Chevrolet Corvette (United States of America, 1953-1962)

The Corvette is the result of a project that was born in 1951, when automotive stylist and engineer Harley Earl convinced GM that they needed to add a 2-seat sports car to their line-up in order to compete with several other brands’ similar models. Earl himself worked on such project with a team that was called “Special Projects” and within the following two years the first of all Corvettes was built.   The first Chevrolet Corvette was unveiled in 1953 at New York City’s Waldorf Astoria hotel, during that year’s Motorama car show. The first generation of this model, commonly dubbed C1, is also known as the ‘solid-axle’ Corvette, as it was the only Corvette that still hadn’t independent rear suspension.   Throughout several body styling revises and technological improvements, the C1 Corvette was produced for nearly a decade – from 1953 until 1962. However, this was a rather limited prod...