This Is The First Chevrolet Corvette To Get A V8 Engine

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The Chevrolet Corvette, popularly heralded as America’s first sports car, hasn’t always had the brawn to back up the beauty. In fact, for its first two years of production, the sleek ‘Vette was powered by a “Blue Flame” 3.9-liter inline-six that didn’t create enough power to match the bold styling. That would change for 1955 when a V8 became available, but the first Corvette to sport such an engine was actually built the previous year.