Corvette Sting Ray

The Chevrolet Corvette is a treasured sports car. It has been produced by Chevrolet since 1953 and was the first sports car built by an all-American car manufacturer. There are currently six generations of Corvette, usually referred to as C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 and C6.

The first generation, C1, started in 1953 and ended in 1962. The introduction of the first Corvette Sting Ray coupé took place in 1963 and it belongs to the second generation Corvette, the C2. This generation was designed by Lawrence Kiyoshi Shinoda, more commonly known as Larry Shinoda, and styled by Bill Mitchell. The second generation Corvette was produced from 1963 to 1967, and is also known as the mid-year Chevrolet Corvettes.

The Corvette Sting Ray is still an extremely treasured and popular car, and it was for instance included as number five when Sports Car International compiled their list of “Top Sports Cars of the 1960s” in 2004. The designers behind the Corvette Sting Ray had many great cars around them to seek inspiration from when working on the Corvette. Bill Mitchell did for instance own a Jaguar E-Type that he loved to drive. There was also the factory racing car named "Mitchell Sting Ray". Another, less expected, source of inspiration came from a fishing trip. One day when Bill Mitchell was out deep-sea fishing, he caught a beautiful, streamlined Mako shark.