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Chevrolet Corvette C5

2 rare versions and 5 documented colour variants of the Chevrolet Corvette C5 (1997–2004). The rarest documented: Corvette Indy Pace Car Replica (Z4Z) (1998) (1,163 Built).

Chevrolet Corvette C5
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2Rare versions
5Colour variants
1997–2004Years

Why this page

The Corvette C5 as a whole was built in large numbers, so it is not a rare car in itself and has no car page of its own. This page collects what is rare about it: the versions, engine and option packages built in small numbers – each with its own page and full history when it is a car collectors look for by name – and the factory colours with a documented production count, which are rows in a table, not cars of their own. Body styles of one version (coupé, convertible, hardtop) are rows of that version's production table.

Rare versions of the Corvette C5

Every documented rare year and version. Each has its own page with production figures, specifications, history and individual chassis.

YearPhotoRare versionBuiltRarity
1998 Corvette Indy Pace Car Replica (Z4Z) (1998) 1,163 Rare
2004 Corvette Z06 Commemorative Edition (2004) 2,025 Rare

Factory colours of the Corvette C5 5

Factory colours with a documented production count. A colour is a row in this table, never a car of its own; each count says what it counts and where it comes from.

YearColourCodeVersionBuilt
1997 Fairway Green Metallic1 — Corvette 1551
1997 Nassau Blue Metallic1 — Corvette 2921
1998 Navy Blue Metallic2 — Corvette 142
1998 Aztec Gold2 — Corvette 152
2001 Dark Bowling Green3 — Corvette 9193

Sources

Sources of the colour figures on this page. Each car has its own sources on its page.

  1. 1
    1997 Corvette Pricing, Factory Options, & Colors – CorvSport Level C
    • 155 1997 Corvettes painted Fairway Green Metallic (CorvSport colour table)
    • 292 1997 Corvettes painted Nassau Blue Metallic (CorvSport colour table)
    Accessed 2026-11-12
  2. 2
    1998 Corvette Pricing, Factory Options, & Colors – CorvSport Level C
    • 14 1998 Corvettes painted Navy Blue Metallic (code 28), coupe + convertible
    • 15 1998 Corvettes painted Aztec Gold (code 58), coupe + convertible
    Accessed 2026-11-12
  3. 3
    2001 Corvette Pricing, Factory Options, & Colors – CorvSport Level C
    • 919 2001 Corvettes painted Dark Bowling Green (CorvSport colour table)
    Accessed 2026-11-12