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| My favourite from the early 60s |
American cars incite all sorts of opinions and passions from
adoration to revulsion, but for most folks there is usually something in
between which will appeal.
Take the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray for instance. The early
cars were stunning, then the design department lost its way, but at the Detroit
Auto Show this week, the new designers showed they are back with a bang.
It looks as though they have been on an Italian diet of pasta
and pizza though, compared to the raw beef and fries generation which designed
the 80s and 90s cars. Squint your eyes and there is a distinct look of Ferrari
about the new Corvette, or maybe it’s just the colour.
In fact, it’s exactly 60 years since the first 150 hp Corvette
V8 was revealed to the public. Sixty years later, the sixth generation of the
car still has a V8 but with 450 hp.
It was also announced at the show, that Chevrolet will be
building right hand drive models for the European market, the bad news is, it
will be 2015 before we see and hear them.
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