Evolution Of The Corvette
In 1953 American design took a whole new twist when Chevy unveiled its sporty new design, the Corvette. When Chevy designed this car they looked to the European designs for some help. From 1953 to 1955 the Corvette embodied the best characteristics of the MG, Jaguar, and Porsche. This helped the Corvette to succeed because people in America were just starting to understand the sporty style of the European sports cars. One of the strange ideas Chevy borrowed from the Europeans was that the Corvette didn�t have roll up windows, or door handles on the outside. The only thing people didn�t really like about this car in its first two years, was the fact that the Corvette only had a ...
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new look, and in 1956 Chevy did just that.
In 1956 Chevy decided to give the car a more luxurious feel on the inside, as well as increase the cars performance once again. The Corvette now had door handles, roll-up windows, with a power option, and an easier to use convertible. The Corvette also increased its horsepower to 210 hp, with 225 hp available through an optional dual four-barrel carburetor. This was also the first years that testers liked the all around performance of the Corvette. People were impressed by the speed of this new Corvette, able to reach 60 mph, in 5.7 seconds, which put it in a very select class. With these new, better handling, better performing Corvettes the car was introduced into the racing circuit, and performed rather well. In fact the Corvette placed first and second in the 1957 Sebring Twelve Hours.
Even with all of the success and attention the Corvette was getting, it became time for Chevy to give the Corvette a whole new look. In 1958 the ...
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models, convertible and coupe. The Corvette Sting Ray also introduced the split rear window in the coupe models. People loved the look of the window from the outside, but the bar blocked the driver�s view from the inside. Despite this minor set back the introduction of the Sting Ray brought in a whole new market of buyers for the Corvette. In 1964 with the success of this new car Chevy gave the car more horsepower than ever before, 375 hp to be exact. They also got rid of the vision blocking bar in the back window. This all new Corvette had a huge list of options that could be purchased making it easy for Corvette buyers to customize their own Corvette. Corvette buyers seemed ...
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