Population Demographics for Van Wert County, Ohio in 2016 and 2015.
Best Answer: The corvette's name came from naval corvettes, a corvette is diefined as a small, fast, and maneuverable, lightly armed warship, which was used during the second world war to protect merchant vessels from German U-Boats, The Chevrolet Corvette is a small, fast, and maneuverable car.ccording to Corvette history, this happened in September 1952: The Opel project sports car prototype is named Corvette, after a light fast type of World War II warship.
With seating for two in coupe and convertible body styles, the Corvette offers world-class performance in many models at a lower price point than some key competitors from Europe and Japan including the Porsche 911 and Nissan GT-R. The first generation C1 Corvette appeared in 1953 and was in production until 1962.