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The Comeback Kid

There were rounds and rounds of applause. A marching band covered Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” General Motors’ officials, assembly line workers, and former Corvette Chief Engineer Zora Arkus Duntov, then 83 years old, stood shoulder to shoulder to celebrate this American manufacturing milestone.

It was July 2, 1992, and the one-millionth Corvette rolled off the line at Bowling Green Assembly in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The car was a white convertible with red interior and a

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