was added to the option list, while two new models were created to drum up additional interest in the last of the C4s. The Sebring Silver Collector Edition, available with a number of options, would generate 5, 412 additional sales. But the limited edition Grand Sport, RPO Z16, would end up stealing most of the thunder.
     Named after the famous ’63 Corvette Grand Sport race cars that competed against the Shelby Cobras in SCCA road racing in the early 1960s, the ’96 Grand Sports honored their namesakes by carrying the same color scheme – Admiral Blue with Artic White center striping and dual red hash marks (similar to the ones used to identify each of the five original ’63 Grand Sports) on the driver’s side front fender. Five-spoke wheels, in the style of the ZR-1 wheels, were painted black, as were the brake