and most Corvette enthusiasts would agree it was the best model year of its generation. Chevrolet replaced the 283 cubic-inch engine with the 327 cubic-inch V8 producing more horsepower and torque ...

Needless to say, there's a lot of Corvette models and editions ... Italian exterior lies the beating heart of a fuel-injected 283 sat on a production frame. And if you had the money and ...

All caught up in reporting all about the new mid-engined Corvette, we tend to forget there were models in this family ... engine (4.6-liters), and developed 283 horsepower. That’s 1 hp per ...

after the first 315 of the '53 models were made. The middle of 1955 found the Corvette with a 283-cubic-inch V8, the same engine that had been available in '55 Chevy passenger cars since September ...

Chevy Corvette had much more standard equipment than the previous year. This fuel-injected example will soon cross the Mecum ...

However, the company replaced the 283-cubic-inch (4.6-liter) V8 with a larger 327-cubic-inch (5.4-liter) unit. The new mill sent the Corvette beyond the 350-horsepower mark. The base model came ...

Soon after the 283 heralded serious performance for the Corvette, thoseanemic six-cylinder '53-'54 models became plentiful and very affordable.Young men were able to buy an early Corvette and ...

Though the 1957 Chevrolet Corvette was a stylistic carryover from the 1956 model year, it had a host of new performance options. The first year of the potent 283 cubic-inch V8 could be had with a ...