Chevrolet Corvette

The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car that has been manufactured by General Motors (GM) since 1953. The car was originally designed by Harley Earl, and named by Myron Scott after the fast ship of the same name. Originally built in Flint, Michigan and St. Louis, Missouri, it is currently built at a General Motors assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The National Corvette Museum and annual National Corvette Homecoming, also located in Bowling Green, celebrate the car's history.

There have been six generations of the Corvette produced so far, sometimes referred to as C1 through C6, and various versions with differing features within each generation; the current C6 generation includes the ZR1, which has the most powerful engine used in a production Corvette to date. Over the years, versions of the car have won awards from magazines such as Motor Trend and Car and Driver and from organizations like the Society of Automotive Engineers, and have been used from time to time as pace cars for the long-running Indianapolis 500 race since 1978.

While sold under the Chevrolet marque in the United States and other locations in the world, it is sold under its own Corvette marque in Europe and Japan. The car is built in coupe and convertible versions; the possibility of a sedan version has also been considered by GM executives.

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1953 C1

The first generation of Corvette was introduced late in the 1953 model year. First production was on June 30, 1953

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1953 C1

1963 C2 Sting Ray

The second generation (C2) Corvette, which introduced Sting Ray to the model, continued with fiberglass body panels, and overall, was smaller than the first generation

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1963 C2 Sting Ray

1968 C3 Shark

The third generation Corvette, patterned after the Mako Shark II concept car, was introduced for the 1968 model year and was in production until 1982

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1968 C3 Shark

1984 C4

The fourth generation Corvette was the first complete redesign of the Corvette since 1963. Production was to begin for the 1983 model year but sales started in 1984.

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1984 C4

1997 C5

A major change from its predecessor the C4, the C5 featured a hydroformed box frame, a design that offered an improved structural platform.

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1997 C5

2005 C6

The C6 Corvette retained the front engine and rear transmission design of the C5, but was otherwise all-new, including new bodywork with exposed headlamps.

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2005 C6

2014 C7 Stingray

Corvette C7 was in development since 2007, but was released only in 2014 after 3 year delay. It resurrected the "Stingray" name last used in 1976.

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2014 C7 Stingray