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Corvette top 10 record sales:

As of 2008

#1 $1,600,000 1963 Corvette Coupe "Rondine" Concept Car

#2 $1,080,000 1953 Corvette #003

#3 $1,000,000 2009 Corvette ZR1 #001

#4 $660,000 1967 Corvette "the last Sting Ray"

#5 $605,000 1968 Corvette 427 racer

#6 $489,500 1962 Corvette 327/360 FI

#7 $467,250 1967 Corvette 427/425 Conv.

#8 $440,000 1953 Corvette

#9 $396,000 1953 Corvette

#10 398,750 1967 Corvette 427/435 L89 Conv.

The word "Corvette" NOUN: 1. A fast, lightly armed warship, smaller than a destroyer, often armed for antisubmarine operations.

Model year that had the highest production in Corvette history? 1979

Year Chevrolet division was formed? 1911

Date the first Corvette was made in 1953? June 30th

First Corvette assembly line? A temporary facility on Van Slyke Ave in Flint, Michigan.

Date the 500,000 Corvette was built? March, 15th 1977

Date the 750,000 Corvette was built? October 26th, 1983

Year no Corvette was built? 1983

Where was the first Corvette with a convertible top (since 1975) reintroduced in October 1985? Yosemite Park, California.

Date the first ZR-1 was shown to the public? March 7th, 1989 in Geneva

Date the 1,000,000 Corvette was built? July 2nd, 1992

Date the NCM was opened? September 2nd, 1994

Highest base price Corvette in history? 2007 (ZO7)

2009 Corvette ZR1

It's out! Information on the 2009 Corvette ZR1 (return of the King).

Front-engine, rear-wheel drive. V-8 6.2 liter supercharged and intercooled pushrod 16-valve, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection. Power: 625 bhp, Torque: 625 lbs. Trans: 6-speed manual. Wheelbase: 105.7 in Length: 175.6 in Width: 76.5 in Height: 49.0 in Curb weight: 3350 lbs. Zero to 60mph 3.5 sec. Standing 1/4-mile 11.0 sec. Top speed 200 mph+ EPA city 14 mpg highway 23 mph

Price: $100,000 est.