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Ed Cole fought to keep his Corvette alive. Some 1955 models were powered by Chevy’s new V-8. Zora Arkus-Duntov arrived but he would need time to defend and enhance a sports car that many in GM considered was ready for the chop. “Considering the statistics, the American public does not...
While the redesign gave the Corvette a fresh look for the new model year, Chevrolet also recognized the importance of commemorating the car's quarter-century of production. For the first time in the brand's history, two special-edition Corvettes were introduced for the 1978 model year: the Silver Anniversary Edition and the Indy Pace Car coupes. On March 15, 1977, the 500,000th Corvette rolled off the assembly line at Chevrolet's St. Louis manufacturing plant.
The Corvette’s very existence stirred Styling Staff designers to create new ideas based on its design. The 1954 Motorama showed the results—a triple play of Corvette derivations that suggested how the model could evolve in the future. While Chevy’s engineers tinkered with the new Corvette’s anatomy, GM’s stylists explored Corvette...
Chevrolet put its heart and soul into the production and marketing of its new sports car, with Mauri Rose demonstrating it to the press. But problems with the bodies and slow market acceptance made Chevrolet doubt its new baby’s future. The Corvette’s enthusiastic reception at its Motorama launch in January...
For the original Corvette nothing was more important than a drive train that would do justice to a true sports car. Working with the available material an authentic racer, Mauri Rose, extracted enough horses delivered through a controversial transmission. Chevrolet’s R&D Department, under the leadership of British suspension expert Maurice...
A Florida Odyssey The L88 was the pinnacle of C2 Corvette racing in 1967. If you start with a big block Corvette for a build, what better use can you find for it than to make it into a nut and bolt period correct L88 race car that is exactly...
After Harley Earl and Carl Renner created the shape of the first Corvette, Maurice Olley had the task of putting a chassis inside it. His design matched the standards of the day and continued to underpin Corvettes during their first decade. That Chevy’s engineers were able to fit all the...
Ex-Scuderia Filipinetti 1968 L-88 Corvette As the only sports car model to be in continuous production for more than 50 years, the Chevrolet Corvette holds a very special place in world, as well as American, automotive history. Like the story of so many classic sports cars, a significant portion of...
The Story of the Elusive Scaglietti Corvettes Created With the Help of Carroll Shelby History is a curious thing, we tend to think of it as fixed and absolute, when in fact, like most things in life, it is dynamic, it can change. Or sometimes, like in grade school, we...
It took Harley Earl to envision the idea of a GM-built sports car, Bob McLean to create a European-style package for it and Carl Renner to fashion the sleek and appealing lines that created the Corvette’s unique character. He was a big man, six-feet-four and slope-shouldered, slow, deliberate and imprecise...
As we all know, the review embargo on the new 2023 Corvette C8 Z06 was lifted recently, and the videos, written reviews, and snippets of both have been circulating the Corvette forums, Facebook groups, and performance car enthusiast sites endlessly. There is an air of expected performance, of being the...
The story of the Corvette and how it came to race at Le Mans is one in which the dreams of a number of individuals intersect, over a prolonged period of time. While each of these dreamers came from vastly different backgrounds and held often times very different agendas, they all shared a common vision—an American sports car winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans. For Le Mans, the Sebring #2 car was renumbered as #1.
NOTE: While all care and attention has been taken to avoid showing any images containing bodies, there are some images in this article that may be distressing to some readers. In today’s world, we can look back through Chevrolet’s history and appreciate the legendary C2 and C3 L88 Corvettes. We...
The Corvette is America’s darling, a beloved sports car that’s been around for almost seven decades. Its ‘cult car’ status can be attributed to two main elements. First, there is the iconic two-door design that’s steadily evolved over the years, culminating in the current eighth generation’s expression of modern styling....
The History of America’s sports car is no doubt a colorful one. Now, nearly 70 years in the making, the Corvette is in its 8th generation of production and is among the most potent of performance cars currently available. However, this distinction did not come by happenstance. On the contrary,...
Known as the “Race Rat,” this rare 1960 Corvette is one of just 10 produced by the factory with the LPO (Limited Production Option) 1625A 24-gallon fuel tank designed by Zora Arkus-Duntov for racing purposes to reduce the frequency of pit stops. A true factory-prepared race car, this 1960 Chevrolet Corvette Tanker was ordered by gentleman racer and businessman George Reed of “Reed’s Race Rats” fame to compete in 1960 Sebring 12 Hours.
Throughout the years, certain aspects of American culture have become indelibly ingrained into the very fabric of our nation’s heritage. Few can argue that the Chevrolet Corvette is not worthy of its rightful spot among such notable representations of pure American ingenuity. Photo: airspacemag.com Chevrolet has sought to embrace this...
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