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The Complete Book of Corvette: Every Model Since 1953

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I own a C4 Corvette and try to buy every Corvette book that comes out. I was given a truly bad Corvette book for a Christmas gift this year ("Corvette: America's Sports Car: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" by Jerry Burton), a cheesy, vinyl-covered tossed-together collection of factoids and tired photography. I went out and bought this one myself. This is the book all Corvette owners should own. It is a well-written history of the Corvette that is so complete it serves as the ultimate Corvette resource book. Best of all, it's filled with 100s of never-before-seen photographs from GM Design's archives. That alone is worth the price of admission. If someone got you that low-rent red vinyl Corvette book as a gift, bring it back to the store and exchange it for this one.

This book has a well written history on the Corvette!! Great Cars - If you are a lover of Corvettes, like me, this is the book for you!! It is a book your wife will let you leave on the coffee table!

Billy Wannyn

I bought this book to help me in my search for a car to buy. It was useful in that regard, but it is also a very interesting history of an iconic automobile. My research interest was in the fifth generation of the Corvette (the C5) since that is the model I was interested in buying. The chapters on the other models were very informative and entertaining. I enjoy reading history, especially automotive history, and this book fit the bill for the Corvette. It is a little short on raw data, but I don't think that was the intent of the author in the first place. All in all, a good buy.

I recently received the Updated and Revised Version of the 2006 Hardcover book,this 2011 Softbound(it's flexibound,it is kind of like a hardcover but smaller.) has been updated and includes up to 2011 Corvette,where the 2006 book left off is where the new Softcover(Which has the Blue Carbon Z06 on the cover and a black 2012 Centennial edition Z06 On the back as opposed to the 63' on the 2006 Hardcover),the book covers the 2008 Pace Cars(the Z06 coupe and the black roadster.),includes the "427" Wilmer Cooksey Signed Edition Z06,THE GT1 Champ Edition of 2009,the 2009 ZR1,THE Beautiful 2010 Grand Sport and the Stingray Concept car that Appeared in the Transformers movie as Sideswipe,the Beautifully Sinister 2011 Z06 Carbon(cover car)and Just as beautiful and Mean 2012 Centennial 100th Anniversary Edition Black Corvette Z06.This book and the just as Beautifully done Big 2006 Hardcover are a must read and a must-add to the Corvette Connoisseur's Collection.

My only complaints would be MORE PICTURES!! and a updated or similar book! this was published in 2006! while the C6R Is in here, there is an engine shot(Picture) . The book along With Ludvigsen's Star Spangled Sports Car, Jerry Burton's 2006/08 Corvette : America's Sportscar ,Yesterday ,Today,Tomorrow And Randy Leffingwell's 50th anniversary Corvette Book, as well Dr. Pete Gimenez Corvette Racing Legends The Story behind the L-88 Engine option,Friedman's Grand Sport are ALL MUST HAVES and the perfect companions! This book I thought would be just another compilation of many of mueller's books,Boy Was I wrong! there are some pics I have seen before but alot of stuff in here, the writing is good and witty. Great History. Can't Wait for another Corvette book To Top This!

This book would have to be the mammas of corvette books, if you breathe eat and sleep corvettes are all around you and that pertains to this book aswell in which no other book comes even close to having everything in it. This book covers everything of the iconic machines, history, racing, and restoration, in high performance driving experience of engineering, in technical innovations in which is what you want to know about in this book which is not a disappointment for certain. because You will be swept away in a magical ride of what can only be total fantasy come to life starting from its creation as a dream in 1953 right up until the 2006 sleek high performance model. To describe this book as large coffee tableformat book would not do it justice because it takes up the entire coffee table. Instead what would do it justice would be to write that The photographs and illustrations are spectacular technical in defining the absurdly perfect. It's an exhaustive review of a car that has become a legend in America and all over the world, from its inception of the first 6cylinder Vette in 1953 right through to the fire breathing world beating C6. A complete list of prototypes and experimental models to the famous pace cars and the ever admired specialty street and competition racing have made the Corvette a living automotive legend for more than half a century. There are a vast array of Corvette books on the market in the world that celebrate the most powerful and most attractive sassy models,of all and few list the lesser famous, prototypes,or racers. This book leaves nothing out, in that it showcases photos, text, and technical specifications of all the models since 1953 if it happened they have it in this book nothing is left out. The Corvette in the end is America's most iconic car and this book plays tribute to all of it who have participated in creating a legend that is the car.

Bought this book for my neighbor who is a vette maniac. He thought it was thee best vette book he has every seen.

It is a great book, large and colorful, quite comprehensive. Lovely pictures great commentary. If you are a Corvette affictionado, you should get this book.

I got this book while waiting for my Corvette to build. It covers every model up to 2005. It has lots of pretty pictures while still being informative to someone new to Corvettes.

I bought this book for a Vette fan's birthday--he loved it!! I flipped through it before I gave it to him and became mesmerized myself--beautiful photography of a beautiful car!

Another excellent Corvette publication by Mike Mueller, this time in a large format and filled with great photos and information. It is a must have book for all true Corvette enthusiasts.