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There's a winging new shape for the '61 Corvette and beneath these crisp contours, you'll discover new refinements that reach right down to Corvette's powerful heart. Settle yourself in the cockpit and feel the no-nonsense comfort of those new bucket seats. They're individually adjustable and the seat tracks themselves can be moved farther back for more driving space. Notice the increased foot and leg room made possible by a driveshaft tunnel that's 19% narrower. There's more trunk space, too; the luggage compartment is 20% larger for even greater touring convenience. For muscle, the '61 Corvette retains five versions of America's most famous high-performance engine, the Corvette V8. Quick and sharp as a whiplash, this engine is available with up to 315 horsepower in a Fuel Injection version. There are three transmissions to choose from: a brand-new three-speed Synchro-Mesh with new quick accelerating ratios, the close-ratio four-speed Synchro-Mesh for the keen type, and Powerglide for the boulevardier. There's a feeling of pure confidence about the '61 Corvette, a feeling born of the knowledge that this is the genuine article! See this new one at your Chevy dealer's and you'll know....If you wanted a Corvette before, there'll be no holding you now! Chevrolet Division of General Motors, Detroit 2, Mich. |
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The sun is shining, the road is black and narrow, rushing at you from around the next bend. You touch the brakes gently to position your Corvette just so, shift from fourth to third and slice through the turn with surgical precision. No squeal of tires, no lean or sway, only the memory-sound of that crisp V8 exhaust and a little dust cloud at the roadside hint of your passage. You've broken the boredom barrier! You've savored one of the best productions sports cars in the world, the '61 Corvette. The standard model will outperform all but handmade European competition cars costing three times as much, and you can specify optional equipment* to make the car as luxurious (Powerglide, automatic top) or as fierce (four-speed close-ratio transmission, Positraction, Fuel Injection) as your heart desires. We're wasting time; get our Chevy dealer to let you take a ride down that winding road we talked about. You'll buy a Corvette quicker than we could wave at you! *Optional at extra cost |
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Climb into the businesslike bucket seat of a '61 Corvette. Feel the sensitive response to the steering wheel, the all-one-piece sensation of Corvette cornering, the pavement-charring acceleration. Obviously, glory roads are not limited to highways out of the dusty past, lined with crowds and scorched by colorful cars with historic names. They're every road and every street, anywhere you go in a Chevrolet Corvette. The great new shape of the '61 enfolds a deep-breathing V8 engine, available in every state of tune from smooth, dependable standard to a white-hot 315-horsepower Fuel Injection* version. These are a few of the facts-in-motion that'll make your dull roads glory roads. The instant you pop that lever into the first gear slot, Mister, you're going somewhere, and we mean right now! *Optional at extra cost |
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Every Corvette fitted with a Fuel Injected engine* has a small emblem on either side that says so. Actually we needn't waste the time or effort; when an F.I. Corvette goes by, you know it! Sometime, if you should overhear a couple of aficionados arguing about the comparative performance of their own cars, sidle up and tell 'em you drive a Corvette with Fuel Injection....End of argument. When you own one of these machines you don't have to talk about performance, it's practically your own private word. The astonishing combination of flexibility, reliability, and sheer storm that we call Corvette Fuel Injection is unsurpassed here or abroad; its powerful yowl will still be thrilling keen people when many a lesser sports car is being restored and exhibited like a fragile antique. *Optional at extra cost |
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Step up and place your order for a new Corvette, set up to be as smooth and mild, or as hairy-chested-potent as you like. This is a real machine, the only true sports car built in this country and one with an array of engine, transmission and luxury options* unmatched by any sports car anywhere. It goes like as irresistible force and stops like an immovable object. It's a car to brag about, and it's a car that can back its brag anywhere, any time; just check the record of the last four years of sports car activity. Sports cars have come and gone, but Corvette has been capturing new accolades ever since that first V8 let out its newborn yell of defiance. *Optional at extra cost |
