CHEVROLET CORVETTE 5.7 V8 2dr (1998)

The Chevrolet Corvette - finally lives up to its iconic status.

The Chevrolet Corvette is such a classic American car; the very name conjures up images of bald eagles and apple pies, but it's actually quite un-American in design. Personally I can't stand American cars - they're brutish, boxy, vulgar and inefficient, but the Chevvy Corvette is a real sports car, and that's why I bought mine.

I dislike the early models (the pre-V8 marks are a joke), but Chevrolet have managed to gradually refine the car throughout the decades and I considered the 1998 version the first one worthy of its pretty massive price tag. It looks sleek in the way that only a sports car can and it performs as well as many of its European counterparts. The interesting thing about the Corvette is how fast it can stay running. It sustains high speeds very well (if you can handle the wind noise).

I am not one of the Cult of Chevvy nutters who think that this is the greatest car ever created, but what Chevrolet have finally produced is a respectable, good-looking sports car with some appealing assets, which is definitely worth a look.