When the first Chevrolet Corvette rolled off a makeshift assembly line in Flint, Mich. on June 30, 1953, it penetrated a sports car market dominated by European models.
As quintessentially American as apple pie, the Corvette soon became a shiny symbol of U.S. performance and craftsmanship.
However, as the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) illustrates in its second Hot Wheels Classics report, the road for America's oldest continuously produced sports car has not always been smooth.
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