In 2001 the frc s name was changed to z06 with the addition of the ls6 engine.
Fixed roof coupe corvette.
This corvette was traded in here by a local collector and it was not smoked in.
This beautiful corvette is com.
The fixed roof coupe allowed the suspension to better handle all that 345 horsepower with racer like response thanks to the 12 percent increase in structural rigidity.
Take a look at this 1999 chevrolet corvette c5 hard top coupe.
The hardtop is the first fixed roof corvette since the 1963 67 sting ray coupe.
When the c5 was being developed three years ago chevy asked chief engi neer dave hill to figure a way to make a.
Under the hood is a 350 v8 engine 345 horsepower with an automatic transmission and only 70 000 miles.
In 1999 the corvette was offered as a limited production fixed roof coupe commonly known as a hardtop.
This was the beginning of the corvette engineers push to make the car s structure more rigid.
It is finished in black over black and features the z51 performance handling package a head up display air conditioning and a delco bose sound system.
2000 corvette fixed roof coupe with a six speed manual transmission and only 51 000 original miles.
So while the 1999 2000 corvette fixed roof coupe quickly became yesterday s news with the arrival of the 2001 z06 the production numbers are still pretty low 4 031 in 1999 and just 2 090 in.