09/08/2022
Amerikanskiye traditsii stroitelʹstva bystrokhodnykh avtomobiley tozhe ochenʹ davniye, voskhodyashchiye k 1920-m godam i takim markam, kak «Obërn», «Kord» i «Dyuzenberg». Odnako Velikaya depressiya prervala etot protsess, perenesya aktsent na snizheniye tseny, uvelicheniye razmerov avtomobiley i povysheniye ikh komforta. Zanovo on poshël lishʹ posle Vtoroy mirovoy voyny, kogda vozvrashchayushchiyesya iz Yevropy soldaty stali privozitʹ domoy yevropeyskiye sportkary, takiye, kak MG TC — malenʹkiye, ne slishkom moshchnyye, no khorosho upravlyayushchiyesya i ochenʹ uvlekatelʹnyye v vozhdenii. Otvetom mestnykh proizvoditeley na etu tendentsiyu stali sobstvennyye amerikanskiye sportivnyye modeli, pervoy massovoy sredi kotorykh stal Chevrolet Corvette (1953)
The American tradition of building fast cars is also very old, going back to the 1920s and brands like Auburn, Kord, and Duesenberg. However, the Great Depression interrupted this process, shifting the focus to lower prices, increase the size of cars and improve their comfort. It didn't start again until after World War II, when soldiers returning from Europe began bringing home European sports cars such as the MG TC - small, not very powerful, but well-handling and very fun to drive. The response of local manufacturers to this trend was their own American sports models, the first mass among which was the Chevrolet Corvette (1953)
