Word: fastbacks
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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...Trend. A distinctive look that may take over once the T-bird roof has run its course is the convex curve from roof to rear bumper found this year on Chevrolet's new Corvette Sting Ray and Studebaker's red-hot Avanti. Detroit jargon calls this the "fastback"; it is actually a revival of a style of the 1940s...
Pontiac's entry is its classy GRAND PRIX, which comes in a special iridescent blue-black, is outfitted with bucket seats and will undersell the Riviera and T-Bird by several hundred dollars. Chevrolet's answer is its Corvette STING RAY fastback hardtop. Breaking sharply with its past, the new Corvette has plush carpets, power steering and optional air conditioning -all features that will alienate true sports-car buffs, but are likely to attract many more buyers...
...Fastback is a big word in Detroit this year. It denotes a car whose silhouette flows from windshield to rear bumper in a continuous, rounded, convex curve. Chevrolet's completely redesigned Corvette hardtop is a fastback. So is the Studebaker Avanti (TIME, April 13). Ford calls its '63 Comet and Falcon hard-tops fastbacks, but they are really only "semi-fastbacks" because their rear windows break the curve...
...Volkswagen's Karmann Ghia with a big American grille. The Riviera will have a 117-in. wheelbase, 340-h.p. engine, and come in a four-passenger, two-door, hardtop model. Chevrolet, also hoping to cut in on the Thunderbird, plans to introduce a Corvette model with the "fastback look" (Detroitese for the convex rear lines popularized by Jaguar's hot XK-E). The big Chevrolet will have its rear doctored to resemble the pointed silhouette of this year's Chevy II. Pontiac will set its dual headlights vertically, and on the pizazz Grand Prix plans to introduce...
...Chevrolet's 1963 Corvette will get its first major face-lifting: boxy, squarish front and a "fastback" line for the hardtop model...