1954 Nomad. After the Corvette appearead as a concept at GM's Motorama show in 1953, GM management quickly signed off on producing the first-generation Corvette -- but that didn't stop designers ...

Often referred to as the “Shark” due to its curvy design, heavily influenced by the Mako Shark II concept car created by Shinoda under Mitchell’s direction, it continued the Corvette’s ...

1975 Chevrolet Corvette Base Price: $6,550.10 ($38,935 in 2025 dollars) 1975 Porsche 911 Base Price: $12,835 ... but the “Mako Shark” styling is nearly as iconic as the Sting Ray.

The peaked fenders nod to the lines of the 1965 Mako Shark Corvette concept, which previewed the 1968 C3 production car – you’ll also find those fenders on the current C8.

Corvette has a history of daring design dating back to the 1964 Duntov Mule, 1961 Mako Shark , 1964 CERV II and 1990 CERV III ― the latter pair foreshadowing the first mid-engined Corvette in 2020.

1961 Mako Shark I Mako Sharks I (L) and II (R) General Motors. If you’re wondering why the Corvette was nicknamed Stingray, that’s because Bill Mitchell, who followed Harley Earl as GM’s head of ...

Every new generation of Corvette has something going for it that makes it memorable. ... and the sharpened edges of the Mako Shark concept were smoothed out into the C3 that we see today.

The Mako Shark, otherwise known as XP-755, was built in 1961 as a preview of the second-generation Corvette, which was due as a 1963 model.The styling theme for the redesigned sports car had long ...

It all started with a mid-engine concept car called the Mako Shark II in the mid-1960s. ... In 1970, the C3 Corvette's styling was tweaked with a new grill, revised side vents, ...

The Corvette’s fourth generation is where it truly became a modern-day sports car. Unlike its predecessor, the C4 received a complete top-to-bottom redesign, the nameplate’s first since 1963.

Just a few years after the debut of the Mako Shark, the Corvette team began work on the third-generation model which would roll out the factory gates in 1967.