2010 Granddaddy Sport

The Chevrolet Corvette rolled out of Flint, Michigan in 1953 and has never stopped—eight generations, no domestic rivals left standing. It nearly didn't happen. Fiberglass over a 3.9-liter straight-six, two-speed automatic, Chevrolet's answer to the lean British roadsters of the postwar years—it debuted at GM's Motorama in the Waldorf-Astoria and promptly sold almost none of its 300 hand-assembled units. A quiet beginning for what would become America's sports car. Land vehicle, Vehicle, Sports car racing, Car, Sports car, Performance car, Autocross, Chevrolet corvette c6 zr1, Automotive design, Supercar. The Corvette Grand Sport returned in 2010. It borrows the flared fenders and wide hips of the Z06 but keeps the base Corvette’s LS3 under the hood—a leaner, cheaper bruiser that pulls out of a corner with enough force to blur the tree line. On the test track, a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 watches its taillights.