fatherlarry
04-21-2002, 07:48 PM
Not since 1963 has there been a true hardtop in the Corvette lineup. But, the best of it all is that it’s a hardtop with a trunk! The unique styling of this automobile sets it apart from the hatchbacks of the late ‘70’s to present. This hardtop emits an aura that says, “Don’t mess with me.”
The rear end of this Vette, sets it apart from any car built in the US or abroad. Motorists driving behind this phenomena, and gazing at the rear end, with center exhaust pipes and those wide, over 18” tires, gives the motorist a Class A view of the most incredible rear end on any car ever manufactured. Sitting in the cockpit and looking through the windshield gives you a real treat, with a smoothly designed hood to fender flair that slightly increases towards the end of the fenders. And, when the headlights are engaged, pulling the headlamp doors up, its sets you apart from any other sports car, and most definitely injects Corvette fever into your blood. Looking out over the hood and fenders, gives you a feeling of being a butterfly, but lookout, because this Vette looks like a butterfly, but stings like a bee.
Not only is the 1999 Hardtop Corvette the first of its kind in a series in Corvette history, but also it is starting to get recognized by collectors and Corvette enthusiasts as being something unique.
The technical advancements of this sports car and its styling and handling is incredible. It keeps up with the old big blocks of yesteryear, not only in styling, but also in performance. Where can you get a sports car, with 345 hp, that will do the high 12’s, in purely stock condition. In the past, you would have to buy a 427 to do that quarter mile time. And, incredible as it sounds, the Hardtop gets 28 hwy miles to a gallon. The handling of this hardtop, with it’s tighter structure opposed to the coupe and vert, sets it apart from many two seater sports cars that were built. This hardtop, for $38,000, compared to a ZR1, for $67,000, is giving you a lot for your money.
Naturally, the Corvette will get better as time goes on, with better technology, but the ’99 Hardtop will get better with age, like a fine bottle of wine. I believe this car to be a future classic. The styling of this car defies the old saying, that “all Corvettes are Red” This car is certainly not the norm. When you see a black on black Hardtop coming down the road, you will know that you have one of the meanest machines in Corvette history. Only 12% of all Corvettes made in 1999 were Hardtops, and only 6% in the year 2000. With a little over 6,000 made for the two years, followed by the Z06, which costs $12,000 more than the original hardtop did.
There is only one way to describe this car, and that’s by the great words of a champion athlete of all times, Mohammed Ali, “ floats like a butterfly, but stings like a bee.”
The rear end of this Vette, sets it apart from any car built in the US or abroad. Motorists driving behind this phenomena, and gazing at the rear end, with center exhaust pipes and those wide, over 18” tires, gives the motorist a Class A view of the most incredible rear end on any car ever manufactured. Sitting in the cockpit and looking through the windshield gives you a real treat, with a smoothly designed hood to fender flair that slightly increases towards the end of the fenders. And, when the headlights are engaged, pulling the headlamp doors up, its sets you apart from any other sports car, and most definitely injects Corvette fever into your blood. Looking out over the hood and fenders, gives you a feeling of being a butterfly, but lookout, because this Vette looks like a butterfly, but stings like a bee.
Not only is the 1999 Hardtop Corvette the first of its kind in a series in Corvette history, but also it is starting to get recognized by collectors and Corvette enthusiasts as being something unique.
The technical advancements of this sports car and its styling and handling is incredible. It keeps up with the old big blocks of yesteryear, not only in styling, but also in performance. Where can you get a sports car, with 345 hp, that will do the high 12’s, in purely stock condition. In the past, you would have to buy a 427 to do that quarter mile time. And, incredible as it sounds, the Hardtop gets 28 hwy miles to a gallon. The handling of this hardtop, with it’s tighter structure opposed to the coupe and vert, sets it apart from many two seater sports cars that were built. This hardtop, for $38,000, compared to a ZR1, for $67,000, is giving you a lot for your money.
Naturally, the Corvette will get better as time goes on, with better technology, but the ’99 Hardtop will get better with age, like a fine bottle of wine. I believe this car to be a future classic. The styling of this car defies the old saying, that “all Corvettes are Red” This car is certainly not the norm. When you see a black on black Hardtop coming down the road, you will know that you have one of the meanest machines in Corvette history. Only 12% of all Corvettes made in 1999 were Hardtops, and only 6% in the year 2000. With a little over 6,000 made for the two years, followed by the Z06, which costs $12,000 more than the original hardtop did.
There is only one way to describe this car, and that’s by the great words of a champion athlete of all times, Mohammed Ali, “ floats like a butterfly, but stings like a bee.”