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Chevrolet Corvette C1 hire switzerland

With us, you can hire the legendary Chevrolet Corvette C1 classic car online, with unlimited kilometres, and experience unforgettable road trips with maximum driving pleasure! Feel like you're in a road movie or travelling through sunny California. Listen to the V8 bubbling and let the sunshine in! A classic cruiser that feels most at home on open country roads. Or how about a trip around the beautiful Lake Constance? Or are you looking for a Chevrolet Corvette C1 as a wedding car?

But we are more than just a Chevrolet Corvette car hire company and also offer other classics such as the Cadillac DeVille from 1959 or, if you want to be British, a Jaguar XJ6 or E-Type.

Cruise through the Zurich Oberland in a muscle car or accompany the most beautiful day of your life in a wedding car - booking is easy via our online platform.

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Description

Drive a ‘real’ muscle car for once. Naturally with a matching V8 sound and of course as a convertible for complete enjoyment. With our legendary Chevrolet Corvette C1.

Going to the next classic car meeting? Or are you going for a drive in the spring to enjoy the first warming rays of sunshine?

Perfect for

Weddings, trips in the lowlands, birthday surprises, classic car meetings, photo shoots.
We do NOT recommend this vehicle for driving over mountain passes (or only for very experienced drivers). We have more suitable vehicles for this. Contact us for advice on the choice of vehicle for your trip.

Special Features

THE classic Chevrolet Corvette in the wonderful colour combination red/white and of course with a roaring V8 sound. The manual soft top can be closed in the blink of an eye when it starts to rain.

ATTENTION: Only conditionally suitable for riders over approx. 1.85m

History

The Chevrolet Corvette C1 is the first generation of the Corvette. The car was built from 1953 to 1962 and underwent several visual and technical revisions during this time.
The first Corvette was presented to the public at the ‘Motorama’ in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York in January 1953. The public reacted favourably and series production began six months later.

As the second production car after the Woodill Wildfire, which was built in small numbers, the Corvette C1 had a body made of fibreglass-reinforced plastic. In addition to the weight saving, the greater design freedom of the designers and the faster production tools that could be manufactured spoke in favour of this material - otherwise the rapid start of series production would not have been possible.

To prove that the Corvette was also a competitive car on the race track, Briggs Cunningham entered several models in the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans. The best result was an eighth place.

Production lasted from June 1953 to August 1962, with a total of 69,015 units being produced. As the C1 was not yet available as a coupé, only roadsters (open two-seaters with a single soft top) were produced. Production was then discontinued and the Corvette C2 was introduced in 1963.

Engine/driving performance

The engine was initially a slightly modified ‘Blue Flame’ six-cylinder in-line engine from a truck with a displacement of 3.8 litres (235 in3) and a compression ratio of 8:1. Higher compression and three Carter single carburettors of type YH increased the output to 110 imp. kW (150 bhp) and from 1954, thanks to a modified camshaft, to 114 imp. kW (155 bhp) at 4200 rpm and provided a maximum torque of 302 Nm at 4500 rpm. Depending on the source, the Corvette C1 accelerated from 0-100 km/h in 8 to 11 seconds. The top speed was given as 172 to 180 km/h. However, even by the standards of the time, this performance did not correspond to that of a sports car.

Ed Cole and Zora Arkus-Duntov therefore gave the Corvette C1 a power makeover: instead of the previous six-cylinder engine, they opted for a ‘small-block’ V8 with an initial displacement of 4.3 litres (265 in3) and 143 kW (195 bhp) at 5000 rpm. The first Chevrolet ‘small-block’ V8 engine and therefore the first Corvette V8 engine was launched on the market in 1955. A large ‘V’ in the name ‘CheVrolet’ on the sides of the front wings showed that a vehicle was motorised with this engine. With this change, the Corvette developed into a genuine sports car with very good driving performance. The Corvette with the V8 engine accelerated from 0 to approx. 100 km/h in 8.7 seconds. Duntov accelerated the Corvette to a top speed of 150 mph (241 km/h) in Daytona, which was a respectable figure at the time. The engine was also revised in 1956. It now produced 210 bhp at 5200 rpm with a compression ratio of 9.25 : 1 in the standard version and was fitted with a Carter twin-barrel carburettor. A version with 225 bhp or 240 bhp could be ordered as an option. These two engines were equipped with a different camshaft and two twin-register carburettors. The 225 bhp version accelerated from 0 to around 100 km/h in 7.3 seconds.

Source: Wikipedia

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