Steve Magnante

I was actually a little disappointed in the book. First off, I am not a huge Corvette fan and have never owned one, but I do have an interest in automobiles and their history in general.
First off, the book is nicely organized with each chapter broken into five sections: Legend and Lore, Body and Interior, Engine and Driveline, Suspension and Brakes, and Number crunching and Press Commentary. Each Chapter covers a specific group of models. The first and last sections were the most interesting for me as a lay reader. The middle three sections were often dealing with numbers of models with a certain type of engine, etc., which generally lost my attention rather quickly. There was quite a bit of trivia which would be useful to take to your Corvette club meetings to stump fellow enthusiasts, but much of it was lost on me.
The Facts of the title are simply the paragraphs in the book, each new paragraph is a new "Fact."
There are NO colored photos in the book and very few pictures of Corvettes. Most of the pictures are closeups of engine detail, dashboard buttons, tail pipes, etc, to emphasize a "fact." The book would be much improved with color photos of the models being discussed, or some of the variants discussed, but they are not to be found. Cost of course is an issue, but I have seen many similarly priced auto books FILLED with color glossies of cars, so I don't really see the issue.
So, not an easy quick read, but interesting for some trivia for Corvette enthusiasts.… (mehr)