10 Popular Vehicles and How They Got Their Names
Chevrolet Corvette
In 1953, GM executives accepted a suggestion by Myron Scott, then the assistant director of the Public Relations department, to name the company's new sports car after the corvette, a small maneuverable warship invented in France. The first Corvette, a convertible, was introduced at the 1953 GM Motorama as a concept car. Production models went on sale later that year.