The Chevrolet Corvette, like the 1962 Chevy Corvette featured in this article, was General Motors competitor against the Ford Thunderbird as well as the European sports cars. The one thing everyone can say about the 1962 Corvette was that it looked great and had terrific V-8 power. Some might say that the 1962 Corvette had the best engine of it’s era.
1962 Chevy Corvette
While the Chevrolet Corvette was designed with rigorous attention to the bottom line and production feasibility, When the first Corvette was introduced, it’s only real purpose was to be part of GM’s Motorama exhibit at the New York Auto Show in 1953. The Corvette debuted as a concept car.
It was the excitement generated by this fiberglass sports car that convinced GM to offer it to the public. The car was essentially rushed into production in late 1953. It’s been said that the first few hundred 1953 Corvettes were hand built at a truck assembly plant in Flint Michigan.
Initial sales didn’t live up to expectations but GM decided to keep the nameplate going and future design changes obviously made the Chevy Corvette into a household name.
The Chevy Corvette and the Ford Thunderbird
It’s been said that General Motors wasn’t really convinced that the Corvette would be a permanent part of their car line. When Ford came out with the Thunderbird in 1955 to great acceptance, GM knew that the Corvette was here to stay for a while and it competed head to head with the Thunderbird.
1962 Chevrolet Corvette dashboard
In reality the Thunderbird was a somewhat different car than the Corvette. The Thunderbird had a blend of sports car and conventional passenger car attributes while the Chevy Corvette looked a bit more like a true sports car. The Thunderbird in a large way came across as a luxury sports car.
The Corvette models that were built from 1953 to 1962 were actually built on a 1952 sedan chassis. These were called the C1 Chevy Corvettes.
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