no, it started out as an anemic v6 with looks that were fresh and completely original in a time that desperately needed some care free fun designs for a post WWII America. The last Great Corvettes were made in '67 with a 427, 2800 lb chassis, 40-60 front-rear weight ratio, and suspension tuning normally reserved for race cars, stingrays where the greatest Corvettes ever built. That being said, we are talking about Japan here, there isn't a chance in hell that "The all mighty Japan manufactorers" would bite off some Chevy design the probably hadn't ever even seen before they accented the Tailights on some of the earliest models back in the late fifties-early sixties. The first corvettes were built in '53, the first skylines were built in '55 2 completely different worlds with nations that were barely talking at the time much less stealing design cues from eachother.