Chevrolet Corvette

The Corvette is a sports car marketed by Chevrolet since 1953. It is "America's first true sports car". Originally a V6, an eight cylinder was introduced a few years later. Ten years into the model's existence the Chevrolet Stingray was introduced as a more aerodynamic model. The Stingray was quickly replaced with the Chevrolet Mako, which would become the longest lasting generation to date. The Mako would compete in the IMSA GT Championship and Trans Am Series. The Corvette would also compete in the American Le Mans Series, Rolex Sports Car Series, and even endurance racing. Le Mans Prototypes were Corvette powered. In IMSA GTO an extremely competitive Chevrolet Monza, supermodified from an extremely-mediocre economy car, was Corvette-powered. Even today the Corvette still competed in IMSA and endurance racing. From the Stingray up to the millennium the Corvette had popup headlights until safety concerns led to the Vette being redesigned to have regular headlights. The Corvette was named after a fast warship. Pop musician Prince had a hit song with Little Red Corvette.