Photographs from Vietnam in 1963, when America was escalating its involvement in a conflict that would, in time, come to ...

Chevrolet envisioned big plans for its new ’Vette long before the C2 came to market. The model started as a design study called the Stingray Racer, initiated in 1959 by GM’s vice president of Styling, ...

The Impala already dominated new-car sales in the United States in 1963, so Chevrolet wanted to take a break from its full-size lineup and focus on other nameplates that could increase its revenue.

The Chevy Corvette was almost all-new for 1963. Body and frame design were both from a clean sheet, as the previous generation Safety Girder X-Frame had been discarded in favor of a perimeter design.

The Chevy Corvette was all new for the 1963 model year. The body and suspension was based largely on the 1959 Sting Ray racer dreamed up by Styling and Design head Bill Mitchell with input from Peter ...