It’s an excellent day for those that have signed their names on the line to shop for a Chevy Corvette C8 because it appears production of the mid-engine Corvette has finally started. The eighth generation of Chevrolet’s famous sports car was initially scheduled to hit the production line towards the top of 2019. Still, the UAW strike took its toll and made General Motors keep off production until February.
It looks like they’ve managed to urge everything ready a couple of days sooner, with production at the Bowling Green, Kentucky factory now underway. The reveal involves us from Chevy salesperson Mike Davenport through his YouTube channel called “Chevy Dude,” where he regularly posts videos about everything interesting that’s happening associated with the C8 and other models that have the bowtie emblem. He was the primary to interrupt the news about Chevy curtailing on dealer allocations for the Corvette’s 2020 model year, which was shortly confirmed to Motor1.com by a spokesperson.
Chevy Dude is talking about the assembly of customer cars, including his very own C8. Another tidbit revealed is about the cancellation of the optional exposed carbon fiber ground effects for the 2020MY thanks to supplier issues. If you’ve got ordered the car already with this feature, Chevy will haven’t any other way but to delete it.
For those that haven’t pre-ordered the new Corvette and have an interest in getting the 2020MY, it appears April goes to be the last month when dealers are going to be ready to ask Chevy for cars. Interestingly, Chevy Dude also knows the assembly of the mid-engined sports car will transition to the 2021MY in September.
That effectively means the initial model year of the C8 will only be in production for about seven months. We also get to find out the first cars will hit dealers across the country around mid-February or closer to the top of the month.
As you would possibly have heard already, the 2021MY is rumored to return with a price bump, but nothing is official at now. All we’ve for the nonce may be a rumor originating from a “well-placed source,” cited by Motor Trend, who is saying the Corvette will lose the sub-$60,000 stickers. Chevy Dude doesn’t expect the worth increase to be significant, supported his 20-year experience in selling cars, and analyzing Corvette pricing changes from one model year to subsequent.