Top 5 Hated Chevrolet Corvettes

the Chevrolet Corvette is America's sports car over the years it has garnered many fans it is respected all around the world as a serious sports car however there are a few Corvettes over the years that have had no respect here is a list of the top five hated Corvettes tied for number five the 1982 and 1984 Corvettes the 1982 and 1984 Corvettes were popular sellers when they were new the 1982 was the last of third generation Corvettes while the 1984 was the first of the fourth generation the 1984 was praised as the first true european-style Corvette with quick acceleration and world-class handling so wide the disrespect for the 1982 and 1984 Corvettes it's the 5.7 liter crossfire fuel-injected v8 under the hood that's a culprit the problem with the crossfire fuel-injected powered Corvettes is not a reliability issue or a horsepower issue the 1982 Corvettes crossfire VA produced 200 horsepower which was 10 horsepower more than the carbureted 350 cubic-inch v8 powered 1981 Corvette back in 1982 the Corvettes crossfire v8 was the best high-performance engine available in any new American car for 1984 the same was true but there was a slight increase in power the Corvettes crossfire v8 produced 205 horsepower so why is there no love for crossfire Corvettes it was the Corvettes new for 1985 5.7 liter too important ejected v8 that changed everything it used a much more sophisticated port fuel injection design versus the Crossfire's dual throttle body injection design horsepower for 1985 was 232 add insult injury tuned port injection had better fuel efficiency then crossfire add to this that the crossfire Corvettes are almost impossible to make any engine performance modifications to without scrapping the entire fuel injection system though the crossfire Corvettes have weathered some bad PR over the last few decades this appears to be changing since their prices on the collector-car market have begun to rise steadily the last few years number four the 1963 Corvette hardtop coupe 1963 was the first year of the second generation Corvette the styling was so ahead of its time that even today it looks modern the second generation Corvette is one of the most loved body styles among car fans in car collector circles it really doesn't get any better than a second generation Corvette so what's the deal with the 1963 hardtop coupe there are some that love it and some that hate it it's been like that from the very beginning the controversy centers around the hardtop coupes split window even before the 1963 Corvette rolled into production there was an angry shouting match between GM's head of design operations Bell Mitchell and the father of the Corvette Zora Duntov over the split window Mitchell loved it while Duntov hated it with a passion the reason for the split window was in order to augment the Corvette coupes beautiful roofline that had a crease line which started just above the top of the windshield and continued all the way back to the rear gas tank cap area from a design point of view it was pure art from the functionality point of view the split window created a massive rear blind spot so it comes as no surprise at Duntov who was all about function would hate the window while Mitchell a stylist loved it even today Corvette fans still have a love-hate relationship with the 1963 Corvette Coupe in the end Don Toph won the 1964 corvette coupe would have a solid rear window the split window would never return ironically the controversy has made the 1963 Corvette split-window coupe one of the most sought-after classic Corvettes number three the 1974 Corvette LS 4 454 if ever there was a car on this list that has unfairly received a bad rap its a 1974 LS 4 Corvette Corvette fans loved to bash this car reliability was not the issue and neither was the power output the problem was with perception by 1970 for most performance cars were gone or had their power output seriously detuned the Corvette was no different the problem here is the big-block v8 powered Corvette had for years been a tire scorcher since 1965 by 1974 the big-block v8 powered Corvette was like an out-of-shape retired NBA basketball player with 270 horsepower on tap from its massive LS 4 454 cubic inch v8 it still was the fastest 1974 Corvette but only by a hair it could run from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 6.4 seconds while the lowly based 1974 Corvette with 195 horsepower l48 small-block 350 cubic-inch v8 did the same run in 6.8 seconds no longer would Corvette fans overlook the handling deficit caused by the heavy big-block v8 the small-block v8 provided almost as much power yet far superior handling this spelled the end of the big-block Corvette 1974 would be its last year however the disrespect of the 1974 LS for Corvette still continues this day don't let the haters fool you the 1974 LS for Corvette was one of the fastest cars available back in 1974 if you want a reasonably priced big-block Corvette the 1974 LS for Corvette is a great bargain number two the 1975 Corvette L 48 350 when it comes to horsepower output somebody's got to be last for all the v8 power Corvettes ever produced the 1975 Corvette equipped with the base L 48 350 cubic-inch v8 is dead last it produced only a hundred and sixty-five horsepower that's what a run-of-the-mill 4-cylinder produces today the reason this Corvette was given a pass back in 1975 was horsepower had dropped like a piano falling off the roof of an apartment building 1975 was the year wins new stringent pollution control devices were added to most 1975 model year cars available in the American market the result was these engines were choked forcing horsepower numbers way down for this reason 165 horsepower was decent output for even a performance car in 1975 as a comparison the v8 powered 1975 Mustang only produced 140 horsepower the L 48 Corvette went 0 to 60 miles per hour in 7.7 seconds which was quick for the mid-1970s the good news was back in the day a 1975 L 48 Corvette owner could go down to any part store and purchase some performance parts to easily increase horsepower by as much as a hundred ponies let the haters hate the 1975 L 48 Corvette is a hidden gem number one the 1953 to 1955 Corvette blue flame even though the 1953 to 1955 Corvette represents the first three model years of America's two-seater sports car this hasn't stopped most Corvette fans from seeing it as a seriously flawed car it's kind of unfair to Chevrolet since it was trying to figure out what the Corvette was going to be these first few years Chevrolet in the early 1950s was a stodgy brand that offered reliable reasonably priced cars while most automakers offered a v8 Chevrolet's best was a six-cylinder called the blue flame so it comes as no surprise that Chevrolet made standard in its new Corvette hopped-up version of the blue flame which produced 150 horsepower it remained standard on the Corvette through the 1955 model year fortunately Zora Duntov convinced Chevrolet that its new 265 cubic inch v8 which made its debut in 1955 should be under the hood of the 1955 Corvette however Chevrolet wasn't fully convinced since it did offer the blue flame again for 1955 there were only seven produced the vast majority of 1955 Corvettes were equipped with a v8 as they say the rest is history the 1953 to 1955 blue flame Corvette will always hold a special place in automotive history always remaining desirable among car collectors but none of this can hide the fact that it is the only production Corvette equipped with a 6-cylinder a Corvette without a v8 is like pizza without cheese you

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Published: Thu Oct 13 2016