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.
Not because it originally had the Stingray badge on it but I think the name just fits the corvette well and I like it.:D And I can say, nothing about my vette is original, its like a blank canvas waiting for me to discover what the finished product will be..:cheers: Mark:cheers: 6880 Mike.he 68 and the 77 along with the Sting_Ray and the StingRay are just chapters in the life of our beloved Corvette. Just because I carry the name of my father Ivan P. Burke does not mean that I am any less Ivan P. Burke than he was. The 63 to 67 were Sting_Rays the 68's were 68's the 69 to 76 Were StingRays.