Corvette C4

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By the early 1980s the Corvette was something of a joke. The C3 generation had been introduced way back in 1968 and grown increasingly soft as the years rolled by. The Corvette could no longer run with Porsches and Ferraris, but had become a mushy boulevard cruiser — the left seat for the middle-age driver, the right seat for her lap dog.

The new C4 generation was astonishing in appearance and radically more capable than the C3. The curves of the C3 were tamed and sharpened into a knifelike profile. A big clamshell hood opened to expose not only the engine, but gorgeous cast-aluminum suspension links. The wheels were now a massive 16 inches in diameter and wrapped in Goodyear Gatorback directional rubber. And the interior was even a little spacey, with a digital dashboard that lit up like a game of Frogger.

What initially held the C4 back was a lackluster "Cross-Fire Injection" version of the 5.7-liter small-block V8 that only made 205 hp, the crude Doug Nash "4+3" manual transmission, and a suspension tuned brutally stiff. But the new Corvette could run away from some Porsches and was an instant winner in showroom stock racing. It was a real sports car again.

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