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| image = Chevrolet Corvette C1 front-right 2016 Shanghai Auto Museum.jpg
| caption = 1954 Corvette
| name = Chevrolet Corvette (C1)
| manufacturer = [[Chevrolet|The Chevrolet Division of General Motors]]
| production = June 1953–July 1962
| model_years = 1953–1962
| assembly = {{ubl|United States: [[Flint, Michigan]] (1953–early 1954)|United States: [[St. Louis, Missouri]] (early 20211954–1962)}}
| engine = {{ubl|{{convert|235|CID|L|1|abbr=on}} ''[[Chevrolet straight-6 engine#235|Blue Flame]]''<ref name="oldcarbrochures.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Chevrolet_Corvette/1955_Chevrolet_Corvette/1955_Corvette_Brochure/1955%20Chevrolet%20Corvette-04.html |title=1955 Corvette Brochure |page=4 |publisher=Oldcarbrochures.com |access-date=2013-01-28}}</ref> [[Straight-6|I6]]|{{convert|265|CID|L|1|abbr=on}} ''[[Chevrolet small-block engine#265|Small-block]]'' [[V8 engine|V8]]|{{convert|283|CID|L|1|abbr=on}} ''[[Chevrolet small-block engine#283|Small-block]]'' V8 |{{convert|327|CID|L|1|abbr=on}} ''[[Chevrolet small-block engine#327|Small-block]]'' V8 }}
| transmission = {{ubl|2-speed ''[[Powerglide]]'' [[automatic transmission|automatic]]|3-speed [[manual transmission|manual]]|4-speed manual}}
| wheelbase = {{cvt|102|in}} (1953–1962)
| length = {{ubl |{{cvt|167.3|in}} (1953–1955) |{{cvt|168|in}} (1956–1957)|{{cvt|177.2|in}} (1958–1962) }}
| width = {{ubl |{{cvt|69.8|in}} (1953–1955)|{{cvt|70.5|in}} (1956–1957)|{{cvt|72.8|in}} (1958–1961)|{{cvt|70.4|in}} (1962)}}
| height = {{ubl |{{cvt|51.5|in}} (1953–1957)|{{cvt|51|in}} (1958–1962)}}
| weight = {{ubl |{{cvt|2886|lb}} (1953–1954, 1956)|{{cvt|2805|lb}} (1955)| {{cvt|2849|lb}} (1957)|{{cvt|2926|lb}} (1958)|{{cvt|2975|lb}} (1959)|{{cvt|2985|lb}} (1960–1961)|{{cvt|3065|lb}} (1962)}}
| related = [[Carrozzeria Scaglietti|Chevrolet Corvette Scaglietti Coupe]]
| successor = [[Chevrolet Corvette (C2)]]
| class = [[Sports car]]
| body_style = 2-door [[Convertible (car)|convertible]]
| layout = [[FR layout]]⏎
}}
The '''[[Chevrolet Corvette]] C1''' is the first generation of the Chevrolet Corvette produced from 1953 to 1962.

In 1963 it became the [[Chevrolet Corvette C2]].
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:53 Corvette.jpg|1953–1955 Corvette
File:56 Chevrolet Corvette (9128268016).jpg|1956–1957 Corvette
File:'58 Chevrolet Corvette (Crusin' At The Boardwalk '12).JPG|1958–1960 Corvette
File:61 Chevrolet Corvette (9122958122).jpg|1961–1962 Corvette
</gallery>

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[[Category:Chevrolet automobiles|Corvette C1]]
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