1962 Chevrolet Corvette, C1 first generation — black hardtop coupe, front three-quarter view

1962 Chevrolet Corvette

First generation · C1 1953–1962

The original Corvette — launched mid-1953 as a hand-built fiberglass-bodied roadster. Six-cylinder at first; the 265 small-block V8 arrived for 1955, setting the V8 sports-car template.

Photo: “1962 Chevrolet Corvette” by Mustang Joe / Wikimedia Commons CC0 1.0 . Cropped to 16:9.

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