Pronto-Type

You are on the road from Paris to Deauville, late at night, almost alone in the cockpit of your Corvette.  The headlights probe out ahead like moving fingers of daylight brightening an approaching corner.  Now…down to third, stab the brakes, around the bend and away, the muted rumble of the engine disturbing the open silence only briefly.  It’s another era.

            No, its two other eras; the day of the stark, stiff and raucous sports car, made for iron men and cobbled streets.  And the era of the magnificent grand touring machines, made for rapid but elegant travel.  Preferably by two.  In the corvette, you have both eras.

            But better.  Big disc brakes to make the stopping smooth and quick.  Five modern V8’s available, all the way up to 435 horsepower.  The security of a fully independent suspension.  And elegance to equal yesterday’s legendaries.  But the touring is efficient as well as grand. It’s Corvette.  Call it pronto-type.