New Corvette to arrive with 60 years of history
Just 300 of the inaugural 1953 Corvettes were made, all with white exteriors and red interiors. Credit: General Motors
Details of the upcoming seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette are slowly being leaked by General Motors in advance of the car's January debut at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
The most telling revelation so far is the Corvette's new 6.2-liter V8 engine, dubbed the LT-1, that will produce 450 horsepower and 450 pound-feet of torque, up from 430/424 for the current 6.2. (Find more details on the new engine at Newsday's Car Nation blog.)
So different is the new seventh-generation - C7 - Corvette from the current car that it shares only two parts, and the factory will be closed for about six months beginning early next year to allow for retooling.
Although the Corvette has always and will always be a niche vehicle in terms of sales volume, it is Chevrolet's flagship car and as such is very important to the automaker. While we await the 2014 unveiling, here are some of the more significant 'Vettes of years past.
