Chevrolet's mission in designing the fifth generation of the Corvette (dubbed C5 internally) was to maintain and improve the two sacred tenets of style and performance while making the car lighter, more efficient, more contemporary and (gasp) more practical.
We haven't wrapped our hot little hands around the C5's leather-clad steering wheel yet (our chance is coming soon), but we know people who have. And from all accounts, it's mission accomplished for Chevy.
The removable hardtop version of the C5 will debut in January at the Detroit and Los Angeles shows, the convertible will follow in the 1998 model year, and an "entry-level," $30,000, fixed-roof version will appear as a 1999 model.
NO DOUBT, IT'S A VETTE
The look is unmistakably Corvette - just like the other one-million Vettes of all ages on the road today. An astounding 90 percent of all Corvettes ever built are still registered.
General Motors' big design change on the C5 involved making the new Borg-Warner six-speed transmission a rear transaxle. That has removed the …
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