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Chevrolet Corvette Manta Ray Blue AUTOart 1:18

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Chevrolet Corvette Manta Ray Blue AUTOart 1:18 71041 Diecast
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AUTOart's 1:18 diecast Chevrolet Corvette Manta Ray in blue reproduces GM's striking 1968 show car concept. A genuinely unconventional shape for a concept-car or Corvette design display.
Chevrolet Corvette Manta Ray Blue AUTOart 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Chevrolet
Model Manufacturer
AUTOart
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
71041
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About the Chevrolet Corvette Manta Ray Blue AUTOart 1:18

TL;DR: AUTOart's 1:18 diecast Chevrolet Corvette Manta Ray in blue reproduces GM's 1968 show car, a boat-tail concept that pushed Corvette design well beyond production norms. A distinctive diecast for a concept car or Corvette design lineage shelf.

GM's design studios used show cars like the Manta Ray to test how far Corvette styling could stretch, and the result is a shape far more dramatic than anything Chevrolet ever actually sold to the public.

Diecast Execution of an Extreme Show Car Shape

The Manta Ray's dramatic boat-tail rear and low, aggressive nose present real tooling challenges, and AUTOart's diecast build, generally regarded among collectors as a stronger mid-to-upper diecast tier than some mass-market brands, handles those compound curves with reasonable confidence. Blue paint shows the body's flowing surfacing with genuine depth, catching the tapered rear deck's sculpted lines under direct light. Because the original was a hand-built concept rather than a production car, opening features on the replica are typically more limited than a standard road car model, focusing instead on capturing the shape accurately.

A Concept Piece Worth Its Own Display Category

This model suits a collection built specifically around concept and show cars, standing apart from production Corvettes on the same shelf as a piece of design history rather than a road-going reference. It also works as a talking point within a broader Corvette lineage display, showing how far GM's designers pushed ideas that never reached showroom floors. For collectors interested in automotive design history rather than production specifications, the Manta Ray offers something genuinely different from the usual production-car diecast fare.

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