The Complete History of the Corvette

I still have an hour of the Saab history left to watch.

This is with out a doubt the best story on the Corvette I have ever seen. As a restorer in the late 70's to the late 80's I thought I knew the facts but you have opened my eyes. A suggestion for a future episode, the tail of the "shade tree" owners of Corvettes. The individuals that kept the 'older' Vetts alive. There is a difference between Corvette Owners and Owners of Corvettes.

I don’t understand why Roman gets so much hate. Sure, he’s no voice actor but his videos are incredibly informative and I find his narration style “welcoming.”

I have never been more excited to watch 3 hours of something in my life

My dad had a service station where I got my very short mechanics career started (I finally gave up trying to keep track of tools). One of my customers never failed to mention that he was a road tester for a corvette prototype. Obviously, it was the highlight of his life. He also liked to nitpick everything I did. I smile when I recall those exchanges. Thanks for this informative video.

It’s Māko Shark. 😊

Incredible sir. Having recently ended my career with GM recently, you have accurately captured some of the magic of their incredible history. Well done.

May, may, may, Mako shark.

Mocko shark??? I always thought it was Mako Shark. Not tryin' to be a dick, but it drove me crazy every time he said it.

That metal gear reference at 2:42 made my day

That was long. Thank you for your hard work and thoughtfulness. And I'm not even a Corvette person. I used to have a 356B. But I loved cars in my youth... yet, for the past 12 years I got rid of my E280 and started bicycling as my main day-to-day transportation. Thank you again... my favorite would be '56.

Looking forward to watching this. For some reason, like a lot of Americans I guess, I have an irrational nostalgic love of Corvettes. I guess it's always been our one shot at being part of the international sportscar scene, so they always seem a little more special than all of the great muscle cars we've had here.

Thanks for such a great documentary of Corvette History. Thanks for giving my brother, Joe Spielman, credit alongside Jim Perkins, for one of the many saves from extinction. Joe loved that car from the very beginning and it was a big reason for his unwavering dedication to GM for his entire career. Well done!

Simply outstanding. I don't normally watch long videos on YouTube but what you have created here drew me in 100%. Just plain good content, well worth the time to watch.

The story I got from Tom Hill back in 1988 was there was a rebellion in the ranks about destroying the last and only 1983 Corvette that so many of them had done so much on to create. When they learned there would be no production 1983, they didn't want to destroy any of them, but they were darn sure that the last one would not be destroyed. So they didn't hide it out back, they brought in right into the lobby, right where everyone could see it, and build four concrete pillars around it to contain it there. It became part of the building, trapped inside four huge concrete columns. It stayed there on display until it was moved to the Corvette Museum across the highway in the '90s, which involved closing the front lobby and breaking in equipment to tear out the columns. By hiding in plain sight, the amount of interest by the public was something Chevrolet couldn't risk destroying. Every plant tour was taken to it and shown it. And yes, I saw it there in 1988, where Tom pointed out to me the various differences in the 1983 and the 1984 Corvettes. Sadly, Chevrolet still had their no-cameras inside policy or I'd have a picture. And since this was a special tour with Tom, I didn't want to risk his job by sneaking on in, like I had done several times in St. Louis. I've never heard the "lost under a tarp" story or the cowboy boot story.

Many thanks from a long time Corvette owner! I did learn several things and feel very lucky that the brand didn't end so many times in the past. I have traveled all lower 48 states in a Vette and loved every minute running the back roads of America.

Great video, learned some new info about the Corvette and really enjoyed the history. The pics of the C7 brought back memories from a few years ago when I worked for a company that built the dash, door panels, center consoles and other interior parts for that model run. I still have the different dash plaques with the different designs for each model from that run. Looking forward to watching more of your videos, keep up the great work.

I loved every minute of it. Amazing work!

loved it. great amount of work and well presented documentary. very fascinating, thank you for this

Sitting here on a JetBlue flight to Newark to get a cars and bids auction car (1996 Lincoln Town car hearse) in Staten Island to drive it home to Florida (if RCR wants to review it though I did submit an app!) Watching Boruto 😒 and then this pops up! I have a 64 C2 red vert and a 95 ZR1 purp so it's an obvious choice