Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a Corvette automobile.

1969		D. Pendleton Executioner (1973) 14: I’m driving a ’Vette.
1977		A. Hoffman Property Of (1978) 67: Some lousy brake fluid drained from his ’Vette.
1987		(con. 1968) Bunch & Cole Reckoning for Kings (1989) 279: Back home I drove a Vette.
1990		S. Morgan Homeboy 218: He popped the Vette’s hood.
2007		C. Goffard Snitch Jacket 79: Win the lotto, get a Vette.
2010		Codella and Bennett Alphaville (2011) 353: Her ’Vette was parked in the lot.
2017		T. Pluck Bad Boy Boogie [ebook] ‘I’ve worked on ’Vettes with the same engine’.
2023		(con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 41: Red-coat car jocks shagged Jags, Vettes and Caddies double-quick.