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Old May 12, 2016 | 05:28 PM
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I am the proud original owner of a 1996 Torch Red LT4 with a black cloth top and interior. My car is fully loaded except for the select ride control option. Does anyone know how many with this color, motor, vert combination were made? I can never find anything on the internet except for the true Grand Sport model which mine is not (I believe only 1,000 GSs were made).


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Old May 12, 2016 | 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Vinman396
I am the proud original owner of a 1996 Torch Red LT4 with a black cloth top and interior. My car is fully loaded except for the select ride control option. Does anyone know how many with this color, motor, vert combination were made? I can never find anything on the internet except for the true Grand Sport model which mine is not (I believe only 1,000 GSs were made).


Any info would be greatly appreciated.

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Vinny
According to Lyons and Katz "Corvette" an American Classic, Metrobooks 2001:

Coupe 10,755
Convertible 4,369
GS coupe 810
GS convertible 190
Collector edition coupe 4,031
Collector edition Convertible 1,381

No mention of colors. Gary
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According to the "Corvette Black Book"



17,167 Coupes Produced in 1996 & 4,369 Convertibles.

6,359 LT4 Corvettes were produced in 1996.

Torch Red was the 2nd most popular color (behind Sebring Silver Metallic) - with 4,418 cars produced in 1996.



Sorry - no data on how many of the various options were sold...
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Originally Posted by Vinman396
I am the proud original owner of a 1996 Torch Red LT4 with a black cloth top and interior. My car is fully loaded except for the select ride control option.......

Congratulations and welcome to the forum.

You should show us what you bought. We all like to see pictures.
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Thanks for all the feedback... Really appreciate it!

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You have one of the more desirable models of the C4 since it's an LT4, 1996 was the only year for the LT4 which was basically a beefed up version of the LT1.
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GM didn't keep specific records of what cars were made with what options. You can find 1996 production numbers and costs of the various body styles, and available factory options here.


All LT4 cars had a 6-speed manual trans. Automatic trans cars got the LT1
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Originally Posted by c4cruiser
GM didn't keep specific records of what cars were made with what options. You can find 1996 production numbers and costs of the various body styles, and available factory options here.


All LT4 cars had a 6-speed manual trans. Automatic trans cars got the LT1
They had them specifically for 1996 and were available on a web site for years. Now that site is gone and I can't find the data. I'd fathom a guess that the Grand Sport Registry owner has copies. It was specific down to exact options including engine and suspension.
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Very nice.
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