General Introduction
In 1953, Chevrolet manufactured its own all-American sports utility car popularly known as Chevrolet Corvette. Since then, the production of these vehicles is handled by General Motors Company in its own assembly plant located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Corvettes are immensely used for so many years that a museum called National Corvette Museum is built in Kentucky.
Engine
Chevrolet Corvette combines powerful and strong engines to ensure maximum performance. These include the LS 2 engine with 400 horsepower as well as LS 7 with 505 horsepower. Aside from their superb capabilities, these engines are affordable, especially when compared to other models that have similar specifications. Compared to its European counterparts, Corvettes are less sophisticated, and even crude and lack refinement—reasons why they are extremely criticized. Their on-limit handling, meanwhile, receives both reproach and praise. Newly modified Corvettes, though, are focused on addressing these inadequacies.
Generally, Chevrolet Corvettes value simplicity than its technical aspect. They utilize less complicated overhead valve engine designs, along with larger displacement in order to compensate for the pushrod requirements needed. This entire system makes Corvettes a lot cheaper than its counterparts and easy to maintain. Their suspension, on the other hand, uses leaf springs that are transverse. All in all, though not as sophisticated as other classic sports cars, Corvettes are just as functional.
Corvette Parts
Passenger Sensing Air Bag System

A typical Chevrolet Corvette consists of a passenger sensing air bag system that instantaneously switches on or off the air bag found in the right front passenger’s seat, with the passenger’s weight as well as the pressure exerted on the seat as bases.

Dual-Stage Side Impact And Frontal Air Bags

Aside from the passenger sensing air bag system, all Corvettes have frontal and side impact air bags found in the driver’s and right front passenger’s seat. They are specially designed to decrease head injuries and trauma from front crash collisions. They are available in Chevrolet Corvette convertible, Corvette coupe, and in Z06.
Z06 Brakes
There are two standard calipers found in Corvette Z06: the rear calipers with 4 pistons and the front calipers with 6 pistons. Each of these pistons uses their own single pad. Pistons which usually located on opposite sides, function in pairs, in which each of them receives equal brake pressure. Corvettes also have cross-drilled and vented rears that are 13.4 inches in length and front rotors that are approximately 14 inches.
Antilock Brakes
Antilock brakes are standard features of Chevrolet Corvette convertibles and coupes. It stops the lockup of wheels when in braking process, especially when traveling in sliding road conditions.
Extended Mobility Tires
EMT tires from Goodyear are the typical tires used by every Chevrolet Corvette. They are highly durable, sustaining harsh road surfaces, thus preventing any person the need to buy a spare. The loss of pressure is minimized with the tires’ design, which allows the car to travel continuously for a distance of 100 miles in 55 miles per hour.

Active Handling
Active handling is an electronic synergy of antilock brakes and traction control that function with the help of stability sensors, accelerometers, and microcomputers. Active handling, moreover, compares real vehicle response against steering input of the driver. It also utilizes the application of wheel brakes, the control known as magnetic selective ride, and traction control—but only when it is very necessary. This feature, overall, gives the driver the ultimate control in order to let the Chevrolet Corvette always on track while sustaining its stability.
Traction Control
This conventional add-on comes in handy when the car will come into a full wheel spin. It can automatically reduce the speed of the spinning wheel so traction can be regained.
Driver Information Center

What’s the best way to be always up to date with the multiple functions of your Chevrolet Corvette than the driver information center? This feature, includes, among other things, a monitor for your tire pressure and can provide trip calculations and information. Other customized settings can be remote start disablement, a door lock system, wireless keyless entry choices. Most of all, since Corvettes are sold in large continents, information and instructions can be read in French, Spanish, and English.

If all you need is a sports car you can drive with ease and loaded with distinctive features, then Chevrolet Corvette is the best ride for you.