C5 Goes Le Mans; Commemorative Vette joins 50th fanfare.(News)(Brief Article)

Byline: MAC MORRISON Chevrolet will produce a 2004 Commemorative Edition Corvette Z06 in honor of the company's 2001 and 2002 GTS class victories at Le Mans. Although it will be produced in limited numbers, the car begins to atone for disappointment surrounding the understated-ness of the 2003 50th Anniversary Corvette.

The Le Mans Corvette dons special badging and the same blue, silver and red paint scheme that will appear on the race cars entered in this year's French enduro. More importantly, the vehicle wears a carbon fiber hood, marking the first use of carbon fiber as a ...

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