Corvette

✍ Scribed by Larry Steves

• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 97
• Series: American Icons
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The American Icons series celebrates the people, places, and objects that have informed American popular culture over the last 75 years. Illustrated throughout and replete with anecdotes, fun facts, and informative sidebars. American Icons: Corvette celebrates the vehicle that defined high-performance. Debuting in the early 1950s as a concept car, the Chevy Corvette became an instant symbol of automotive ingenuity and since then has introduced generations to a lifelong love of American sports cars. This book delves into the Corvette's history and explores its place within American pop culture.

✦ Table of Contents

American Icons: Corvette......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 6
The Corvette Story......Page 8
The Logo......Page 9
What’s In the Name......Page 12
The Godfather of the Corvette......Page 13
The Larry Shinoda & Bill Mitchell Collaboration......Page 16
Burn List......Page 17
Corvette’s Top Models......Page 20
The 1950s......Page 21
The 1960s......Page 27
The 1970s......Page 35
The 1980s......Page 39
The 1990s......Page 43
The 2000s......Page 47
The 2010s......Page 51
Corvettes by the Numbers......Page 53
Mods, Retromods, and More......Page 59
Corvette Racing Cars......Page 69
Celebrity Vettes......Page 75
On the Big Screen......Page 77
On the Small Screen......Page 83
Odes to the Icon......Page 85
The Future Corvette: What’s Next......Page 89
The Virtual Driving Experience......Page 91
Photo Credits......Page 96