Chevrolet Corvette - the most successful American sports car in seven generations
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Summary
The Chevrolet Corvette was launched 60 years ago. To date, seven generations have appeared and the initially unsuccessful small-series sports car has blossomed into the most produced genuine American sports car, which is also happy to take on the best European competitors, even if many people don't want to hear it. This report provides an overview of seven generations and shows the vehicles in breathtaking pictures. Interested parties can also follow the many references and browse through brochures and technical data.
This article contains the following chapters
- The steadily growing, first Corvette C1
- Massive technical progress with the C2
- The Coke-bottle shape of the C3
- Slimmer lines and a return to the powerhouse with the C4
- Round, but no less fast than the C5
- In competition with the best sports cars in the world as the C6
- Retreaded as the C7
- The seven Corvette generations at a glance
Estimated reading time: 7min
Preview (beginning of the article)
It is already 60 years old, the Chevrolet Corvette, because on January 17, 1953, the doors opened to Motorama, the General Motors product presentation at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. One of the numerous show cars was a small plastic car commissioned by sports car fan and GM Vice President Harley Earl. The project initially ran under the code "Opel", later as "EX-122", and at the show the car was already referred to as the "Corvette". The corvette is the name for a fast small warship. This was a good fit for this very small car by US standards, with an inline six-cylinder engine and two-speed automatic transmission, which was remotely reminiscent of an inflatable boat. EX-122 was seen as an exercise in the use of fiberglass (GRP) for both the designers and the engineers. Nothing more.
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