The Chevrolet Corvette, colloquially known as the Vette, is a historically
front engine, rear drive, two-door, two-passenger sports car manufactured and
marketed by Chevrolet across more than 60 years of production and seven design
generations—with GM confirming in early 2019 an eighth generation Corvette in a
rear-mid-engine configuration. With its generations noted sequentially from C1
to C8, the Corvette serves as Chevrolet's halo vehicle and is widely noted for
its performance and distinctive plastic—either fiberglass or composite—bodywork.
In 1953, when GM executives were looking to name the new Chevrolet sports
car, assistant director for the Public Relations department Myron Scott
suggested...
The Chevrolet Corvette, colloquially known as the Vette, is a historically
front engine, rear drive, two-door, two-passenger sports car manufactured and
marketed by Chevrolet across more than 60 years of production and seven design
generations—with GM confirming in early 2019 an eighth generation Corvette in a
rear-mid-engine configuration. With its generations noted sequentially from C1
to C8, the Corvette serves as Chevrolet's halo vehicle and is widely noted for
its performance and distinctive plastic—either fiberglass or composite—bodywork.
In 1953, when GM executives were looking to name the new Chevrolet sports
car, assistant director for the Public Relations department Myron Scott
suggested Corvette after the small maneuverable warship—and the name was
approved. The first model, a convertible, was introduced at the GM Motorama in
1953 as a concept and was followed ten years later by the 1963 second
generation, in coupe and convertible styles. Originally manufactured in Flint,
Michigan, as well as St. Louis, Missouri, the Corvette has been manufactured
since 1981 in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
The Corvette has since become
widely known as "America's Sports Car." Automotive News said that after
'starring' in the early 1960s television show Route 66, the Corvette became
synonymous with freedom and adventure," ultimately becoming both "the most
successful concept car in history and the most popular sports car in history.
