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 body, straight-six engine, two-speed automatic, and at its Waldorf-Astoria debut, almost none of its 300 hand-assembled units sold. 2026: Zora Corvette? Rumor has it that Chevy is developing yet another range-topping Corvette variant, expected to arrive by mid- decade. Named after legendary Corvette engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov, the Zora is reported to marry the ZR1's engine with the E-Ray's electric motor—pushing combined output well beyond the ZR1's already formidable 1,064 horsepower.