Corvette

by Newhardt, David

• ISBN13: 9780760342237
• ISBN10: 0760342237
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-13
• Publisher: Motorbooks

Summary

For 60 years, the Chevrolet Corvette, arguably one of the most recognized sports cars in the world, has been the American sports car, an icon of American horsepower and performance. The list of the car's accomplishments both on and off track is legendary. Chevrolet has never built an ordinary Corvette. Even the most mundane coupe draws a crowd everywhere it goes. The Corvette is one of the longest continually produced sports cars in existence. With a performance heritage stretching back six decades, the Corvette has been offered in numerous specialty packages for both street and competition use, many of which now rank among the world's most valuable collector cars. Award-winning author and photographer David Newhardt tells the full story of these legendary machines in 300-plus photos of 50 potent Corvettes, from the original 1953 roadsters right up to the high-performance, high-tech beasts Chevrolet builds today, like the supercharged ZR-1, one of the fastest cars ever built for use on public roads. With hundreds of photos and concise, entertaining profiles, this is a book for every Corvette enthusiast.

Author Biography

David Newhardt is one of the best automobile photographers working today and has provided photography for best-selling Motorbooks titles Muscle: America's Legendary Performance Cars, Corvette: Fifty Years, Mustang: Forty Years, Mopar Muscle: Fifty Years, and Shelby Mustang: Racer for the Street.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

First Generation, 1953-1962

1953 Corvette Roadster

1955 Corvette Roadster

1957 Corvette Roadster, Fuel Injected

1959 Corvette Scaglietti

1960 Corvette Roadster

1962 Corvette Roadster

1962 Corvette Race Car

Second Generation, 1963-1967

1963 Corvette Sting Ray Coupe

1963 Corvette Sting Ray Roadster

Harley Earl's 1963 Corvette Roadster

1963 Corvette Sting Ray Z06 Coupe

1965 Corvette Sting Ray Roadster, Fuel Injected

1966 Corvette Sting Ray Roadster

Mrs. William Mitchell's 1967 Corvette Sting Ray Roadster

1967 Corvette Sting Ray Coupe

1967 Corvette Sting Ray Roadsters

Third Generation, 1968-1982

1968 Corvette L88 Convertible

1969 Corvette Stingray Coupe

1970 Motion GT 454 Corvette

1974 Corvette Stingray Roadster

1974 Baldwin-Motion L88 Phase III Corvette Coupe

1975 Corvette Stingray Coupe

1976 Motion Can-Am Spyder Prototype Coupe

1978 Corvette Pace Car Replica

1982 Corvette Coupe

Fourth Generation, 1984-1996

1986 Corvette Pace Car Replica Convertible

1988 Corvette 35th Anniversary Edition

1990 Callaway Twin Turbo Corvette

1990 Corvette ZR-1

1991 Callaway Speedster

1994 Guldstrand GS90

1996 Corvette Grand Sport

Fifth Generation, 1997-2004

1997 Corvette Coupe

1998 Corvette Convertible

1998 Callaway C12

2000 Corvette Convertible

2000 Corvette Coupe

2004 Corvette Z06

Sixth Generation, 2005-Present

2006 Lingenfelter Corvette

2007 Corvette C6RS

2007 Callaway C16

2008 Corvette Convertible

2009 Corvette Coupe

2010 Grand Sport

2011 Corvette Grand Sport Convertible

2011 Corvette Z06

2011 Corvette ZR1

2005-2011 Corvette C6.R

Index

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