10 Best OEM Corvette Wheel Options Ever

Over the last 70 years GM has offered scores of wheel options for the Corvette, and these are the 10 best.

Other than paint color, wheels have the most dramatic impact on the way a car looks. And when that car has seventy years of history like the Corvette does the number of wheel options becomes mind boggling. But wheels not only change the way a car looks, but they can also change the way it performs. The size of the wheel, and the weight of the wheel contribute to how the Corvette can accelerate, corner and brake. It is as important dynamically as it is visually. Which is why it is the one part that owners tend to fret over the most. If you look at aftermarket wheels the choices are nearly endless. But GM provided plenty of options themselves over the years. And it is those options that we are focused on today.

We dug through 70 years of history to find what we felt were the 10 best OEM Corvette wheel options ever offered. We can tell you right now that you will not agree with this list. Wheel design is subjective. And with so many options we are sure your list of 10 will look different than ours. But that’s OK. You can make your own list and share it with us in the Corvette Forum forums. How close is your list to ours? Well, let’s get started.

1 – 1953 Knock Off Wheel Covers

It is tough to argue against the original. Yes, they are covers and not real knock off wheels. But these early wheels are part of the look that defined the Corvette. They may be comically small compared to the massive wheels of today. But everything about cars has gotten bigger since 1953.