| Position |
Character |
Description |
| 1 |
1 |
US Built |
| 2 |
G |
General Motors Product |
| 3 |
1 |
Chevrolet Motor Division Vehicle |
| 4&5 |
YY |
Corvette |
| 6 |
1 or 2 or 3 |
Body style number
1 = Two-door fixed-roof hardtop
2 = Two-door hatchback style 07, 08, 77, or 87
3 = Two-door convertible GM body style 67 |
| 7 |
2 or 4 |
2=Active manual belts with driver and passenger inflatable restraint system
4=Active manual belts with frontal and side-impact driver and front passenger inflatable restraint system |
| G |
G |
LS1 5.7-liter (346 cu. in) Sequential multiport-fuel-injection (SFI) V8 |
| S |
LS6 5.7 liter sequential multiport-fuel-injection Chevrolet V-8 |
| 9 |
? |
A check digit that calculates the characters in the serial number and gives it a single digit code and can be used to verify that the serial number is legitimate |
| 10 |
1 |
V=1997 W=1998 X=1999 Y=2000 1=2001 2=2002 3=2003 4=2004
|
| 11 |
5 |
Bowling Green, Kentucky |
| 12-17 |
100001 and up |
Production Sequence |
