The Quickest Cars of the 1950s

4. The 1959 Chevy Corvette – 6.6 seconds

Zora Arkus Duntov is the godfather of the Corvette. With each annual iteration the creator has brought forth noticeable performance improvements. Zora believed that in order for people to notice the Corvette, it has to really go. The style certainly didn’t hurt the speed, but Zora acted with more restraint on going overboard as one in Detroit might expect.