Lonnie-S wrote:
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I think we are months and months away from real cars arriving at dealers. Chevrolet did something clever, though. You can configure and reserve a Corvette for future manufacture and delivery on a GM website now. I suspect the first year of production will be essentially be pre-allocated with minimal numbers going to dealers for showroom purposes.
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I guess I'm smarter than I look. Today, July 28th, Michael Simcoe, GM design chief, speaking about the new C8 Corvette, said, "I think the orders have already hit the first year of production numbers." He later clarified the statement with, "It’s nearly sold out. It’s so close that it’s bound to be sold out soon."
Specific production number goals have not been publicly announced for the C8, but historically, Corvette output has exceeded 30,000 units in some of the better years. The C8 was just revealed to the public 10 days ago.
GM added a second shift to the Bowling Green plant where the C8 is made in April of 2019. Will they now add a third shift to meet this unexpected C8 customer demand?
Website, Corvette Blogger, citing figures from the site einventorynow.com, claims there are 6,025 new C7 Corvettes still at dealers across the United States. That represents all that will ever be since C7 production has ended. Will their prices now rise since the C8 alternative may not be available until 2021 if you haven't snagged your C8 production slot for 2020 by now?