Corvette

by David Newhardt

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.

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Jose · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this little book,there are some new pictures that I have not seen,I really love the Baldwin-Motion Performance 1974 L-88 PHASE III CORVETTE and the Beautiful Red and Menacing 1976 Motion Performance Can-Am Spyder Prototype Corvette Coupe.There are some Callaways,Lingenfelters,The Guldstrand GS 90 and the New Centennial Edition Corvette As well as the New Grand Sport and Some Pics of the C6.R in here.There's only one little error at the start,barely noticeable refering to the upcoming C6 Corvette(any Corvette Enthusiast would not nitpick at this because it's an fact it's the C7,And this is the Printer(China)'s Fault not the Author.)Also,an reference to the Corvette Drop Top not being offered again until 1988(small oversight,Enthusiasts know it's 1986,again not the author but the printer in China I blame.)You have Harley Earl's Special 1963 Roadster,Bill Mitchell's Wife's 67',Delmo Johnson and Dave Morgan's Sebring 62' Car as well as the Sebring 1963 Z06 Coupe and so much more jampacked into here,with some interesting facts makes for an fascinating read and beautiful photography to behold.