What happened to corvettes in 1983?
Corvette was navigating its biggest generational change yet. For Corvette, the 1983 model year turned out to be more of a “leap year” than a gap year. With extraordinary strides made in chassis engineering, aerodynamic design and overall performance, the C4 seemed a decade ahead of the C3 it replaced.
When did the C3 Corvette come out?
Introduced for 1968, the C3 was essentially a redesigned body and interior on the C2 Sting Ray chassis, which dated back to 1963. A dream car for many, the C3 Corvette drove plenty of sales for parent company General Motors through the 1970s.
When was the 4th Gen corvette built?
WATCH: Full Episodes of The Cars That Built the World online now. Initially planned as a 1982 model, the fourth-gen Corvette, by far the most advanced to that time, was first pushed back to a fall 1982 introduction as a 1983 model—and then again to spring 1983 as ambitious upgrades met with further delays.
What is the difference between a C3 and a C4 Corvette?
While the body style instantly said “Corvette,” the frame was far more exotic than the C2/C3 chassis, and it likely caused the biggest delay in the C4’s gestation. The C4 was originally designed to use t-tops, two-piece removable roof panels split by a central bar joining the windshield to the rear roof structure, as on the C3.
How many 1984 C4 Corvettes were built?
Despite the setback, 1984 was the second-largest production run in Corvette history, with over 51,000 cars produced. Overall, C4 Corvettes make up the second-largest group after the C3, of which about 350,000 cars were built in that generation’s 12-year period.
What year did Chevy stop making corvettes?
Chevrolet designed an all-new Corvette in the early 1980s, but the prototypes—about 40 in all—produced for the 1983 model year had serious quality issues. Not only were those not sold to the public, but these quality issues also delayed the subsequent production of fourth-generation Corvettes until the 1984 model year.
What was the worst year for the corvette 305?
3. 1980 Corvette 305 In general, 1980 was a lousy year. Inflation was rampant, the economy was in the doldrums and the Corvette was awful. But in California it was doubly awful, as Chevrolet that year gave up trying to certify the Corvette’s 350-cubic-inch V8 for that state’s more stringent emissions requirements.