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Less Than 2,700 Units Of 2020 Corvette Built So Far, According To Interview

The start of production of the 2020 Corvette was delayed due to last year’s UAW strike, with the mid-engine sports car beginning to roll off the assembly line in late February 2020 – two months later than General Motors had initially planned.

Production of the eighth-generation Corvette was only up and running for about a month before it was once again put on pause, with GM suspending activity at all of its North American plants in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to these complications, GM has only built 2,695 examples of the new 2020 Corvette, Bowling Green Assembly plant manager Kai Spande revealed in a recent interview with YouTuber Rick Conti. There may be further setbacks for Corvette C8 production in the months to come as well, as some parts for the car come from Mexico and other foreign countries where the pandemic is at different stages. This means that even if the situation improves in the United States in the coming months, parts shortages could prevent Corvette C8 production from coming back online any time soon.

This is especially bad news for those customers with a Corvette Convertible on order. Without orders for the fixed-roof model being fulfilled, the start of production of the Corvette Convertible has been pushed back indefinitely. Spande is not sure when Corvette Convertible production may start either, with the plant manager saying the timing is “a little bit up in the air at this point, unfortunately.” It seems reasonable to assume production of the convertible may not be able to start at any point in 2020, with Chevy already well behind on orders for the coupe. The first Corvette Convertible models will now arrive for the 2021 model year, it is believed.

Bowling Green Assembly

Right now, all 2020 Corvette models delivered have gone to customers with existing orders, and there seem to be a few currently sitting on dealer lots for sale. However, GM is looking at a large backlog of customer orders to fill. The majority of 2020 model-year Corvette C8 models went to American buyers, with a select few in Canada as well.

Listen to the entire interview with Spande in the video embedded below for a clearer picture of the situation at Bowling Green Assembly.

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  1. As a current C7 GS owner and a future C8 convertible owner who previously had a 04.13 target production week, I hope this is inaccurate information, but it seems logical. Waiting for the official GM announcement before I become overly concerned.

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  2. i cancelled my order. was a coupe till convertibles were announced. with all the delays i just said going to be a year so the heck with it.

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    1. Sometimes good things come to those who wait. Maybe in a year or two the production kinks will be worked out and you could place and order then. A C8 with a more technologically advanced motor is almost certainly only a year or two away, might be worth waiting for.

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  3. Even if GM could resume production tomorrow, it’s likely the company will probably only get to build about 10-12 thousand vehicles total, before having to temporarily stop the line for conversion to the 2021 model-year vehicles, which GM has announced recently. This would likely make the 2020 model-year Vettes the smallest production run since the late C1 and early C2 models, making the 2020 models collectors items, holding up their resale value, especially those highly equipped units with Z51, 3LT trim, Trident wheels, the see-through roof panel, carbon-fiber trim pieces, and any paint colors other than red, white or black.

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    1. They can call it the Corona Special.

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  4. So, I guess that means that right hand drive models will not be ready until maybe 2030??? I hope not. I have a friend in Melbourne who has placed FOUR orders at different Holden dealers here and will buy all four once they are available. I wish all the work done by medical researchers looking for a cure for COVID 19 bears fruit ASAP. Regards from Down Under. Aussiejohn

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