>>Can you imagine what the Corvette would look like if it was compatible with the Chevrolet Impala?
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>But the current Corvette is nothing like the 1950's version.
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Not like, but not inferior. The current model has the most powerful Corvette engine ever. Those 638 HP will blow you straight into the back seat.

The lime green Camaro I was lusting after a while back was a sublimated urge for a Corvette. My daughters talked me out of it and hooted and hollered at the lime green color I was set on. (Tracy gets part of the blame there). I had two of them when I was in my late 20s and making insane money. The daughters are right that I would like an old fool in one now.

IMO the uber Corvette was the Sting Ray of the mid 1960s.

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