2006-12-14 16:54:20 · 2 answers · asked by spankysmom01 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Chevrolet
The corvette's name came from naval corvettes, a corvette is diefined as a small, fast, and maneuverable, lightly armed warship, which was used during the second world war to protect merchant vessels from German U-Boats, The Chevrolet Corvette is a small, fast, and maneuverable car.
That's where the name came from
2006-12-14 17:12:34 · answer #1 · answered by Clayton B 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
According to Corvette history, this happened in September 1952:
The Opel project sports car prototype is named Corvette, after a light fast type of World War II warship. The name was suggested by Myron Scott, employee of Campbell-Ewald, Chevrolet's advertising agency. Strong consideration had been given to naming the car "Corvair". Chevrolet executives wanted a "C" word, and rejected 1500 suggestions.
2006-12-15 21:00:54 · answer #2 · answered by DA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋