The Storied Chevy Corvette Grand Sport Makes Its Return for 2010

The last time we saw a Grand Sport production model was in 1996, when Chevy commemorated the original Corvette racers from the 1960s and closed out the C4 era. The original Grand Sports were designed by Zora Arkus-Duntov as race-ready production models. However, GM put the smackdown due to agreements to remain out of manufacturer-backed motorsports programs. The original production run of 125 that was originally planned never happened, but 5 prototypes of the 1963 Grand Sport Corvette were actually manufactured. These vehicles resembled production models but were hand-built race cars that differed quite significantly from their publicly offered brethren and were used by private racers with close ties to Duntov's engineering group. Now, at the 12th annual C5/C6 Corvette Birthday Bash at the National Corvette Museum (that really exists?), Chevrolet is announcing the 2010 Corvette Grand Sport.