The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car family, launched June 30, 1953 in Flint, Michigan, for the American brand Chevrolet. A prototype for strictly identical lines was presented in early 1953 at the General Motors Motorama in the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.
The first Corvette already has many innovations: it was the first production car whose lines were directly from a concept car, and most importantly, it was the first production car to have a body of fiberglass.
With a sustained success, the Corvette has declined over time in various models; she is currently in the seventh generation. These models are listed from C1 to C7.
The name "Corvette" of French origin, was found by Myron Scott, a photographer and art director then assistant director of public relations department of Chevrolet1. The firm, which was looking for a name starting with the letter "C" had already consulted with over 300 names when Scott suggested "Corvette" that he found in a dictionary
The original Corvette logo represents the American flag intertwined with a flag containing the Chevrolet badge and a lily. The brand was looking for a new symbol for the Corvette. Wanting to inspire Swiss origins Louis Chevrolet, founder of the brand, they took a Swiss flag, lily, symbol of royalty, but also purity and peace. The American flag was quickly replaced by a checkered flag, as it is forbidden in the United States to use the Stars and Stripes for commercial purposes. Over generations, very few changes were made to the logo, the checkered flag sometimes passing right ...
The C6 Corvette 6th generation, was launched in 2005 and is narrower and much shorter (-12 cm) than the C5, despite a longer wheelbase, beneficial to the handling, which constituted a highlight of the C5. Its architecture is significantly changed. It is available in coupe and convertible.
Up front, the headlights are not retractable, but the back retains the truncated stern with four large round lights. The floor is a "sandwich" compound thick balsa sandwiched between two layers of glass fiber. The big change is that the car no longer has the prefix Chevrolet Corvette is now a full-fledged brand in the GM group outside of North America.
At the level of carbon dioxide pollution, all these versions are classified as Class G, on a scale of A to G6. They reject of 290-314 g / km of CO2.
The first copy of the C7 Corvette Stingray was auctioned January 19, 2013.
One of the major attractions of the Detroit Motor Show 2013, the C7 Corvette Stingray, will be on display at the auction Barrett-Jackson. The first copy will be sold for the benefit of University of Detroit, the College for Creative Studies. The seventh Corvette name is one of the great innovations. Always with the 6.2L V8 but this time with direct injection and 467 hp, it changes its design compared to previous models.
La déclinaison Z06, forte d'un nouveau moteur V8 6,2L auquel il a été adjoint un compresseur et qui a été dénommé LT4, a quant à elle été dévoilée au salon de Détroit 2014. Les chiffres annoncées sont de 634 ch, 861 Nm, et une vitesse de pointe de 327 km/h.
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