New Car Profile of the 2004 Chevrolet Corvette Sports Car

Description: Sports Car
Base MSRP Range: $43,735 - $51,585
Invoice Price Range: $38,268 - $45,137

What can you say about a svelte two-seat sports car that runs to 40 mph in only the first of six forward gears, packs hardware to control suspension, traction and brakes, and tops out at well over twice any legal highway speed? Only one word comes to mind -- Corvette.

For 2004 it attains the peak of performance and automotive sophistication with three models including the hatchback coupe and convertible plus Z06 hardtop coupe with power points added to position it in the exotic club of plus-400 hp rippers.

To mark Corvette's wins with the C5-R racer, special commemorative editions of all three versions appear in the lineup. The Commemorative Edition Coupe and Convertible wear special badges with body paint in Le Mans Blue and the convertible's top in the shade of Shale to match the interior color. Z06 Commemorative Edition also in Le Mans Blue has a striping scheme patterned after the C5-R, with polished Z06 wheels and a hood made from lightweight carbon fiber.

Coupe and convertible use the LS1 Corvette engine, a 5.7-liter V8 producing 350 hp. Souped-up Z06 with the LS6 V8 soars to 405 hp.