One of the most celebrated aspects of American heroes is the way they’ve given the middle finger to their antagonists. It started before they were even a country, when the Yanks gave Britain the middle finger over unfair taxation in the form of the “Boston Tea Party.” Sometimes it even takes on literal meaning, like the infamous “Bush flips the bird” video that made its way around the internet a few years back.
So it’s no surprise that Chevy’s fifth generation 1997 Corvette did just that to the competition. The venerable supercar was designed from the ground up to be a solid convertible, with the option to put a roof on it. As a result, Continue reading ‘History of the Corvette part 5: Giving a middle finger to the competition’
