2011 Corvette Grand Sport

The first Corvette arrived on the scene in 1953, the same year I did, so I’m old enough to have seen every model of Corvette actually driving on the road, even if those early year models were few and far between sightings. But every American boy of a certain age grew up with the Corvette being a magical nameplate and the iconic American sports car. Those early ‘Vettes have become highly desirable, and much sought after

The 2011 Grand Sport replaces the 2010 Z51 mechanical package. With the GS, you get stiffer springs and dampers, larger brakes and anti-roll bars, unique wheels with larger tires (275/35/18s in front and 325/30/19s in back) and body styling add-ons such as a front air inlet, bulging fenders with hash mark stripes, and rear brake-cooling ducts, which are more than just eye candy – as they reduce aerodynamic lift by 50 percent.

Despite all these Z06-syle add-ons, power comes from the base 430-hp LS3 V8 and is routed through a 6 speed automatic  An optional dual-mode exhaust system raises the output to 436-hp and sounds absolutely phenomenal during quick acceleration, and has a nice low burbling grumble at idle.

This Cyber Grey Grand Sport with less than 19,000 miles comes with the 4LT package which includes 2LT and 3LT items plus a leather wrapped two tone interior with Grand Sport embroidery at an original option cost of $7.705. This is a fabulous example of the C6 Grand Sport with very low miles and beautiful condition.

The 3LT option includes the Bose seven speaker audio, Bluetooth, cargo net and luggage shade, memory package, power steering and homelink.

2LT includes sport seats, six way passenger seat and power top.