Author: Oren

June of 1953 brought the production of the Corvette to the life, and in thirtieth of that same month, the first production Corvette fell the plant of manufacture in the pedernal, plants number 35 of Michigan GM. The plant of manufacture by a very lucky worker named was eliminated Tony Kleiber. This first Corvette took a price of label gummed of the window of slightly on three thousand dollars American. A motor of the cylinder of the cubical inch offered 235 seises that constructed 150 horsepowers, and was controlled by an automatic transmission of two speeds. It was only offered in target of the pole, with a red interior, and a black controlled the cover manually. (more…)

While the style of a car may be just as important to some as to how well the car runs, automobile manufacturers did not begin to pay attention to car designs until the 1920s. It was not until 1927, when General Motors hired designer Harley Earl, that automotive styling and design became important to American automobile manufacturers. What Henry Ford did for automobile manufacturing principles, Harley Earl did for car design. Most of GM’s flamboyant “dream car” designs of the 1950s are directly attributable to Earl, leading one journalist to comment that the designs were “the American psyche made visible.” Harley Earl loved sports cars, and GIs returning after serving overseas World War II were bringing home MGs, Jaguars, Alfa Romeos and the like. Earl convince...