Z06 Corvette C5
Corvette History

Corvette History 1997-2004

C5 Corvettes: World Beater The fifth-generation Corvette was the most wholly new Corvette since the ’53. Not even the engine carried over from the C4, and the entire concept of […]

1984 Chevrolet Corvette
Corvette History

Corvette History 1984 -1996

C4: Scientific Corvettes Hey, what happened to 1983? What happened was that the change from the previous-generation Corvette to the new one was so radical that it took a while […]

1965 Chevrolet Mako Shark
Corvette History

Corvette History 1968-1982

C3 Corvettes: The Mako Shark Based on the Mako Shark II show car designed by Larry Shinoda and displayed during 1965, the third-generation Corvette’s styling was flamboyant in its overall […]

1963 Corvette String Ray
Corvette History

Corvette History 1963 -1967

C2: The Sting Ray More than four decades after its introduction, the 1963 Corvette remains one of the most startling, engrossing and completely delightful automotive designs of all time. For […]

1954 Chevrolet Corvette
Corvette History

Corvette History 1953 -1962

C1: Solid Axle Corvettes While the 1953 Corvette was undeniably gorgeous and, with its fiberglass body, somewhat innovative, as a sports car it was wholly pathetic. The chassis handled better […]

1953 Corvette (concept car) introduction at the Motorama car show
Corvette History

Corvette Early Development

Entering the 1950s, no corporation even came close to General Motors in its size, the scope of its enterprise or its profits. GM was twice the size of the second […]