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Manufacturer | Chevrolet (General Motors) |
Also called | Chevrolet Corvette Stingray (1968–76) |
Production | August 1967 – October 1982[1][2] |
Model years | 1968–82 |
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Class | Sports car |
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Layout | Front-mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive |
Platform | Series 194 (1968–71)[3] Series Z (1972–75)[3] Series Y(1976–82)[4] |
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Wheelbase | 98.0 in (2,489 mm)[5][6] |
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Curb weight | 3,520 lb (1,597 kg) |
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Predecessor | Chevrolet Corvette (C2) |
Successor | Chevrolet Corvette (C4) |
The Chevrolet Corvette (C3) is the third generation of the Corvette sports car that was produced from 1967 until 1982 by Chevrolet for the 1968 to 1982 model years. Engines and chassis components were mostly carried over from the previous generation, but the body and interior were new. It set new sales records with 53,807 produced for the 1979 model year.[7] The C3 is the third generation of the Chevrolet Corvette, and marks the second time the Corvette would carry the Stingray name, though only for the 1969–76 model years. This time it was a single word as opposed to Sting Ray as used for the 1963–67 C2 generation. The name would then be retired until 2014 when it returned with the release of the C7.
The most expensive Corvette C3 to sell in history was a 1969 L88 Lightweight, one of only four lightweight L88s to be produced. It was sold by Barrett-Jackson in January 2014 for $2,860,000 (£1,728,941).[8]
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