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.
The C5 was the most completely redesigned Corvette since the Corvette's inception in 1953.(Corvette Racing, David Kimble, 2012). Production of the C5 Corvette actually began in 1996 but quality/manufacturing snafus saw it released to the public in mass in 1997 and continuing through the 2004 model year.