Zora Arkus-Duntov was born with the name Zachary Arkus in Brussels, Belgium, on Christmas Day 1909 to Russian nationals. Zora's mother, Rachel Kogan, left his birth father and married an ...

Hard-core Corvette fans know Zora Arkus-Duntov and the contributions he bestowed over his two-plus decades at General Motors. Anticipating the arrival of the next-generation C8 Corvette adorned ...

Zora Arkus-Duntov, a Russian born in Belgium who came to America on the eve of World War II, managed to work his way into General Motors and became both the car's first chief engineer and the ...

Editor's note: Zora Arkus-Duntov, a man whose name was synonymous with high-performance cars and especially with the Chevrolet Corvette, passed away on April 21, 1996. He was 86 years old.

Zora fervently believed that this setup was the only way to stand up to the Ford GT arch-rival. Zora had a shot with the Astro II concept, which hinted at a mid-engined Vette. The idea was furthermore ...

Zora Arkus-Duntov: The Engineer Who Was Right About the Mid-Engine Corvette All Along. 19 Nov 2022, 09:07 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Today, let's take a deep dive into the life of the man who was ...

When Duntov was hired to work at Chevrolet on May 1, 1953, th Arguably, there had never been a chief engineer of an American car the likes of Zora Arkus-Duntov. MotorTrend ...

Zora Arkus-Duntov was part of the team that put the small-block V-8 into the Corvette in 1955. Following that, he was named ...

Chevy Corvette ZR1X was originally speculated to carry the Zora nameplate. However, there may be room yet for a new Corvette ...

Zora Arkus-Duntov’s 1957 Corvette SS was Chevrolet’s boldest attempt at racing dominance. The Project XP-64 is powered by a 283 cubic-inch V8 with advanced aluminum cylinder heads.

For a man bestowed with a title so grand as “Father of the Corvette” it is fascinating that Zora Duntov was only barely a Corvette owner. He did own one, though, and the Corvette that bore his name on ...