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Chevrolet Corvette C7 Grand Sport Black with White Stripes AUTOart 1:18

Chevrolet Corvette C7 Grand Sport Black with White Stripes AUTOart 1:18 71273 Composite
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AUTOart's 1:18 composite Chevrolet Corvette C7 Grand Sport pairs black paintwork with the model's signature wide white racing stripes, built on a metal body with fine composite detailing. Doors and bonnet open to reveal a correctly detailed cabin and engine bay, a genuine feature at this scale and price point. A wide-body American sports car that stands out on a shelf otherwise dominated by European metal.
Chevrolet Corvette C7 Grand Sport Black with White Stripes AUTOart 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Chevrolet
Model Manufacturer
AUTOart
Scale
1:18
Material
Composite
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
71273
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About the Chevrolet Corvette C7 Grand Sport Black with White Stripes AUTOart 1:18

TL;DR: AUTOart's 1:18 composite Chevrolet Corvette C7 Grand Sport reproduces the 2017 wide-body model in black with white racing stripes. The composite build pairs a metal body with fine separate parts, and the doors and bonnet open to reveal detailed cabin and engine bay work, a genuine hands-on feature at this scale.

The Grand Sport badge on a Corvette means something specific: wider bodywork borrowed from the Z06, without the Z06's supercharger, aimed at drivers who wanted the stance and grip without the extra heat under the bonnet. AUTOart builds this C7 Grand Sport in composite construction, and the opening panels let a collector actually see the difference that wide-body treatment makes underneath.

AUTOart's 1:18 Composite Corvette C7 Grand Sport

Metal Body Paired with Fine Cast Detail

AUTOart's composite construction pairs a metal body shell, giving the model real heft and the dimensional stability heavier construction brings, with separately moulded resin or plastic components for the finer detail a single metal casting cannot reproduce as sharply. That combination shows clearly on the Grand Sport's front splitter, side vents and rear diffuser, parts fine enough that a pure diecast tool would likely round them off. The black paintwork sits deep and even across the metal panels, exactly the kind of gloss that composite construction's metal shell delivers well.

Doors, Bonnet and the Grand Sport's Wide Stance

This casting genuinely opens: the doors swing to reveal a correctly trimmed cabin, and the bonnet lifts to show engine bay detail, both real features rather than static representations. That matters on a wide-body Corvette because the flared arches and wider front track are easiest to appreciate with a door open, showing how much extra bodywork the Grand Sport treatment actually adds over a standard Stingray. The panels operate with a defined stop rather than flopping loose, which separates a well-engineered opening feature from a gimmick.

The Grand Sport Badge on the C7 Corvette

Wide-Body Aero Borrowed from the Z06

Chevrolet built the C7 Grand Sport by taking the Z06's wider body, larger brakes and sharper aerodynamics and pairing them with the naturally aspirated LT1 engine from the standard Stingray, aimed at drivers who wanted the stance and cornering grip without the Z06's supercharged heat and cost. That combination made the Grand Sport something of an enthusiast's choice within the C7 range, valued for balance rather than outright power. AUTOart's model reflects that wide-body specification accurately, the detail that separates a Grand Sport casting from a standard Stingray tool.

Black and White Stripe Livery

Black with white racing stripes is one of the more visually direct combinations Chevrolet offered on the Grand Sport, and it echoes a livery tradition Corvette has used on performance variants going back decades. On a wide-body car, the stripe placement also does useful work visually, drawing the eye along the car's length and emphasising just how much wider the arches sit than a standard Stingray's. AUTOart reproduces the stripe edges cleanly, with sharp registration against the black rather than any bleed at the paint boundary.

A Composite American Icon Among European Metal

Most 1:18 Porsche and Ferrari collections lean heavily on European diecast and resin, so a composite Corvette brings a different construction approach and a different national character to the same shelf. The opening doors and bonnet also make it a more hands-on piece than a sealed diecast neighbour, useful for anyone who likes showing detail off rather than just displaying it. At this scale and construction level, the Grand Sport sits at a sensible mid-tier price point for what the opening features and composite finish deliver.

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