The Grand Sport, like other 4th-gen Corvettes, is powered
by a
5.7L
LT4 V8
and gets 30 more horsepower boost
than
the
base-model C4
from the
kind
folks at
GM,
bringing the
number of ponies
to
330
It might
seem a
little bland, but
the
C4-only spring weight put him
over 3,200
pounds
making it a lightweight sports car with a
huge
engine. Those three
horsepower
bundles
allow
the
Vette to accelerate
to 60 mph in
his relatively quick
4.9 seconds.
The Grand Sport
is
now in
big dog territory and to add skins to
the
game
you need to
put
something
on
the table.
So
GM
has gone
beyond the shiny new patriotic
color
scheme.
Equipped
with larger tires and special five-spoke wheels
the Grand Sport didn't
quite
live up to the hype
of
the
outdated
ZR-1
of
the
previous year
A baby boomer's dream come true when paired with a softshell drop top. Who wouldn't want a red, white and blue V8 at a 3pm matinee golf tournament?
Collectors will be amazed by
the
convertible, of which
only 190
were
ever
built.
If there
is
a C4
we would like
to
see, it has
to be the Grand
Sport.