Month: May 2011

Last week, Chevrolet announced the first official details about the upcoming 2012 Chevrolet Corvette, which will feature several interior upgrades for the whole lineup and a few performance upgrades for the top-of-the-line Z06 and ZR1 versions.

General Motors is expected to announce a $100 million upgrade plan for its Chevrolet Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, which like many of the automaker’s facilities across the country has fallen by the wayside due to recent bankruptcy proceedings.

Great news from General Motors today regarding the sales of America’s favorite sports car. In April 2011, sales of the Corvette shot up to 1,454 – the highest reported sales figure in the last 19 months! Deliveries last month were 33.5% higher than April 2010’s 1,089 and for Calendar Year to Date, General […]

General Motors announced today that the media is invited to a presentation tomorrow, Wednesday, May 4, to be made at the Bowling Green (Corvette) Assembly Plant.  GM North America President Mark Reuss (shown at the right) will be speaking at 10:15 am, Central Standard Time.

What could possibly be on the collective minds of GM about Corvette in early May?  What remains to be said, that was not divulged at the impressive C5/C6 Corvette Birthday Bash just this past weekend? 

In my view, the only questions not answered at the Bash were about the exciting new product that will follow when the run of the C6 is complete.  Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter told us at the Bash that the C7 would definitely not appear in calendar year 2012.  We believe, then, that the C7 will be a 2014 model, at the earliest.

The subject line for tomorrow’s presentation is simply: "positive news announcement for the plant and Corvette lovers."  Tomorrow, we’ll see what that means.  Stay tuned!

General Motors has been approved for $7.5 million in state incentives from Kentucky as it considers an investment of $131 million in its Bowling Green, Ky.

Monumental oil on canvas painting of an Irish wooded landscape by George Barret, R.A. to be sold at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries on Saturday, May 21.

Chevrolet released the 2012 Corvette Order Guide today which will take you though all the various options and equipment groups available for each of the six Corvette models.

Click here to Download.

 

** The PDF version of the 2012 Corvette slide show has been added.

One of the major highlights of the Corvette Museum’s C5/C6 Bash is the Corvette Team walking us through the changes and new updates for the upcoming model year. On Saturday morning of the Bash, it was standing room only in the […]

The Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires found on the upcoming 2012 Corvette Z06 and ZR1’s represent the pinnacle of performance for tires on a Corvette and they are another example of the technology transfer from the racing team to the production sports car. This video from GM was part of the 2012 Corvette […]

During the Corvette Team’s presentation at the National Corvette Museum’s C5/C6 Bash, Product Manager Harlan Charles discussed the production statistics of the 2011 Corvette. As of April 26th, there have been 12,185 Corvettes produced with the Grand Sport accounting for 59% of production. Additionally, most buyers of the Coupe, Convertible and Grand […]