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| Chevrolet Mi-ray Concept is a Sexy Hybrid Speedster Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:22 PM PDT
Ever since its launch in 1953, the Chevrolet Corvette has been a protected species of sorts within GM. Every other two-seat sports car project undertaken by other GM divisions has been either neutered (such as the Pontiac Fiero and Cadillac XLR) or kept out of production outright (most infamously John DeLorean's beloved Pontiac Banshee) due to Chevy playing the political game, constantly working to ensure that its halo car was the corporation's halo car, at least in terms of outright performance (Bowtie lifers no doubt prefer we'd all forget about the 1987 Buick GNX, which would thrash a Vette of the same vintage in a straight line.).
This is not to say, however, that Chevrolet hasn't considered adding its own sporty models (other than the Camaro, of course) beneath the Corvette. In the early 1960s, Chevy toyed with the idea of a sports car based on the rear-engine Corvair compact, building concept cars like the 1962 Corvair Super Spyder (which was basically a restyled Corvair convertible) and the 1963 Monza SS and Monza GT (a fiberglass-bodied roadster and coupe, respectively, that inspired the styling of the '68 Corvette). Now, Chevy is toying with a sub-Corvette two-seater once more, but the philosophy is very different.
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