Harley Earl and his " special projects" crew work on a GM sports car, it was code named, as "Opel"

Bob McLean was the designer of the car.

The bow tie logo was inspired in a wallpaper pattern in a Paris hotel in 1908 according to William Durant, the founder of GM

Myron Scott, Chevrolet's Chief photographer, was the person responsible for the name "Corvette"

The name "Corvette", was drawn from the small, fast warships of the "Corvette class" of ships.

Jaguar XK120, is the stimulation of the first Corvette design.

Flint, St. Louis, and Bowling Green, the cities where Corvettes have been assembled.

"Turbojet" with a horsepower rating of greater than 390hp, was first used on Corvette engine air cleaners.

Corvette was not the first to be made with a fiberglass body, but it was the first to be built by a company the size of Chevrolet.

The Corvette was the first and last car with a "Wrap-Around" windshield.

The emblem was designed by Robert Bartholomew, an interior designer at Chevrolet in 1953.

The original emblem, features a crossed American and checkered flags but it was change with a  front emblems and horn button contained a black and white checkered flag and a red Chevrolet bow-tie and fleur-de-lis because it is against the law to use an American flag on a product trade mark.