According to a Montana Chevrolet dealer, the bow-tie automaker will revive the Corvette Grand Sport label in both coupe and convertible forms for 2010. Even though sales of Corvettes are sluggish – just as they are throughout the market – GM has repeatedly reaffirmed its commitment to the Corvette brand.
Ken Fichtner of Fitchner Chevrolet in Billings, Montana, posted on CorvetteForum.com that Chevrolet will offer six models of the Corvette for 2010: the standard coupe and convertible, Z06, ZR1 and, new for 2010, the Grand Sport in both coupe and convertible variants.
Fichtner didn’t spill the beans on just what the Grand Sport will entail – and without any details, we won’t speculate too much for now on this new model, which is likely to slot below the Z06 but above the base models.
It has been a busy season for Corvettes, despite the overall trend away from buying new cars, let alone new, high performance cars. The 2009 Corvette Competition Sport and the GT1 Championship Edition made their appearances earlier this year.
We wouldn’t be surprised to see GM announce the new Corvette model at the New York International Auto Show next week.
