One online mag called the C5 Corvette Z06 'the holy grail of analog Corvettes', while an owner at Corvetteforum.com called mocoyne said in 2022: 'I recently bought an 04 Z at a price close to the ...

It's an American muscle battle! The Corvette C5 takes on the Camaro Z28 in a thrilling 1/4 mile drag race. Hear the roaring V8 sound and watch the burnout action before the race begins!

The ZR1 skipped the C5 but showed up again, sans hyphen, in the 2009 C6 Corvette. Now fielding a supercharged 638-hp LS9 (604 lb-ft of torque) engine, it was the first factory Corvette to top 200 mph!

The world wouldn’t see another officially sanctioned Corvette racer until the C5.R program. Courtesy of RM Sotheby's It’s hard to imagine that another Corvette could surpass the value of the SS.