2000 Corvette

Not just a 2000, but a Millennium Yellow Corvette because YEAR 2000!! (that was a big deal once). So, this was my 1st true sports car. Not this exact car, but one almost exactly like this. I actually owned 4 of them- an 01' that had to be lemon lawed back to GM, the replacement 02', that I traded that in on a 03' convertible, then traded on a 04' convertible with a manual (that I traded in on a Ferrari and have missed it ever since). All Millennium Yellow. So when it came time to add one to the Car Barn... well you know. The C5 (every Corvette generation is a C something) was a huge leap forward from the C4. Due to a number of delays- the C5 benefited from 7 years of development, and it was one of the best performance cars you could buy at any price. So good, it still stands up today against cars 20 years newer. GM really put the emphasis on the drivetrain and weight savings- it had 1/3rd fewer parts than the C4, along with quirky things like the floorboard being made of Balsa wood sandwiched between fiberglass. The car had to fit within a budget- so some sacrifices were made in the interior, and it received some knocks for having a cheap plastic interior- which it kinda does.  Last Corvette to have pop-up headlights- and the last car ever to ever to have them, as I think pedestrian safety requirements would now prevent them.

- 345 HP 

- 5.7L Pushrod V8 

- Curb Weight 3,245

- Top Speed of 172 MPH

- 0-60 Time: 4.7 seconds