#22 – Zora Arkus-Duntov Retires
After Zora Arkus-Duntov retired from Chevrolet in 1975, David McLellan the chief Corvette designer took over engineering decisions for the next generation of Corvette. The C4 Corvette departs in some ways from the C3. The C4 Corvette has rear bumpers and panels made from molded plastic rather than fiberglass. It used “unibody” assembly rather than separate body-on-frame construction. The new Corvette also came standard with an electronic dashboard with a digital liquid crystal display dash. 1983 Corvettes never sold to the public. Production & quality issues postponed the debut of the C4 generation making Chevrolet skipping the year.