C2 ? C3 ?
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C2 ? C3 ?
While we are finding egregious errors regarding Corvettes in the media, how about the headline in the brand-new issue of American Car Collector? 
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A typo is a distinct possibility. Having worked in advertising at one point, it's amazing how easy it is to miss something like that, especially in a headline. Somehow, when proofreading it's just easier to miss typos in headlines. Something as stupid as the C3 instead of C2, could be easy to overlook.
It's also quite possible that the writer didn't know what they were talking about. Just because someone writes for a magazine, or talks on a TV show, doesn't mean they're an expert on a particular car, or any car for that matter. All anyone has to do is watch one of the many automobile restoration shows, or a Mecum or Barrett-Jackson broadcast, to realize that most of the so called experts out there, have no idea what they're talking about.
Of course if people just called a 65 Corvette, a 65, instead of having to identify them as a C-something, this wouldn't be an issue.
It's also quite possible that the writer didn't know what they were talking about. Just because someone writes for a magazine, or talks on a TV show, doesn't mean they're an expert on a particular car, or any car for that matter. All anyone has to do is watch one of the many automobile restoration shows, or a Mecum or Barrett-Jackson broadcast, to realize that most of the so called experts out there, have no idea what they're talking about.
Of course if people just called a 65 Corvette, a 65, instead of having to identify them as a C-something, this wouldn't be an issue.