High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Chevrolet Corvette C3 is the third generation of the sports car produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors. The C3 was introduced for the 1968 model year and ended production in 1982. Corvette chief Zora Arkus-Duntov wanted a striking new Corvette; although engines and chassis components were mostly carried over from the previous generation, its body and interior were new. Though initially flawed, the 1968 like the 1958, would improve and mature into a car precisely right for its time. The so-called Shark was produced during one of the most troubled periods in America: civil unrest, burgeoning federal guidelines, fuel economy and pollution regulations, oil embargoes, rising fuel and insurance costs, runaway inflation, and a lingering recession. Through it all the C3 continued to set new Corvette sales records with an all-time high of 53,807 produced for the 1979 model year