This is when each wheel has a separate suspension. The way they did this with the rear wheels was instead of having just a solid rear axle they had the drive shaft run into the rear differential and then there was two drive shafts that each went to one wheel. This helped the car handle extremely well. This also helped by getting more traction on the rear tires, which in turn made the car faster.
The first Corvette was produced in 1953 (Porter 6). The only paint color it came in was white paint with red interior and it had a fuel injected V6 (Porter 6). As you know this was the first fuel injected car ever produced. They only made 300 the first year (Porter 6). Today these cars go well over $50,000 to $105,000 (Mertz,83). The first Corvette had mixed reviews, but GM decided to stick with it and work out some of the bugs to make it more appealing to the general public and they continued to work on these bugs until the end of the first generation of the Corvette in 1962 (Mertz,81). This was a pretty long time considering that this car was basically the prototype car.
By the time the second generation of the Corvette came along it began to come into a big demand by the public. The second generation went from 1963 to 1967. This a rather short generation for the Corvette. These years were known as the shark years, because they were called stingrays (Pon,53). These years are known for their big block engines and producing a huge amount of ponies (Pon,53-58). Ponies in Lehman's terms means horsepower. Horsepower roughing is torque over a period of time, and torque basically is a how quick the car is. The second generation was going on right when the muscle car era started hitting on. During this time whatever car produced the most horsepower and had good styling was the car that people wanted, and of course Corvette gave the people what they wanted. Today these cars can be seen going for well over $100,000, if you have the right car with the right options and in mint condition.
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