Chevrolet Corvette

Kentucky state government, the United States made a unique breakthrough by making the Chevrolet Corvette sports car as an icon of their state.

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear assess the Chevrolet Corvette has been credited for Kentucky first since the Corvette factory built in the state.

"Sports car enthusiasts have fallen in love with Corvettes since it was first introduced in New York in 1953," said Beshear like detikOto quoted from the official website of the government of Kentucky, Monday (28/06/2010).

"For nearly 30 years, Kentucky has become the exclusive home of this sports car icon. Today, we are proud to give the honor to appoint an official sport car Corvette as the state of Kentucky," he added.

In 1981 General Motors (GM), which produces the Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Corvette production moved from St. Louis, Missouri to Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Currently about 50,000 people each year visit their factory to witness the process of Corvette production. It certainly has the economic impact particularly in terms of tourism and be able to generate more than U.S. $ 205,000,000, or around Rp 1.86 trillion each year.

This figure does not include the thousands who visit the National Corvette Museum in the nearby factory pull Corvette lovers from all over the world.

Kentucky itself is currently ranked third in terms of total light vehicle production in America. Even 9.8 percent of all cars and trucks that circulate in the United States is produced in Kentucky. And today more than 64 600 people work in Kentucky in the automotive sector, this state