Introduced as America’s answer to the European sports car in 1953, what car won the 1998 Car of the Year Award after being redesigned from the ground up for the first time?

The Corvette was notable because the ground up reinvention included a hydroformed box frame and the transmission was relocated to form an integrated, rear-mounted transaxle assembly to improve handling. Connected to the all-new LS1 engine via a torque tube, the engine/transmission arrangement enabled a 50-50% front-rear weight distribution. The Corvette featured several first-time high tech innovations, such as black lights for the instrument panel and a "plastic" (composite) intake manifold.

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