American engineer. He was born to Russian parents in Belgium and came to America in 1941. He had graduated from the Institute of Charlottenburg in Berlin in 1934 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
His work on the Chevrolet Corvette earned him the nickname, "Father of the Corvette". He was responsible for advances such as disk brakes, independant rear suspension and limited-slip differentials on production Corvettes.
During his teens his parents divorced and his mother later remarried. To honor both father's he hyphenated his last name.
Died at St John's Hospital, Grosse Pointe, Michigan from cancer-induced kidney failure.
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Zora Arkus-Duntov is considered by many to be the savior of the Chevrolet Corvette. He joined General Motors in 1953, after seeing the Corvette on display at the GM Motorama in New York. He wrote Chevrolet chief engineer Ed Cole that he would be honored to work on such a beautiful car; he also included a technical paper which proposed an analytical method of determining a car's top speed. On May 1, 1953, Zora Arkus-Duntov started at Chevrolet as an assistant staff engineer. By 1954, the Corvette was in danger of being cancelled due to low sales, when Zora convinced management that what was required was more power. As a result, the small-block V8 was introduced in the 1955 Corvette, and the car became an immediate and lasting success. When he died, his ashes were entombed at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
His work on the Chevrolet Corvette earned him the nickname, "Father of the Corvette". He was responsible for advances such as disk brakes, independant rear suspension and limited-slip differentials on production Corvettes.
During his teens his parents divorced and his mother later remarried. To honor both father's he hyphenated his last name.
Died at St John's Hospital, Grosse Pointe, Michigan from cancer-induced kidney failure.
∼Engineer
Zora Arkus-Duntov is considered by many to be the savior of the Chevrolet Corvette. He joined General Motors in 1953, after seeing the Corvette on display at the GM Motorama in New York. He wrote Chevrolet chief engineer Ed Cole that he would be honored to work on such a beautiful car; he also included a technical paper which proposed an analytical method of determining a car's top speed. On May 1, 1953, Zora Arkus-Duntov started at Chevrolet as an assistant staff engineer. By 1954, the Corvette was in danger of being cancelled due to low sales, when Zora convinced management that what was required was more power. As a result, the small-block V8 was introduced in the 1955 Corvette, and the car became an immediate and lasting success. When he died, his ashes were entombed at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
American engineer. He was born to Russian parents in Belgium and came to America in 1941. He had graduated from the Institute of Charlottenburg in Berlin in 1934 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
His work on the Chevrolet Corvette earned him the nickname, "Father of the Corvette". He was responsible for advances such as disk brakes, independant rear suspension and limited-slip differentials on production Corvettes.
During his teens his parents divorced and his mother later remarried. To honor both father's he hyphenated his last name.
Died at St John's Hospital, Grosse Pointe, Michigan from cancer-induced kidney failure.
∼Engineer
Zora Arkus-Duntov is considered by many to be the savior of the Chevrolet Corvette. He joined General Motors in 1953, after seeing the Corvette on display at the GM Motorama in New York. He wrote Chevrolet chief engineer Ed Cole that he would be honored to work on such a beautiful car; he also included a technical paper which proposed an analytical method of determining a car's top speed. On May 1, 1953, Zora Arkus-Duntov started at Chevrolet as an assistant staff engineer. By 1954, the Corvette was in danger of being cancelled due to low sales, when Zora convinced management that what was required was more power. As a result, the small-block V8 was introduced in the 1955 Corvette, and the car became an immediate and lasting success. When he died, his ashes were entombed at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
His work on the Chevrolet Corvette earned him the nickname, "Father of the Corvette". He was responsible for advances such as disk brakes, independant rear suspension and limited-slip differentials on production Corvettes.
During his teens his parents divorced and his mother later remarried. To honor both father's he hyphenated his last name.
Died at St John's Hospital, Grosse Pointe, Michigan from cancer-induced kidney failure.
∼Engineer
Zora Arkus-Duntov is considered by many to be the savior of the Chevrolet Corvette. He joined General Motors in 1953, after seeing the Corvette on display at the GM Motorama in New York. He wrote Chevrolet chief engineer Ed Cole that he would be honored to work on such a beautiful car; he also included a technical paper which proposed an analytical method of determining a car's top speed. On May 1, 1953, Zora Arkus-Duntov started at Chevrolet as an assistant staff engineer. By 1954, the Corvette was in danger of being cancelled due to low sales, when Zora convinced management that what was required was more power. As a result, the small-block V8 was introduced in the 1955 Corvette, and the car became an immediate and lasting success. When he died, his ashes were entombed at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
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