Mako Shark Corvette Concept Car

[TheLuvecerviere]

Awesome, amazing car. I would have it.

[UCFCamaroSS]

Thanks for posting, I owned a 1980 C3, but never knew all the cool stuff I missed out on!

[GasserGlass]

Shows what you know

[zeppelin27901]

This car pretty much proves GM builds piece of shit cars. I'm an American and it hurts to say that, but no American car company really gives a shit whether their cars can stand the test of time, and whether they're built to last. there's no pride in the plastic tubs we call cars today :'/

[aaabbbeee]

Some of these ideas are actually pretty awesome, like the roof that rises and the hidden wipers. Wtf happened to car companies, man?

[urah2525]

IT WASN'T MUCH AHEAD OF ITS TIME - as it was in the main a styling study on the existing chassis figure it to be the styling study for the 1968 Corvette. -S-

[SuperNick134]

fail car!

[WaiWu]

what happened? cars today aren't even as good as this one.... design wise....

[mrpitv]

@WaiWu The designers don't have the freedom that they had in the '60s. The cars are much better built and the engineering has improved greatly but I agree -- they're just not as imaginatively designed. It was a golden but wacky era. What manufacturer today would paint a car to mimic the colors of a shark the head of design caught?

[WaiWu]

@mrpitv Plus safety regulations... it's good for a car to be safe but they shouldn't tell designers how to be safe. The only company that have innovative concepts is BMW, too bad they don't intend to sell them anytime soon.

[pwnageness]

@WaiWu Look up the new 2013 Stingray.

[SuperNick134]

i am sry ...

but this corvette is the Manta Rey!!

[pwnageness]

@SuperNick134 You mean stingray...?

[SuperNick134]

@pwnageness no..

search for corvette manta ray!

[63Johno]

Those look like Gurney flaps at 3.00, something that F1 only got to understand in the 1980's. This is one impressive set of wheels!

[eduds6]

Who is the owner of this unique concept?

[Supergungun]

What's the music that plays during this infomercial?

[MrPatbull]

love it fc awsom,the first time i see it in detail,love the hood the way it open

thank you very mutch to have put that vid

[MultiRooker]

Some guy here in Norway built a couple of these with custom paint jobs. Sadly enough, the first one was incinerated in the 80`s buy some jealous loser(s). Nowadays it exists as the "Mako Shark III". Valsjø`s custom Corvette.

[thewhistler]

lol at the digital instruments..

[Supergungun]

@thewhistler They look better in that car than they did in the 80s and 90s.

[thewhistler]

@Supergungun while of course. :-P

But honestly that car is the coolest Corvette I ever seen.

The paint is just awesome!

And I like the part where it says "Making it easy for anyone to drive" and then they show a women driving. :-P

[Supergungun]

@thewhistler And the funny thing is they probably used those in 80s cars.

[stephmc111]

wow where did u find this video



[mrpitv]

@stephmc111 It's part of my archive. Glad you like it.

[AnonymoussourceL0L]

GM is a bitch. The stingray and this AWESOME mako shark stingray were the best corvettes ever made period. Why didn't they put this into production?!

[ianemmott]

I just bought a 1968 mako shark 11 with the matching 427 4 speed its been off the road since 79 32k original miles I have never seen a car like this I may need some help here. The last five in the vin are 00479 its a convertible/hardtop any advice?

[MrCamaro2000]

corvette stingray stupids

[knut189]

WHY DONT THEY SELL THEM!!!!!!!! =(

[Sarcasticscum]

I would love to know where one of these cars are so I could at the least, snap some photos.

[bradbge]

They only made one. It was remodeled (in about 1970-71) to make the Manta Ray show car. Which I thought was sad. I preferred the tail on this car. The Manta Ray looked much like the Mako Shark in the front, but had a long "dove" tail that Chevrolet used to modeled the 1974-79 rear end, but didn't really properly do that. I saw the Manta Ray at the Monterey Historic's about 10 years ago. I believe it's still owed by GM, but they need money. Maybe you can buy it?

[Sarcasticscum]

Well, at the corvette museum, both the Manta Ray & the Mako Shark concept cars are there.

[bradbge]

Oh, OK. I stand corrected. I read that tidbit of info in a Corvette book (albeit a 45 years old book). Maybe Chevy realized they needed both cars and built up another one. PS, I'd like to go to that museum someday. Where is it?

[Sarcasticscum]

Somewhere in or near Bowling Green, KY. I'd say its near the corvette production facility.

[woot66]

@Sarcasticscum

The museum is right across the street. If you take a tour of the plant you can also see the only 1983 Corvette still to exist. There's only half of it though LOL. It's mounted about the door the walk thru to strt the tour.

[lionelvillahermosa]

''excellent''

[Arrowhead0006]

WANT ONE

looks better than the 2009 corvettes, except for the new stingray concept

[subzero92MK]

corvettes seem all the sames

[bigvinsweetevil71]

does any1 know how many MAKO SHARK type vettes were made and if any exist now? i thought i saw a few over the years!

[OzJunky2]

you would have seen stingrays probably, i dont think the mako ever went into production, was just a cancept, but dont quote me on it

[ohioburningwheels]

only one

[joncoppola28]

>>>wow this machine looks ahead of its time...so many parts are retractable, and the car overall is so flawless and clean. What a swell ride.

[classicrockandcars]

hahahaha u talk funny. :D