Photo Gallery «Chevrolet Corvette Shark XP-755 from 1961 - Bio-Design at General Motors»
In the early sixties, development of the second generation Corvette (C-2) was already well advanced. The design was based on the Stingray racer (XP-87), whose appearance was influenced by the marine world. To prepare the future customers of the C2 for this new organic design language, a show car was built, the XP-755, called Shark. The idea was born while fishing, when design chief Bill Mitchell caught a shortfin mako. This report describes the 1961 Chevrolet Corvette Shark and its before and after history, accompanied by many pictures, some of which have never been published before.
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