The fourth generation of Corvette was nearing a decade old in the early Nineties, and the next generation had originally been scheduled to debut as a 1995 model, but a soft economy affected sales and so the new 'Vette had to get pushed back another few years and the C4 would linger on.
For 1991 the car received a styling update, with the nose and rear fascia revised, new front fender panels with faux horizontal vent strakes, and new 17" turbine-styled aluminum wheels.
For the 1992 model year, the revised exterior was joined by underhood upgrades to match.
In the '92 Corvette, the L98 Tuned Port Injection 5.7L motor that had powered Chevy's flagship since the 1985 model year was replaced by the new LT1.
An evolution of the previous 350 small block V-8, the new second generation LT1 featured a host of changes, including a revised intake and exhaust, new free-flowing cylinder heads, new engine controls, and a reverse-flow cooling system that directed coolant from the radiator to the heads first which helped enable the 10.5:1 compression ratio.
All these changes bumped the output by twenty percent, from 250 to 300 SAE net horsepower.
Car and Driver's testing of a 6-speed 'Vette coupe with the new motor returned a zero-to-sixty time of 5.0 seconds flat and a quarter mile run of 13.6 seconds at 104 mph, with a top speed of 157. Base price for the coupe was $36,604, or the equivalent of about $83,250 in today's prices.
This one was snapped with a Nikon D7000 and 16-80mm f/2.8-4E in October of 2020.
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