Factory build sheet
2012 Chevrolet Corvette Premium 3LT
Build 1G1YG2DW-C · 6.2L 8cyl · Rear-wheel drive · Coupe
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1G1YG2DW and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Corvette whose VIN starts 1G1YG2DW and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 166 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 166 known VINs
- 2 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Chevrolet with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 6.2 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine model
- LS3
- Engine manufacturer
- GM
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Rear-wheel drive
- Transmission
- Automatic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Coupe
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 2
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
The same build, other model years
Chevrolet used the VIN pattern 1G1YG2DW for 4 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 1G1 | GENERAL MOTORS LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | YG2DW | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | C | Model year — 2012 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
166 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1G1YG2DW-C shares the specification above.
- 166 Known VINs
- 2 Listed for sale now
Vehicles of this build
A fixed sample of 1 vehicles carrying this configuration — each with its own history page. The sample refreshes quarterly, not nightly, so it stays put between visits.
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 166 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.