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Story by Robert Bowen • Photos as Credited
The launch of an all-new Corvette is a rare automotive event, heralding a new epoch of posters plastered on teenagers’ bedroom walls and raising the bar for nearly every other domestic production car. No other vehicle, with the possible exception of the late and lamented Viper, defines the American sports car the way the Corvette does.
Usually, “bad” Corvettes only appear in hindsight. As is often the case, even the best Corvette of every generation is eclipsed when its successor is announced.