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THE CORVETTE: New spin for an old legend
It was the late 1990s.And Hill, chief engineer of the hallowed car, was showing off the sexy redesign to a group of special guests.
"A woman said, 'Oh, gee, you bring out this wonderful, beautiful new car -- and have those old-fashioned headlamps on it," Hill said recently.
And there it was.
Old-fashioned headlamps.
Years later, Hill would make it his mission to ensure the next-generation Corvette -- the one being unveiledat the North American International Auto Show -- would do away with one of Corvette's oldest signatures.
The pop-up headlights would be no more.
If you're unsure of the significance of this, Gary Cockriel can explain in a flurry of incredulity.
Cockriel will tell you no Corvette since 1962 has had regular headlights, that Corvette owners love the lamps that pop up from the front hood and that -- oh, my gosh -- the car just doesn't look right without them..
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It was the late 1990s.And Hill, chief engineer of the hallowed car, was showing off the sexy redesign to a group of special guests.
"A woman said, 'Oh, gee, you bring out this wonderful, beautiful new car -- and have those old-fashioned headlamps on it," Hill said recently.
And there it was.
Old-fashioned headlamps.
Years later, Hill would make it his mission to ensure the next-generation Corvette -- the one being unveiledat the North American International Auto Show -- would do away with one of Corvette's oldest signatures.
The pop-up headlights would be no more.
If you're unsure of the significance of this, Gary Cockriel can explain in a flurry of incredulity.
Cockriel will tell you no Corvette since 1962 has had regular headlights, that Corvette owners love the lamps that pop up from the front hood and that -- oh, my gosh -- the car just doesn't look right without them..
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