Introduced in 1953 as one of the first American-built sports cars, the Chevrolet Corvette was almost cancelled a year later due to slow sales and numerous quality issues. In 1955, however, the sports ...

The 1957 Chevy Corvette SS, known internally at GM as Project XP-64, was developed under the watchful eye of Zora Arkus-Duntov, who would soon become Chevrolet’s Director of High Performance Vehicles.