GM Sues Mongoose Over 1963 Corvette Grand Sport Replica

When Ohio-based Mongoose Motorsports decided to create a replica of the 1963 Corvette Grand Sport, they had no idea they would unleash GM's wrath, and a lawsuit as well.

The American manufacturer decided these days to take Mongoose to court for producing unlicensed replicas of the model. In GM's view, the knock-off caused them and the Corvette brand irreparable damage. As a result, they ask for Mongoose to stop using any Corvette labels or trademarks and also asks for an unspecified amount of financial retribution.

To show the wickedness which drives corporate GM, the carmaker also requests the destruction of all labels, signs and ads bearing Corvette trademarks and the access of GM employees to Mongoose's office and financial records, as DetNews reports.

"They're unique cars. Hand-built, special-bodied," Greg Wallace, spokesman for the GM Heritage Center said in a release. "It's probably the most valuable Corvette there is."

Mongoose on the other hand says it is only because of them fans can enjoy "a beautiful recreation of this piece of Corvette history," after GM pulled the plug on the car the same decade.

Built originally as a weapon against Carroll Shelby's Cobras, the Grand Sport was designed as a 125 limited edition run, which would qualify as a GT production car under international racing rules. The stop of the project came before all the units were built, leaving only five Grand Sports in existence.