The Grand Sport is BackThe first Corvette Grand Sport debuted in 1963 as a homologation special intended to compete in international grand touring racing. Sadly, it wasn’t meant to be as GM executives discovered the secret project and ordered those involved to drop it. If it’s any consolation, five were built, and all survive to this day.It would take decades before Chevrolet would build it for real, and it finally came into fruition in 1996 with the C4 Corvette. The C5 wasn’t blessed with the Grand Sport treatment, but the C6 and C7 were. Now, it’s the turn of the mid-engined C8 to get those stripes.
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Author: Anton Andres
