Mako Shark (concept car)

The Mako Shark, project number XP-755, was a Chevrolet Corvette concept car designed by Larry Shinoda under the direction of General Motors styling chief Bill Mitchell. It built on the 1958 XP-700 double bubble show car and added design elements of the coming 1963 Corvette, and its streamlining and pointed snout were partly inspired by the shortfin mako shark. It debuted at the New York Coliseum at the 1962 International Automobile Show and was a success on the show circuit, changing in styling and detail over time and losing its double bubble canopy. It was later called the Mako Shark I when the Mako Shark II of 1965 appeared, and the car now resides in the GM Heritage Collection. The article also covers the Mako Shark II, which strongly influenced the third generation Corvette, and its Manta Ray rebuild of 1969.