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Corvette: America's Sports Car
Show cars were all the rage in the early 1950s particularly at General Motors but few of these eye-opening exercises ever made it to production. The Corvette was a history-making exception. The Motorama concept car that enthralled audiences in 1953 not only found its way into the showroom, but arrived virtually unaltered. An auspicious start. How this stunning study in fiberglass would evolve through six generations and achieve worldwide fame is depicted vividly and meticulously in Corvette, America s Sports Car.
Corvette, America s Sports Car is 320 pages every one with detailed photos, sketches, or diagrams that take you through six decades of Corvette, starting with a look at the prevailing styles in the years before Corvette burst on the scene, and progressing through six generations of Corvette, right up to today s C6. Read about:
The breathtaking C-1, fast-tracked by GM and brought to the public remarkably as it was unveiled at New York s Waldorf-Astoria hotel in 1953.
The C-2 Sting Ray generation, featuring the first closed model in Corvette history.
The C-3 Shark, that weathered challenges its predecessors didn't t face, like tougher safety and emissions standards.
The C-4 generation, which drivers and reviewers took increasingly seriously as a performance car.
The radical C-5 and the agile C-6 and its ultra-high-performance sibling, the Z06.
Corvette, America s Sports Car, written and compiled by the auto editors of Consumer Guide, is an authoritative, lavishly illustrated trip through the history of one of the automobile s great nameplates. Along the way, you'll learn about American ingenuity and the role of the auto industry in American life.
Corvette, America s Sports Car is 320 pages every one with detailed photos, sketches, or diagrams that take you through six decades of Corvette, starting with a look at the prevailing styles in the years before Corvette burst on the scene, and progressing through six generations of Corvette, right up to today s C6. Read about:
The breathtaking C-1, fast-tracked by GM and brought to the public remarkably as it was unveiled at New York s Waldorf-Astoria hotel in 1953.
The C-2 Sting Ray generation, featuring the first closed model in Corvette history.
The C-3 Shark, that weathered challenges its predecessors didn't t face, like tougher safety and emissions standards.
The C-4 generation, which drivers and reviewers took increasingly seriously as a performance car.
The radical C-5 and the agile C-6 and its ultra-high-performance sibling, the Z06.
Corvette, America s Sports Car, written and compiled by the auto editors of Consumer Guide, is an authoritative, lavishly illustrated trip through the history of one of the automobile s great nameplates. Along the way, you'll learn about American ingenuity and the role of the auto industry in American life.
320 pages, Hardcover
Published August 20, 2010
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October 18, 2020
isbn 1450805523
Corvette : America's Sports Car small book , Corvette C6 TAILLIGHTS on cover hardcover
Nice book...more of a picture book.. With plenty of ads.. but good bargain and worth it for a corvette book collection. Very small though.
Corvette : America's Sports Car small book , Corvette C6 TAILLIGHTS on cover hardcover
Nice book...more of a picture book.. With plenty of ads.. but good bargain and worth it for a corvette book collection. Very small though.
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