Corvette Yesterday And Today
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Author | : |
Publisher | : Publications International |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Corvette automobile |
ISBN | : 9781450807876 |
Chevrolet's celebrated two-seat fun machine has long been America's sports car superstar. Corvette: Yesterday and Today chronicles the evolution the evolution of the 'Vette from its mild-mannered beginnings to the high tech, high-performance supercars of today.
Author | : Jerry Burton |
Publisher | : Hugh Lauter Levin Associates |
Total Pages | : 1 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Corvette automobile |
ISBN | : 0883631210 |
This lavishly illustrated, deluxe book--as stylish as the car itself--tells the story of how the Corvette, a uniquely American icon, became one of the world's most popular sports cars. More than 200 color and 1,000 b&w photos.
Author | : Jerry Burton |
Publisher | : Universe Publishing(NY) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Corvette automobile |
ISBN | : 9780789399960 |
Corvette: America's Sports Car: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, documents the genesis and evolution of this treasured American icon through many never-before-published photographs from the archives of General Motors as well as a comprehensive story drawn from exclusive interviews with the risk-taking engineers and designers who defied conventional thinking to create this uniquely American automobile.
Author | : Seth Kingston |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2018-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1538343770 |
Treat your readers to a riveting look at a classic car. The Chevrolet Corvette is commonly called America's sports car. In 1953, Chevrolet introduced the first generation of the Corvette, the C1, at the Motorama display at the New York Auto Show. Corvettes have participated in racing since 1960, when three C-1s were entered in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Today, the Corvette is in its seventh generation and is produced in a number of different packages. Since 1978, these beautiful automobiles have been pace cars for the Indianapolis 500 14 times. Throughout the years, the Corvette has been a symbol of American craftsmanship and has beaten its European rivals in a number of ways.
Author | : James Schefter |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0671685015 |
The inside story of the people who made the Corvette a legend for over forty years, "All Corvettes Are Red" is the result of more than eight years of research by the author into every part of the world's #1 automaker. "A true labor of love".--"Booklist". of color photos.
Author | : David Newhardt |
Publisher | : Motorbooks |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2012-09-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1610586565 |
For 60 years, the Chevrolet Corvette, arguably one of the most recognized sports cars in the world, has been the American sports car, an icon of American horsepower and performance. The list of the car's accomplishments both on and off track is legendary. Chevrolet has never built an ordinary Corvette. Even the most mundane coupe draws a crowd everywhere it goes. The Corvette is one of the longest continually produced sports cars in existence. With a performance heritage stretching back six decades, the Corvette has been offered in numerous specialty packages for both street and competition use, many of which now rank among the world's most valuable collector cars. Award-winning author and photographer David Newhardt tells the full story of these legendary machines in 300-plus photos of 50 potent Corvettes, from the original 1953 roadsters right up to the high-performance, high-tech beasts Chevrolet builds today, like the supercharged ZR-1, one of the fastest cars ever built for use on public roads. With hundreds of photos and concise, entertaining profiles, this is a book for every Corvette enthusiast.
Author | : Dick Thompson |
Publisher | : Edizioni Savine |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2015-09-19 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 8896365627 |
THE STORY OF AMERICA'S FIRST MODERN TRUE SPORTS CAR ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1958): “ For nearly a quarter of a century the American highway was without a domestic automobile which could accurately be labeled a true sports car. The names Stutz, Mercer, Dusenberg, Kissell and a host of others—including some as recent as Cord and Auburn have almost vanished from the American automotive vocabulary. The names and the magic they invoked are almost meaningless to the present generation of Americans. No native name to replace them appeared until 1952 when the Chevrolet Division of the General Motors Corporation gave birth to the Corvette ...”
Author | : Parragon Publishing |
Publisher | : Parragon Publishing |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9781405438476 |
A Comprehensive review of the 50 year history of America's one true sports car, The Ultimate History of Corvette charts a remarkable success story from its origins to the present day. The book is illustrated with numerous super ] photographs that chart in remarkable detail the development of the Corvette and its prototypes. Here is the fascinating story of a true pedigree sports car that has become a quintessential part of the very fabric of the USA
Author | : James L. Schefter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
No other classic car has the mystique and romance of the Corvette. It became legendary almost as soon as it was released in 1953. In 1997, the fifth generation of Corvette hit the streets and in ALL CORVETTES ARE RED, James Schefter tells the fascinating inside story of the people who redesigned and remade this icon. With 90 percent of all Corvettes ever made still registered, General Motors knew they held the fate of a classic in their hands when they decided to redesign this amazing car. Originally planned for 1993, the fifth-generation Corvette fell victim to turmoil at GM when the automaker lost more money than any other corporation in history. A dedicated cadre of designers, engineers, and executives saved the car. Granted unprecedented access to every part of the World's number one automobile maker, General Motors - even those off limits to many executives, Schefter has written the most revealing account ever about the inner workings of the car industry.
Author | : Tom Falconer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1610591313 |