" For more than 50 years, this next car has been making dreams come true for sports car lovers all over the US. In automotive terms, the Corvette Stingray is the original American Idol. " " I still remember pulling the car magazine out of its sleeve and looking at it and say, "Oh, wow!"" " This car was an exquisite package that came from nowhere and just slapped the hell out of the European competition." " Unlike everything else on the road, this car oozed Americana." " I mean, it's got America written all over, United States written all over it. It's a kind of stars and stripes in automobile form, really. And you can't help but see that car and you think everything that's big, blowsy powerful, go-ahead, and a bit excessive. Thought about the United States is represented in that car." " It's patriotic, it's blue blooded, it's American. We will buy this in our droves because it is that. You know, often what America wanted which was fast, straight-line performance, reasonable reliability at low cost, and a thumping-great V8. " " The earliest Vettes had the traditional inline 6-cylinder engine, 6 cylinders lined up in a row and connected to a crankshaft to turn the wheels. With a top speed of 120 miles per hour, it was popular motor for the time. But the brass at Chevrolet wanted something with more power, something that would earn them respect." " To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the V8 showing up in the Corvette, why don't we imagine that these are the cylinders <b>...</b>
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