How did C1, C2, C3, C4 etc designations originate?
04-10-2009, 05:47 PM
#21
Le Mans Master
I agree. Every catalog I read about the C5 when it first appeared explained why you should buy one because of how much better it was than the C4. I mean from a technological standpoint they were right but I mean come on. Other car makes that the Corvette is compared with don't take a dump on their previous generation designs to push the new one.
But that's the Corvette marketing motto: the next generation is always suppose to be bigger and better than the last. Come to think of it, I guess every car maker these days follows that philosopy but they keep it low key.
But that's the Corvette marketing motto: the next generation is always suppose to be bigger and better than the last. Come to think of it, I guess every car maker these days follows that philosopy but they keep it low key.
While some of you guys are stating the letter "C" followed by a number was certainly uttered by someone somewhere prior to the 1997 Corvette, no doubt, that's true. However its use as a common reference to a generation of Corvette, and one specifically defined as '53-62, '63-67, '68-82, '84-96, and '97+ most definitely first appeared with the C5. It was in marketing materials and magazine articles about the "new" Corvette.
04-10-2009, 06:52 PM
#22
I agree. Every catalog I read about the C5 when it first appeared explained why you should buy one because of how much better it was than the C4. I mean from a technological standpoint they were right but I mean come on. Other car makes that the Corvette is compared with don't take a dump on their previous generation designs to push the new one.
But that's the Corvette marketing motto: the next generation is always suppose to be bigger and better than the last. Come to think of it, I guess every car maker these days follows that philosopy but they keep it low key.
But that's the Corvette marketing motto: the next generation is always suppose to be bigger and better than the last. Come to think of it, I guess every car maker these days follows that philosopy but they keep it low key.
04-10-2009, 08:08 PM
#23
I bought my first Vette in Dec. 67 so the 68 Stingray was a new car at the time. I remember that all the 53 - 62 Vettes were called Solid Axle cars, the 63 - 67s were Mid-Years, and after 68 all of the Stingrays were called Sharks. Then when the 84 came out the factory called it a C4 and that seems to have moved back to include the C1, C2, C3, etc.
Call me old school, or cranky, but the old ones will always be solid axle and mid-years to me.
Call me old school, or cranky, but the old ones will always be solid axle and mid-years to me.
04-11-2009, 01:31 AM
#24
Racer
