This one-of-a-kind Chevrolet Corvette Design Study is a special car that would one day inspire a new line of Corvettes.

It had 205 horsepower, ran 0-60 mph in 7 seconds, and topped out at 140 mph, but cleared a track for the 1,064 horsepower ...

giving the C4 a direct connection to the factory-backed Corvettes of the past 27 years. Klemantaski Collection//Getty Images ...