1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray By the start of the &#x27;60s the Corvette was ready for a further evolution, one that many enthusiasts would later deem the definitive Corvette. With a design credited to Shinoda, the GM exterior designer, the second-generation car was more avant-garde than its predecessor, with flip-up headlamps, a long, louver-adorned hood, tapering rear deck, doors that ran into the roof and a split rear window.