senor honda

June 28

1953

Workers at a Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan, assembled the first Corvette, a two-seater sports car that would become an American icon. The first completed production car rolled off the assembly line two days later, one of just 300 Corvettes made that year. The idea for the Corvette originated with General Motors’ pioneering designer Harley J. Earl, who in 1951 began developing plans for a low-cost American sports car that could compete with Europe’s MGs, Jaguars and Ferraris. While sales were initially lackluster, survival came when it was equipped with the more powerful V-8 engine in 1955. Its performance and appeal steadily improved and it went on to earn the nickname “America’s sports car."