1988 Chevrolet Corvette Base 2dr Convertible

Make

Chevrolet

Model

Corvette Base 2dr Convertible

Year

1988

Listed price

$18,997

Location

Bradenton, Florida

Transmission

Automatic

Mileage

39,005 miles

1988 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible â?" L98 5.7L TPI V8, Red on Red, Clean Florida Car Why This Car Is Special The fourth-generation Corvette, introduced for 1984, represented a fundamental rethinking of what the Corvette could be. By 1988, the C4 had matured into a genuinely capable sports car â?" refined enough for daily use, fast enough to embarrass most of what else was on the road. The 1988 Chevrolet Corvette convertible is a particularly desirable variant of that generation because the ragtop body style had only returned to the lineup in 1986, after a ten-year absence. Buyers who wanted an open-air Corvette with the fully developed L98 engine and a sorted-out platform gravitated toward the 1987-1989 window, and for good reason. The L98 engine â?" a 5.