This week we kicked off our countdown of the best Corvette from every decade that will lead us right into 2020 and the official launch of the critically acclaimed mid-engine Stingray. We started exactly where the Corvette started, in the 1950s, and counted down what we believe are the three greatest ‘Vettes from that seven-year span. Now it is your turn; let us know what vintage of Corvette you think was the cream of the crop before the calendar turned to 1960.
As a quick refresher for those of you who missed the stories in the shuffle this week, our top three were as follows: in third place we had the OG 1953, we gave the silver medal to the 1959 ‘Vette, and coming in first was the Corvette from 1957.
This is a tough question case can be made for almost any of these cars. 1953 kicked off our national obsession, ’54 saw improved production techniques in an actual factory designed to build Corvettes and color choices, ’55 kicked off the V8 era, the styling became iconic in ’56, ’57 brought the whole package that we have become used to, ’58s have many unique styling elements, and 1959’s benefitted from the constant improvements of all of its predecessors. So, tell us, Corvette nation; in your expert opinion, which Corvette should have been awarded the blue ribbon for the 1950s?
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The 1950s
- The Best Corvettes of the 1950s: No.3 – The 1953 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1950s: No.2 – The 1959 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1950s: No.1 – The 1957 Corvette
The 1960s
- The Best Corvettes of the 1960s: No.3 – The 1965 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1960s: No.2 – The 1963 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1960s: No.1 – The 1967 Corvette
The 1970s
- The Best Corvettes of the 1970s: No.3 – The 1978 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1970s: No.2 – The 1970 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1970s: No.1 – The 1971 Corvette
The 1980s
- The Best Corvettes of the 1980s: No.3 – The 1982 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1980s: No.2 – The 1986 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1980s: No.1 – The 1984 Corvette
The 1990s
- The Best Corvettes of the 1990s: No.3 – The 1996 LT4 Corvette
- The Best Corvettes of the 1990s: No.2 – The 1999 Corvette FRC
- The Best Corvettes of the 1990s: No.1 – The C4 Corvette ZR-1
The 2000s
- The Best Corvettes of the 2000s: No.3 – The C5 Corvette Z06
- The Best Corvettes of the 2000s: No.2 – The C6 Corvette Z06
- The Best Corvettes of the 2000s: No.1 – 2009 Corvette ZR1
The 2010s
- The Best Corvettes of the 2010s: No.3 – The C7’s Z07 Ultimate Performance Package
- The Best Corvettes of the 2010s: No.2 – The C6’s Z07 Ultimate Performance Package
- The Best Corvettes of the 2010s: No.1 – The 2019 Corvette ZR1
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