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Corvette
In 1953 American design took a whole new twist when Chevy unveiled its sporty new design, the Corvette. When Chevy designed this car they looked to the European designs for some help. From 1953 to 1955 the Corvette embodied the best characteristics of the MG, Jaguar, and Porsche. This helped the Corvette to succeed becaus ....
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.... four-barrel carburetor. This was also the first years that testers liked the all around performance of the Corvette. People were impressed by the speed of this new Corvette, able to reach 60 mph, in 5.7 seconds, which put it in a very select class. With these new, better handling, better performing Corvettes the car was introduced into the racing circuit, and performed rather well. In fact the Corvette placed first and second in the 1957 Sebring Twelve Hours.
Even with all of the success and attention the Corvette was getting, it became time for Chevy to give the Corvette a whol ....
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