Today, the 1984 Corvette sits at the bottom of the collector market. But when Car and Driver tested Chevrolet’s new C4 in 1983, Brock Yates and the automotive press thought Corvette performance had entered the future.
When it comes to skid-pad figures, Corvettes have been in “exotic territory” since 1984! Dateline: 11.29.17 (Photo GM Archives) – Thirty-five years ago the statistical...
Now, if are new to the Corvette hobby, you most likely know that as of today, an ‘84 Corvette is arguably the lowest valued Corvette on the market. But when you look back and read the reports and road tests, one can’t help but ask, “How could that be?!?” The quick answer is that the reason this happened was because the C4 Corvette improved so much, so fast. While the platform of a ‘96 Corvette (the last year for the C4) is the same, it might as well be a different car.
So, let’s have a look see at what was so special back in the Summer of ’94 when the automotive press went gaga over the then new, C4 Corvette!
