Why did most big cars of the '50s and '60s come with overly large steering wheels? Because power-assisted steering was either a (costly) option or simply not available, leaving the driver to rely more ...
When Chevrolet introduced the new Corvette in 1963 it was hailed as a technological breakthrough, and when 1968 rolled around the C3 was about as close as one could get to a spaceship on wheels.