Mako Shark Corvette Concept Car

The Mako Shark was GM VP of Design, Bill Mitchell's vision for the follow up to the Corvette Stingray. Legend has it he was inspired by sharks he'd caught in the Bahamas. The design cues for this car can be seen in Corvettes that rolled out starting in 1968 model year.
Driven at the GM Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. Introduced by Bill Mitchell. Loaded on a plane that takes off.
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[@jsmith034086]

My I always loved my parents 69 stingray. Also like this car, it had the wipers that hid for better lines. Long live the corvette!

[@NameIsSal]

Whoa. Such an advanced looking car. And this was all in 1965.

[@cumcrete716]

This car was so ahead of its time

[@joncoppola28]

>>>wow this machine looks ahead of its time...so many parts are retractable, and the car overall is so flawless and clean. What a swell ride.

[@ChrisG3253032]

I love concept cars from the 60s and 70s. In many cases they still look futuristic today. As for this beauty, gorgeous. I wonder how much weight was added with the multitude of electric motors/solenoids that operate all the moving bits. Among many other old concepts, this is on my screensaver slideshow

[@Libreobservateur]

These Fabulous images would Greatly Deserve to be Remastered with the Best current Technologies !! A Big Thank you for the Dream in any case !! 😊👍

[@aaabbbeee]

Some of these ideas are actually pretty awesome, like the roof that rises and the hidden wipers. Wtf happened to car companies, man?

[@nopenope1186]

aaabbbeee the vacuum powered windshield wiper panel is hellish to deal with on c3 corvettes

[@nadronnocojr]

Hidden wipers had been a nuisance, as a n owner like the headlights they would stick, usually closes, these operations are made via vacuum and man they used 100 miles of vacuum lines back then .. idea great execution not so much lol ......I agree car manufacturers are asleep at the wheel With iPad cars these days

[@poweraccountabilityleague6877]

"Wtf happened to car companies, man?" Outside of Tucker and Walt Disney corporate America has never had vision or courage. Just take a look at how they embrace the new religion of woke. Takes a brain-dead coward to embrace it, and corporate America is populated almost exclusively by those types.

[@revzillo]

truely iconic piece of automotive art

[@4bmain1969427]

Back then, people studied, worked harder and dreamed bigger...

[@jeffdivona]

***** well at least now we have a society that knows how to collect welfare, get tattoo's, and never honor their word. We've come a long way baby.

[@Kevin-VP]

BACK IN MY DAY

[@MrPatbull]

love it fc awsom,the first time i see it in detail,love the hood the way it open thank you very mutch to have put that vid

[@herbgill1443]

Funny how the Mako 1 forecast the Stingray, while the Mako 2 foretold the C3.

[@IROCMAN666]

We can see the prototype of the C3. It is the magnificent car. It's rare as a car can have a longevity like this.

[@80sfordman]

Some of GM Designer Larry Shinoda's best work. Agreed, this should've been put into production...just another missed opportunity. It's missed opportunities like this which is why the car industry here in the UK is almost dead, please don't let it happen to you guys in the US!

[@KingRoseArchives]

David A We'll do our best.

[@jeffdivona]

David A GM's missed opportunities resulted in Bankruptcy

[@KingRoseArchives]

@stephmc111 It's part of my archive. Glad you like it.

[@dragonniz]

WOW! This is amazing! Thanks for sharing this with us!

[@AnxBeta]

Awesome Concept car Of the past I wish the had sold these to the public.

[@Avenarius2906]

Thanx for sharing! 👍🏼 Beautiful Conceptcar! 😎

[@UCFCamaroSS]

Thanks for posting, I owned a 1980 C3, but never knew all the cool stuff I missed out on!

[@OMEGATECH]

Awesome video, Luv the Mako shark look, my dad worked for GM and bought home a book on Automotive History, there was a s full page picture of the Mako shark Vette and was I HOOKED, no punn intended..

[@Thrasharound]

Perfect.

[@KingRoseArchives]

@WaiWu The designers don't have the freedom that they had in the '60s. The cars are much better built and the engineering has improved greatly but I agree -- they're just not as imaginatively designed. It was a golden but wacky era. What manufacturer today would paint a car to mimic the colors of a shark the head of design caught?

[@fathertime1331]

If only the bean counters didn't control GM thru most of its post-war history. DeLorean was willing to take risks. But that type of personality didn't fit into the buttoned-up style of GM and he left. About the time he quit GM started losing market share and to this day they are still headed in the wrong direction.

[@MAllen-ng8pl]

gorgeous, gorgeous car.

[@stevematz7354]

1965 Mako Shark 2 (in Video) which GM made 2 copies; one a non-running display Mach-Up and the working model in the Video. It was restyled in 1969 as the Manta Ray which when it isn't on tour or at Car Shows resides in the GM Heritage Museum, usually parked along side the 61 Mako 1. BTW: The Mako 1's Chassis,some body parts, and Clear Bubble Top came from the 1958 XP-700 Concept Corvette which disappeared after 1959. Many people thought it had been wrecked and destroyed but was in the GM Styling Shop later becoming the 61 Mako Shark 1 ...

[@LtSeanTopperHarley]

If only they put this into production

[@snvffxxx]

absolutely amazing

[@larsrons7937]

Batman would love this car. B.t.w. I met Batman on the road the other day. At least he drove his car like he thought he was Batman.

[@bradbge]

They only made one. It was remodeled (in about 1970-71) to make the Manta Ray show car. Which I thought was sad. I preferred the tail on this car. The Manta Ray looked much like the Mako Shark in the front, but had a long "dove" tail that Chevrolet used to modeled the 1974-79 rear end, but didn't really properly do that. I saw the Manta Ray at the Monterey Historic's about 10 years ago. I believe it's still owed by GM, but they need money. Maybe you can buy it?

[@CodyJRobis]

man, this car is awesome

[@Sarcasticscum]

Somewhere in or near Bowling Green, KY. I'd say its near the corvette production facility.

[@samuelshiels4608]

3:00 Holy crap!!!! Active aero in the 60s????!!!! 😵😵😵

[@ytwhite5930]

I believe this is the only Corvette ever built with column shift...

[@000Elysium000]

The 69 Stingray is my dream car. This one is also gorgeous, even if it does look like the 69's meat-head older brother.

[@riccardoesposito3358]

Wonderful "vintage" car! Chevrolet Corvette "Mako" !!

[@carsonrwhite]

Dear god. I have a 77 Stingray and this video made me drool

[@herbgill1443]

Like the first Mako Shark, it showed us the corvette to come. In this case the 1968 C3.

[@Sarcasticscum]

Well, at the corvette museum, both the Manta Ray & the Mako Shark concept cars are there.

[@bradbge]

Oh, OK. I stand corrected. I read that tidbit of info in a Corvette book (albeit a 45 years old book). Maybe Chevy realized they needed both cars and built up another one. PS, I'd like to go to that museum someday. Where is it?

[@BimmerM5e39]

1:27 Digital analog LMAO. Whats up with the bigfoot pedals where are you suppose to move your feet if you don't want gas or brake?

[@ul7185]

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[@MrDiabolicmuffin]

Vacuum operated fuel door.... 5 years and you'd never be able to fuel the car ever again!! Kidding aside, this video is great

[@lionelvillahermosa]

''excellent''

[@jeffdivona]

True. But 3 years later Chevy would introduce the C3 corvette and many of the ideas (toned down of course) displayed here would show up on that car over its production life cycle.

[@kabar48]

are you guys done with my car yet? id like it back NOW!!

[@thewhistler9775]

@Supergungun while of course. :-P But honestly that car is the coolest Corvette I ever seen. The paint is just awesome! And I like the part where it says "Making it easy for anyone to drive" and then they show a women driving. :-P

[@thewhistler9775]

lol at the digital instruments..

[@carlobocchioart]

future is in the 60/70

[@KingRoseArchives]

Unfortunately, he's died. But his designs live on.

[@srosenthal72]

Thanks for posting. What date was this video made?

[@Libreobservateur]

1965

[@BogattheMoon]

The Pontiac Banshee...err..uh..The Mako Shark

[@Sarcasticscum]

I would love to know where one of these cars are so I could at the least, snap some photos.

[@kasteman1]

One of the sexiest designs ever. The curves of a woman covering pure muscle.

[@GasserGlass]

Shows what you know

[@Funsho97]

Yep, they shoulda built it!!!

[@MultiRooker]

Some guy here in Norway built a couple of these with custom paint jobs. Sadly enough, the first one was incinerated in the 80`s buy some jealous loser(s). Nowadays it exists as the "Mako Shark III". Valsjø`s custom Corvette.

[@4bmain1969427]

Oh, yeah....!

[@tor8032]

super!!!!

[@TheLuvecerviere]

Awesome, amazing car. I would have it.

[@WaiWu]

@mrpitv Plus safety regulations... it's good for a car to be safe but they shouldn't tell designers how to be safe. The only company that have innovative concepts is BMW, too bad they don't intend to sell them anytime soon.

[@dean44100]

the painters of the car could never get the paint to match the mako shark that the head of design caught so they sneaked into his office one night and repainted the shark to match the car!

[@eduds6]

Who is the owner of this unique concept?

[@bluenosemassmedia2996]

Too many moving parts to be reliable enough in those days

[@pwnageness]

@WaiWu Look up the new 2013 Stingray.

[@daveb1081]

hehe, go look up the 2020 stingray :)

[@pwnageness]

@SuperNick134 You mean stingray...?

[@helivette]

Phil Sandoval bz

[@SuperNick134]

i am sry ... but this corvette is the Manta Rey!!

[@Sherman62]

It became the Manta Ray with a few changes. Too bad the Mako II could not have been preserved as well.

[@Ricobaca]

Nah, just ask a Cadillac designer to design one.😐

[@WaiWu]

what happened? cars today aren't even as good as this one.... design wise....

[@adhithyasodhi3203]

240p res..........

[@franciscodanconia4324]

Retactable rear wing. Decades before Porsche, Ferrari or McLaren did

[@subzero92MK]

corvettes seem all the sames

[@classicrockandcars]

hahahaha u talk funny. :D

[@zeppelin27901]

This car pretty much proves GM builds piece of shit cars. I'm an American and it hurts to say that, but no American car company really gives a shit whether their cars can stand the test of time, and whether they're built to last. there's no pride in the plastic tubs we call cars today :'/

[@SuperNick134]

fail car!