Malibu SS 396 package — 375 hp 396, boxed frame, HD suspension

Years 1965, 1983, 1987, 1996, 2004, 2017–19 Models 6 Factory citations 10

Also described as Special Sport Coupe & Convertible EquipmentPerformance package, Grand Sport EditionPerformance package, European commemorative editionGrand Sport Performance PackageRoyal Knight packageSS Aero Coupe, model option

Documented applications

Chevelle / El Camino

1965 Factory-verified

GM Heritage factory kit — 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle, p.4.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1965 Chevrolet El Camino, p.31.
1965 Factory-verified

201 built (200 hardtops, 1 convertible); listed as "Special Sport Coupe & Convertible Equipment" in GM records

GM Heritage factory kit — 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle, p.4.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1965 Chevrolet El Camino, p.31.

Corvette — C4 (1984–1996)

1996 Factory-verified

requires LT4 and 1SB (coupe order guide p.83) or LT4 and 1SD (convertible order guide p.85); Admiral Blue paint with a white center stripe, black-painted wheels; the 1996 list prints it 216

GM Heritage factory kit — 1996 Chevrolet Corvette, p.83.

Corvette — C5 (1997–2004)

2004 Factory-verified

GM factory document — 2004 chevrolet corvette rpo code list, p.1.

Corvette — C7 (2014–2019)

2017–2019 Factory-verified

only in: Grand Sport; all trims: S; 2019: from GM order-guide copies (Corvette Action Center, GM Authority)

GM factory document — 2017 chevrolet corvette fleet order guide wayback, p.1.

El Camino — fifth generation (1983–1987)

1983 Factory-verified

Chevrolet only; not with D91, N95 wire wheel covers, BW2 or BX8 (from the 1983 p.5 Royal Knight entry, whose code prints 216)

GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet El Camino, p.1.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet El Camino, p.16.

Monte Carlo — fourth generation (1983–1988)

1987 Factory-verified

the 1987 guide and price pages; a 1988 specification page still heads a column with the Z16 option, apparently carried over, so 1988 is not claimed; Wikipedia dates the Aero Coupe 1986–1987, but the 1986 kit does not show it

GM Heritage factory kit — 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, p.43.

This page aggregates every documented appearance of Z16 in the Chevrolet reference. Confidence and citations are shown per application — the same code can be better documented in one year than another.