Chevrolet Corvette C1: The First American Sports Car
Chevrolet Corvette C1 (1953–1962): Motorama debut, fibreglass body, Blue Flame six to fuel-injected 283 and 327 V8s, yearly output (69,015 built), buyer checks.
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The Chevrolet Corvette is America's longest-running sports car. It was shown at the GM Motorama in New York in January 1953 and went into production the same year with a glass-fibre body.
Eight generations have followed, known by their codes C1 to C8: the C2 Sting Ray of 1963, the long-lived C3, the C4 and C5, the C6 and C7 – until the C8 of 2020 moved the engine behind the driver for the first time in a series-production Corvette. High-performance versions include the Z06, the ZR1 and the hybrid E-Ray.
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This page collects 1CARS articles and reviews of the Chevrolet Corvette across its generations; specifications by generation and version are in the Chevrolet section of the catalog. The full story is told in the history of the Chevrolet Corvette. See also Chevrolet.
