The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car manufactured by Chevrolet and acts as one of the brand's flagship vehicles. The fifth generation of the Corvette, internally designated the C5 and styled by John Cafaro, was introduced at the 1996 North American International Auto Show in January 1996 for the 1997 model year. The C5 was the first generation of Corvette to use GM's third-generation LS V8s, in this case a 5.7L LS1 V8, and the last Corvette to feature pop-up headlights. A higher-performance version, the Z06, was introduced in 2001. The C5 was discontinued in 2004, to be replaced by the C6-generation Corvette. 248,715 were produced.
The Hot Wheels logo is cast into the rear window; for later releases the logo is updated with more recent logos.