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. 2019: Big Wing Blues 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Chevrolet resurrects the ZR1 for 2019, and it is not subtle about it. The supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 produces 755 horsepower—enough to rearrange your organs—yet somehow still returns an EPA-rated 20 mpg on the highway with the optional eight-speed automatic. A seven-speed manual comes standard for those who want to be more personally responsible for their own danger. Win A Corvette hauls the big-winged beast to the infamous Texas Mile and wrings 183.3 mph out of it in a single, furious mile.