Editor’s Note: This article was reproduced with permission from our sister site SportsCarDigest for CorvSport members to enjoy.
1953 Chevrolet Corvette Motorama Show Car.
As one of America’s favorite sports cars, it is appropriate to reflect on some of the technologies that have been introduced through the “halo” Corvette. Of course, the introduction of a new technology to the mass market can be a sensitive issue and the risks to a brand, associated with a failure, can be large. For this reason, not all technologies developed using the Corvette as a platform have filtered down to the rest of the Chevrolet (or GM) line-up. In some cases, the market simply didn’t exist. In other cases, it was simply a matter of the technology reaching too far or exceeding the ability to manufacture.
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