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.
The first corvette was made by Harley Earl in 1927 The first production year was 1953. 12 people found this useful. Edit. Share to: Gerald Clay. 59,753 Contributions. 60+ years experience in auto repair. Built and raced a car for 2 years on the drag racing circuit.