1998 Corvette Production Volumes

In 1998, a total of 31,084 Corvettes were produced. Production volume was strong for the second year of C5 production at Bowling Green, KY in 1998.

1998 Production Volumes by Model Variant

Of those cars, 19,235 were coupes and 11,849 were convertibles.

Model Variant	Production	% of Total
Coupe	19,235	61.9
Convertible	11,849	38.1
Total	31,084	100.0

1998 Production Volumes by RPO Codes & Colors

Below, we have broken out the production builds by RPO codes and options so you can see how popular or rare certain options were. The production volumes are broken out by domestic coupe and domestic convertible builds. Don’t be surprised when the total column doesn’t always match the first two columns. It is not a mistake, it is because total column includes domestic coupe, convertible and export quantities too.

Code	Description	Coupe	Coupe %	Conv	Conv %	Total	Total %
7OU	TORCH RED EXTERIOR	5,031	28.6	2,995	27.0	8,767	28.2
41U	BLACK EXTERIOR	3,746	21.3	2,354	21.2	6,597	21.2
13U	BRIGHT SILVER METALLIC EXTERIOR	2,835	16.1	1,273	11.5	4,637	14.9
1OU	WHITE EXTERIOR	1,941	11.0	1,214	10.9	3,346	10.8
11U	PEWTER METALLIC EXTERIOR	1,992	11.3	1,133	10.2	3,276	10.5
53U	TOREADOR RED METALLIC EXTERIOR	982	5.6	513	4.6	1,567	5.0
21U	RADAR PURPLE METALLIC EXTERIOR	0	0.0	1,111	10.0	1,163	3.7
23U	BRIGHT BLUE EXTERIOR	707	4.0	300	2.7	1,098	3.5
95U	MAJESTIC AMETHYST METALLIC EXTERIOR	215	1.2	146	1.3	381	1.2
87U	FAIRWAY GREEN EXTERIOR	129	0.7	60	0.5	223	0.7
28U	NAVY BLUE EXTERIOR	12	0.1	2	0.0	14	0.0
58U	AZTEC GOLD METALLIC EXTERIOR	12	0.1	3	0.0	15	0.0
41T	BLACK TOP	0	0.0	7,990	72.0	8,630	27.8
67T	LIGHT OAK TOP	0	0.0	2,308	20.8	2,376	7.6
16T	BRIGHT WHITE TOP	0	0.0	806	7.3	843	2.7
19I	BLACK INTERIOR TRIM	9,894	56.2	6,648	59.9	18,338	59.0
67I	LIGHT OAK INTERIOR TRIM	2,969	16.9	2,720	24.5	5,871	18.9
92I	PEWTER INTERIOR TRIM	3,914	22.2	1,289	11.6	5,450	17.5
94I	FIRETHORN RED INTERIOR	825	4.7	447	4.0	1,425	4.6
1SA	PACKAGE OPTION 01	17,588	99.9	1	0.0	19,542	62.9
1SB	PACKAGE OPTION 02	0	0.0	11,077	99.8	11,500	37.0
AAB	MEMORY SEATS	12,885	73.2	9,320	83.9	24,234	78.0
AG2	PASSENGER POWER SEAT	15,672	89.0	10,586	95.3	28,575	91.9
AQ9	PASS & DRIVER RECLINING BKT SEATS	11,617	66.0	8,882	80.0	22,675	72.9
AR9	PASS & DRIVER RECL BKT SEATS – EUROPEAN STYLE	5,985	34.0	2,222	20.0	8,409	27.1
B34	CARPETED INSERT – FRONT FLOOR MATS	17,295	98.3	10,968	98.8	30,592	98.4
B84	EXTERIOR B/S MOLDING	10,154	57.7	5,619	50.6	17,070	54.9
C2L	DUAL REMOVABLE ROOF PACKAGE	5,496	31.2	0	0.0	5,640	18.1
C00	ROADSIDE SERVICE DECAL INFORMATION	3,167	18.0	1,128	10.2	28,665	92.2
CC3	REMOVABLE ROOF HATCH	6,591	37.4	0	0.0	6,957	22.4
CF7	REMOVABLE ROOF – NON TRANSPARENT	5,515	31.3	0	0.0	6,638	21.4
F45	VARIABLE CHASSIS, REAL TIME DAMPING	4,228	24.0	3,184	28.7	8,374	26.9
FE1	SOFT RIDE SUSPENSION	15,063	85.6	9,592	86.4	26,835	86.3
FE3	SPORT RIDE SUSPENSION	2,539	14.4	1,512	13.6	4,249	13.7
FE9	FEDERAL EMISSION CERTIFICATION	14,174	80.5	8,720	78.5	25,272	81.3
G90	REAR AXLE RATIO – 3.15	6,810	38.7	4,942	44.5	13,416	43.2
G92	REAR AXLE RATIO – PERFORMANCE	6,810	38.7	4,940	44.5	13,331	42.9
GU2	REAR AXLE RATIO – 2.73	6,873	39.0	3,512	31.6	10,562	34.0
GU6	REAR AXLE RATIO – 3.42	3,919	22.3	2,650	23.9	7,106	22.9
JL4	ACTIVE BRAKE CONTROL	2,312	13.1	2,874	25.9	5,356	17.2
M30	ELECTRONIC 4 SPD AUTO TRANS	13,683	77.7	8,454	76.1	23,978	77.1
MM0	MANUAL 6 SPD – BORG WARNER	3,919	22.3	2,650	23.9	7,106	22.9
N73	SPORT CUSTOM WHEELS	155	0.9	78	0.7	1,425	4.6
QD4	ALUM. WHEELS FRT – 17x8.5, RR 18x9.5	17,447	99.1	9,915	89.3	28,511	91.7
T96	FOG LAMPS	16,420	93.3	10,688	96.3	29,310	94.3
CJ2	AIR COND. W/ AUTO TEMP CONTROL	14,435	82.0	9,976	89.8	26,572	85.5
U1S	MULTIPLE CD PLAYER	8,729	49.6	6,089	54.8	16,513	53.1
UL0	AM/FM STEREO CASSETTE W/ AUTO REV. AND SEARCH	6,882	39.1	4,455	40.1	12,871	41.4
UN0	AM/FM STEREO Compact Disk (CD)	10,720	60.9	6,649	59.9	18,213	58.6
V49	LICENSE PLATE FRAME	9,834	55.9	5,783	52.1	16,087	51.8
XGG	FRT TIRE P245/45R17-89Y BW TL SBR HW4 EMT	17,602	100.0	11,103	100.0	30,750	98.9
YGH	REAR TIRE P275/40R18-94Y BW TL SBR HW4 EMT	17,602	100.0	11,103	100.0	30,750	98.9
Z4Z	INDY PACE CAR MERCH. PACK	0	0.0	1,111	10.0	1,163	3.7
Z51	PERFORMANCE HANDLING PACKAGE	2,539	14.4	1,512	13.6	4,249	13.7
Code	Description	Coupe	Coupe %	Conv	Conv %	Total	Total %