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.
1953 was the first year the Corvette was produced, originally envisioned by Harley Earl, the Corvette was Chevy's first entrance in the 1953 GM Motorama. The GM Motorama was GM's dream car show and had been used in the past to showcase the new Cadillacs, Oldsmobiles, Pontiacs and Buick.