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Corvette Timeline Tales: 9-27-15 General Motors officially begins using the name “Corvette” for its new sports car

Published on October 10, 2015October 10, 2015 by Scott

September 27, 1952 – General Motors officially begins using the name “Corvette” for its new sports car. – Video below

8-Sept-Timeline-Corvette-Logo-TNDateline: 9.27.15: Last month we told you about Chevrolet PR-man Myron “Scotty” Scott’s induction into the National Corvette Museum’s Hall of Fame. Mr. Scott was the man responsible for coming up with the name “Corvette” for Harley Earl’s “American sports car” show car concept. The working name for the two-seater had been “Opel.” How uninspiring! (Hey Man! Did you see the new Op?”) Over 300 names were rejected before Myron Scott found the word, “Corvette” in the dictionary. I wonder if a copy of that last is still around?

“By the books” the American flag, in its entirety, is not supposed to be used for anything but the American flag, and thus cannot be used as part of a logo or trademark. This “rule of the flag” is pretty much ignored these days, but back in 1952, GM’s lawyers nixed Harley Earl’s first Corvette logo design because Continue reading “


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Categories C1 Corvettes, Corvette History, Corvette News & Opinions, Corvette Timeline Tales•Tags american flag logo, Corvette, first corvette logo, Fleur-de-lis, Harley Earl, MYRON scott

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