How much is a 1963 Corvette Grand Sport worth?

The 1963 Grand Sport only barely qualifies as a production car but, going for between six and eight million dollars, it definitely qualifies as valuable. Only five were built before General Motors pulled the plug on the program that created it.

How many 63 Grand Sport Corvettes are there?

five
There were only five 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sports ever built.

What is the Grand Sport package on a Corvette?

The Grand Sport adds a carbon fiber hood, side rocker extensions, rear spoiler, and front splitter to the standard Corvette body. Though the Grand Sport’s front splitter scrapes far more than you’d like it to, it’s a worthy consolation considering how great the added body kit pieces make the car look.

Who owns the original Corvette Grand Sports?

Chevrolet kept the two roadsters until 1966 when they were sold to Roger Penske.

What is the rarest Corvette ever made?

1969 Corvette ZL1
1969 Corvette ZL1, Two Built More than 50 years ago, it meant the most powerful street Corvette the world had ever seen, and ultimately the rarest Corvette of all time.

What is the top speed of a Corvette Grand Sport?

General performance

Will a Hellcat beat a Corvette?

Because of its mid-engine layout and grip advantage—on paper—the Corvette’s 2.9-second 0-60 beats the Hellcat’s 3.6-second figure.

What is the difference between Grand Sport and Stingray?

The Stingray is more a more comfortable grand touring model. The Grand Sport is more of a track-focused weekend warrior and comes equipped with extra performance features, including: Magnetic Ride Control suspension. Aggressive aerodynamic enhancements.

What years did Corvette make a Grand Sport?

Chevrolet released the Grand Sport (GS) version in 1996 to mark the end of production of the C4 Corvette. The Grand Sport moniker was a nod to the original Grand Sport model produced in 1963. A total of 1,000 GS Corvettes were produced, 810 as coupes and 190 as convertibles.

What was the best Corvette ever made?

The 1953 Corvette is arguably the greatest Corvette ever made, only because it started everything. Without it, none of the other great Corvettes during its 65-year run would have been made. However, the C1 was nearly discontinued after a couple of years on the market.

Who was in the 1963 Corvette Grand Sport Coupe?

Driven during the week by Roger Penske, Jim Hall, Dick Thompson, John Cannon, and Augie Pabst, the Corvettes simply demolished their Cobra rivals. Wrote Leo Levine, “The Chevrolet equipment won so easily, there was even some embarrassment on the part of the factory personnel, who had hoped the journey south would escape unnoticed.

Which is better a 1963 Corvette or a 1963 Sting Ray?

You can just tell from looking at pictures of the 1963 Corvette that it had more horsepower, was better handling, and was physically more appealing than any of its predecessors. If only looks could kill. It was the most breathtaking sports-car design the world had seen and put the Sting Ray Corvette in league with Europe’s best-designed cars.

How big is the engine in a 1963 Corvette?

Eight-cylinder 90 degree vee engine, overhead valves, 377 cubic inches (6.2 liters), 485 hp at 6000 rpm.

What kind of car was the 1962 Corvette?

When the ax fell at year-end 1962, only five cars existed at Chevrolet’s Research Center. Two were quickly “sold” to private teams. Alas, the orphaned cars could not be homologated as production GTs like the Cobras, and consequently had to run in C Modified, a class for which they were never intended.