful mid-sized car Series F: 1917 1917 1 Replaced the Series H Series D: 1917 1918 1 The first V8 Chevrolet Series FA: 1917 1918 1 Chevrolet's full-sized car Series FB: 1919 1922 GM A: 1 Chevrolet's full-sized car Superior: 1923 1926 GM A: 1 Chevrolet's car based on A platform Series M Copper-Cooled: 1923 1923 GM A: 1
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Corvette Cerv III 1990 Coupè Concept car Corvette: 1953–present(all versions) Roadster, Coupé Corvette Z06: 2000–present Roadster, Coupé Corvette ZR1: 1990-1996, 2009–present Roadster, Coupé Corvette Indy 1986 Coupé Concept car Chrysler: Conquest: 1987–1989 Coupé Viper: 1991–2010, 2013-2017 Roadster, Coupé Sold only in Europe ...