Author: | Dick Thompson, Donn Hale Munson | ISBN: | 9788896365625 |
Publisher: | Edizioni Savine | Publication: | September 19, 2015 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Dick Thompson, Donn Hale Munson |
ISBN: | 9788896365625 |
Publisher: | Edizioni Savine |
Publication: | September 19, 2015 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
THE STORY OF AMERICA'S FIRST MODERN TRUE SPORTS CAR
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1958): “ For nearly a quarter of a century the American highway was without a domestic automobile which could accurately be labeled a true sports car. The names Stutz, Mercer, Dusenberg, Kissell and a host of others—including some as recent as Cord and Auburn have almost vanished from the American automotive vocabulary. The names and the magic they invoked are almost meaningless to the present generation of Americans.
No native name to replace them appeared until 1952 when the Chevrolet Division of the General Motors Corporation gave birth to the Corvette …”
THE STORY OF AMERICA'S FIRST MODERN TRUE SPORTS CAR
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1958): “ For nearly a quarter of a century the American highway was without a domestic automobile which could accurately be labeled a true sports car. The names Stutz, Mercer, Dusenberg, Kissell and a host of others—including some as recent as Cord and Auburn have almost vanished from the American automotive vocabulary. The names and the magic they invoked are almost meaningless to the present generation of Americans.
No native name to replace them appeared until 1952 when the Chevrolet Division of the General Motors Corporation gave birth to the Corvette …”