A Tale of the Shark and the Rat: The Chevrolet Corvette Stingray (C3)

I thought this would be of interest to HN because it goes into some detail about the politics of the design of the C3.

PG once wrote:

"There's no way around it: you can't manage a process intended to produce beautiful things without knowing what beautiful is. American cars are ugly because American car companies are run by people with bad taste."

From the article:

"Duntov [the engineer] wanted the Corvette Sting Ray’s replacement, which originally was slated to appear for the 1967 model year, to be smaller, leaner, and more aerodynamic, ideally with a rear- or mid-mounted engine. Mitchell [the VP], for his part, loved to make cars look aerodynamic, but he wasn’t terribly concerned if they actually were or not."