1996 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe LT4

This is not the first time I’ve written about the 1984-1996 C4 Corvette before, and this won’t be the last. It marked a new era in the history of “American sports cars,” bringing with it brilliant colors, updated high-performance ZR-1 models, and a wedge-shaped design that still makes my head spin to this day. The fourth-generation Vette also featured new engines, including the LT4 in My Daily Pick, a 1996 Chevrolet Corvette coupe listed on ClassicCars.com by a private seller in Southlake, Texas out.

Chevrolet packed a lot into the C4’s final model year. It’s available in Sebring Silver Metallic Collector’s Edition and traditional Grand Sport coupe and convertible body styles. In addition to the LT1 V8, the Vette also comes with the new LT4. According to the brochure for the ’96 model, it was based on the LT1 and featured “new high-compression cylinder heads, redesigned camshafts, new injectors and a high-performance crankshaft.”

The result of the new hardware is 330 horsepower and 340 pound-feet of torque, increases of 30 and 5, respectively, compared to the LT1. But there’s a catch: You can only buy the LT4 in certain configurations. This is standard on the Grand Sport, but only available with the six-speed manual transmission on other Corvette models. If you want the extra power of the LT4 and the convenience of a four-speed automatic transmission, you’re out of luck; that transmission is paired exclusively to the LT1. If you waited until the 1997 model year to buy a Corvette, you were already too late, since the LT4 was a ’96-exclusive engine.

The special competition yellow C4 coupe you see here has a special combination of LT4 and a six-speed transmission, but it’s much more than that. As the photos show, it also comes with a tinted glass removable roof panel, power-adjustable black leather sports seats and an aftermarket head unit with navigation. Best of all the number on the digital odometer is small: 12,476 miles.

If you want to increase that number while burning some rubber on the rear tires, you can do it for $26,000.

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