Population Demographics for Van Wert County, Ohio in 2016 and 2015.
Best Answer: The corvette's name came from naval corvettes, a corvette is diefined as a small, fast, and maneuverable, lightly armed warship, which was used during the second world war to protect merchant vessels from German U-Boats, The Chevrolet Corvette is a small, fast, and maneuverable car.ccording to Corvette history, this happened in September 1952: The Opel project sports car prototype is named Corvette, after a light fast type of World War II warship.
It is not just from 1953, its VIN # is E53F001003. Known to Corvette fans as #003, this is the third Corvette to come off the production line. This is the oldest survivor of the first 300 Corvettes made in 1953, the first year of production of one of America's most beloved cars.