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History of the Chevrolet Corvette

By Jeffrey Rowe
  • First Corvette : Corvette C1

    First Corvette : Corvette C1

    The first Corvette was made to be a show car in the 1953 Motorama.
  • Second Generation

    Second Generation

    The second generation Corvette was made by Larry Shinoda and introduced Sting Ray to the model.
  • Third Corvette

    Third Corvette

    The third generation Corvette was patterned after the Mako Shark concept car and was the first to use T-top removable roofs.
  • Fourth Generation Corvette

    Fourth Generation Corvette

    The first fourth generation was the first redesign of the corvette since the 1963 model. Approximately 43 prototypes were made but never sold. The regular fourth generation was manufactured on January 3, 1984.
  • Fifth Corvette

    Fifth Corvette

    Production for this model began in 1997 and ended in 2004. It has a top speed of 181 mph (291 km/h). For it's first year it was a coupe but was later redesigned to be a convertible.
  • Corvette C6

    Corvette C6

    The Corvette sixth generation kept the front engine from the previous Corvette fifth generation. But included new bodywork.
  • The Corvette C7

    The Corvette C7

    In development since 2007 the Corvette C7 was set to be released as the 2011 model but was delayed for 3 years.