Corvette Shines in the Big Apple
January 28, 2013 by Chevrolet![Corvette Shines in the Big Apple](images/articleImages/Corvette-New-York-60th-Anniversary-01.jpg)
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Corvette Fast Facts: •The Corvette was originally championed by GM's legendary styling director Harley Earl, who insisted there was room for an American entry in the European-dominated sports car market. It was also his idea for Corvette to have a fiberglass body. •Corvette was named for a small and fast class of naval ships. •The 1953 Corvette had a base price of $3,498 and offered only two options – a heater for $91 and an AM radio for $145. •Every Corvette model has used innovative materials, from fiberglass in 1953 to advanced carbon-nano technology and carbon fiber on the 2014 Corvette Stingray. •A V-8 engine was first available in 1955. That year, it was selected by 90 percent of customers. After that, all Corvettes featured strictly V-8 power. •The Stingray name was first used for a prototype race car, the design of which influenced the second-generation Corvette that debuted in 1963. The 1963 Corvette Sting Ray split-window coupe has since been called one of the most beautiful and influential designs in automotive history. •Corvette's legacy of mainstreaming technology previously reserved for high-end luxury cars includes the introduction of fuel injection in 1957, independent rear suspension in 1963, four-wheel disc brakes in 1965, antilock brakes in 1986 and a tire-pressure monitoring system in 1989. •Corvette is the longest-running, continually produced sports car in the world. •Nearly 2 million Chevrolet Corvettes have been sold since it went on sale in 1953 and in 2012, it accounted for approximately one-third of all sports car sales in America.
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