19539 yr
C1
1953 – 1962
315 hp · Corvette 283 Fuel Injection
A fibreglass two-seater built to see whether America wanted a sports car at all. The V8 arrived in 1956 and settled the question.
Timeline and evolution
Seventy years
of the Corvette
Eight generations, one badge, and the year the engine moved. Every generation of the Corvette and what changed at each step.
Generations8
Years1953 – present
ErasFront · mid-engine
Trims listed8 of 8 gens
19634 yr
C2 Sting Ray
1963 – 1967
425 hp · Corvette 427
Independent rear suspension, hidden headlamps, and the split-window coupé. Five Grand Sport racers were built and the shape became the reference every later Corvette answers to.
196814 yr
C3
1968 – 1982
370 hp · Corvette LT1
Fifteen model years, the longest run of any Corvette. It began with big-block power and ended in the emissions era with barely a third of it.
198412 yr
C4
1984 – 1996
405 hp · Corvette ZR-1
The first properly modern Corvette, and the one that learned to corner. It signed off with the ZR-1's Lotus-designed LT5 and a blue-and-white Grand Sport.
19977 yr
C5
1997 – 2004
405 hp · Corvette Z06
Hydroformed rails, a rear transaxle and the LS1. The car that made the Corvette credible at Le Mans as well as on a Tuesday.
20058 yr
C6
2005 – 2013
638 hp · Corvette ZR1
Exposed headlamps for the first time since 1962, and a range that stretched from base coupé to the supercharged 638-hp ZR1.
20145 yr
C7
2014 – 2019
755 hp · ZR1
The Stingray name returned and the interior finally stopped apologising. The ZR1 sent the front-engine Corvette out at 755 hp.
20206 yr
C8
2020 – present
1,250 hp · ZR1X
The engine moved behind the seats after sixty-seven years in front, and the Corvette stopped being compared to muscle cars and started being compared to Ferraris.
TrimYearsPower0–100TopWeightBody
Stingray 3LTConvertible 1,610 kg, 3.0 sYears2020 – presentPower495 hp0–1002.9 sTop312 km/hWeight1,530 kgBodyCoupé / Convertible
E-RayHybrid AWD · Convertible 1,895 kg, 2.6 sYears2020 – presentPower655 hp0–1002.5 sTop290 km/hWeight1,815 kgBodyCoupé / Convertible
Z065.5 NA LT6 · Convertible 1,640 kg, 2.7 sYears2020 – presentPower670 hp0–1002.6 sTop312 km/hWeight1,561 kgBodyCoupé / Convertible
ZR1halo5.5 TT LT7Years2020 – presentPower1,064 hp0–1002.3 sTop375 km/hWeight1,660 kgBodyCoupé
ZR1XhaloHybrid AWDYears2020 – presentPower1,250 hp0–1001.9 sTop360 km/hWeight1,750 kgBodyCoupé
Figures: Revline catalog, derived from the current Corvette model pages
Generation codes, years and headline figures are sourced. Trim-level data is published per generation only once verified.
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