BR_Bo

Can you guys educate me on the Grand Sport - I thought that the GS was Blue exterior/red interior only. Is this a true statement? I am looking at a 96 Polo Green "Grand Sport" on the internet (no stripes, saddle interior, standard wheels). I thought that was a misprint/mislead, but then the photo of the engine compartment shows "Grand Sport" in red letters.

Is this a Polo Green Convertible with the LT-4 option, or is it indeed a "Grand Sport"?

Thanks.

Z-07 freak

The LT-4 engine, only available in the `96 model year, is also known as the "Grand Sport" engine. So that label plate on the intake is correct.

It wont be too long before owners of actual Grand Sports show you pics.

lt4red

It is not a grand sport, it is an lt4 car only. GM put the gs throttle body on all lt4s, which causes people to think that the cars are also grand sports. I had to argue with a guy before I bought mine that his black lt4 six speed car was not a grand sport no matter what the plastic cover on his throttle body said.

wake

All the stick cars got LT4s in 96, and all LT4s had the Grand Sport TB plate cover...

The GS was an appearance package like the CE... Blue w/White strip, special black wheels, and badges... Oh and a different VIN sequence if memory serves correctly...

Check out the GS registry, I think you'll learn more than you wanted to...

redvette6spd

You are looking at a LT4 car they have a grand sport motor. LT4 cars all have manual trannys. A GS is admiral blue with a white stripe down the middle and red hash marks on the front driver side fender. The interior color is open to any color the GS only came with a 6 spd tranny

BR_Bo

As I suspected. Thanks for the timely answers.

LTxDave

Interior on the GS only came in black or red. Both with Grandsport on the seats.

bogus

There were 1000 GSs made. 849 coupes, 151 verts (someone confirm my numbers!).

There was only 1 option - red or black interior.

The GS was made to honour the 1963 Grand Sport. Five were made as part of an all out racing project by Zora... it ended after five were built, when 199 were planned. There was a sixth built, however, it was burned to the ground at the GM proving grounds in Milford, MI.

This was during the tail end of the AMA ban on racing... what a crock that was. And GM enforced it. The other five were saved because they were already in the hands of privateers.

All five had special aluminum 377ci small blocks (allow my to qualify - I THINK they were supposed to be aluminum, my memory is telling me that they had problems with the castings, so they may have been iron), with four Weber sidedrafts on a special laydown intake manifold. Later, these cars got early prototype 427s in them. They had speed, were about 1000 lbs lighter then a stock Vette of the day, but didn't have enough built to qualify as a production vehicle, so they were stuck in prototype classes, and could not compete.

Z-07 freak

I believe I got this from the GS Registry

1996 grand sport #'s

1,000 total Grand Sport Corvettes

810 Grand Sport Coupes

217 coupes with Torch Red / Black interior
40 with FE1 suspension
91 with F-45 suspension
86 with Z-51 suspension
593 coupes with Black interior
197 with FE1 suspension
206 with F-45 suspension
190 with Z-51 suspension

190 Grand Sport Convertibles

53 convertibles with Torch Red / Black interior
11 with FE-1 sespension
42 with F-45 suspension
137 convertibles with Black interior
61 with FE-1 suspension
76 with F-45 suspension

GS Diva

And here's a picture of one...minus the black wheels

Aquaman92

Mr Mojo

Nobody mentioned the unique VIN the GS's have.

LTxDave

Someone did.

acrace

And for "real" Grand Sport coupes - wider rear wheels - 17" x 11".

2vettesrbtr

Also, If I am not mistaken, only the coupes had the rear fender flares. IMO, these were/are some of the most beautiful vettes GM ever produced.

GSjimbo

That's correct, only the coupes had the rear flares to accomodate the wider rear tires. The Verts had the narrower tires all around due to the fact that the 11" ones, like on the rear of the coupes, would not fit in either the under car carrier or the behind the seat storage area if you had a flat. On the coupes, if the rear tiire goes flat, there is has room to stow it in the hatch area in a special bag.