Bow Tie fans are eager to get their hands on the new C8 Corvette – some more so than others. According to a recent report, one example of the new mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette was spotted in Detroit, Michigan, up on blocks as the apparent victim of wheel thieves.
According to Car & Driver, the C8 Corvette was parked in the Detroit neighborhood known as the West Village. It’s reported that the car was parked at Parker Street and Coe Avenue, which is approximately four miles from the GM Renaissance Center headquarters. It’s assumed the vehicle in question is owned by General Motors given the C8 has yet to arrive in dealers, and it appears as though the victim vehicle is not equipped with the optional Z51 Performance Package.
The C8 Corvette was spotted on two cinder blocks, with the car’s rear end resting on the ground and all four wheels missing, exposing the red brake calipers underneath. It’s possible the thieves’ hasty removal of the wheels resulted in damage to the black mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette.
With customer deliveries of the C8 Corvette still some time away following production delays stemming from the recent UAW strike, factory-spec C8 wheels are a rare commodity, and could be worth thousands of dollars – assuming, of course, the thieves can find a buyer willing to purchase highly publicized stolen goods. No doubt, some C8 fans are closely watching Detroit Craigslist listings to see if the rollers pop up.
Although the deliveries of the standard C8 Corvette are still some time in the future, General Motors is currently undertaking real-world testing of the upcoming C8 Corvette Z06. A prototype of the go-faster Vette was recently spotted benchmarking against the Porsche 911 GT2 RS in Southern California, prior to which a video of the Z06 was captured providing an earful off its naturally aspirated V8 making some lovely combustion noises.
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Source: Car & Driver
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This is the most “Detroit” thing I’ve seen posted on this site in years.
LOL! No one should be surprised, least of all GM. I assume they didn’t have wheel locks, but I bet the mules running around that shithole do now.
Which engineer left that on the side of the road after smoking the tires off and engine is in what shape.
No one park a vette in Detroit you think…
Looks like omegatalon and lifelong Moaner got in a fight.
Guess it didn’t have wheel lock lugs? Check ebay for C8 wheels.
No idiots stealing wheels like this go to Craig’s list.
This story is last week they might have found them by now, Theyvwoukd be the only ones for sale,
They are for sale on Ebay…
weren’t these pre-production vehicles going to the crusher anyway?
Even if they are they still need the wheels.
Keep in mind many of these cars are not crushed. Often much of them are salvaged for things like body parts and wheels. They video the disassembly to show th3 car is no longer able to be driven. They will cut up a unibody.
I would fire the driver who left this C8 out in the open and almost abandoned. This precious Corvette deserves a heated garage.
Which is why I don’t lose sleep over the fact that I don’t own one of these, knowing that this car will eventually get placed on the most stolen list like the 2016 Camaro, as much as I respect the new C8, I can also get on with life without it.
I’m sure they just took the wheels off to swap them for snow tires. They’ll return shortly as soon as TireRack delivers.
Doesn’t the C8 come with theft deterrent system?? Maybe GM should link the alarm to the myChevrolet app!
No not yet, still waiting on the production model???
And waiting and waiting…….
I wonder if the morons who stole these wheels even were aware of it being a C8 and
something special?
FIRE the GM employee who was the assigned driver. He/she has no idea what responsibility and accountability means. How could such an individual be entrusted to lead others in the department? I worked at the RenCen. Four blocks in any direction of the RenCen is shear stupidity to street park
And GM Will continue to sell these expensive parts with no id number helping police forces to find back these parts….and making link with VIN ….