FORD THUNDERBIRD — THE CAR THAT SAVED CHEVROLET’S CORVETTE
hen Chevrolet introduced the Corvette in 1953, Ford was painfully aware that it had nothing in its line-up to compete with it. The Corvette was built for the new sports car market occupied by British and European cars. The Corvette created a niche that had previously not existed in the US, so when Chevrolet stepped into the unknown it did so very cautiously, opting to build a low-volume fibreglass sports car using off-the-shelf parts. It wasn’t going to
