Former GM CEO Dan Akerson Takes Delivery Of 2020 Corvette At NCM
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Former General Motors CEO Dan Akerson recently took delivery of his brand-new 2020 Corvette at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Akerson’s new 2020 Corvette Stingray is covered in Shadow Gray exterior paint, which is paired with a Sky Cool Gray interior treatment and machined-face and Spectra Gray-painted aluminum wheels (RPO code QET).
Akerson served as GM CEO between 2010 and 2014, succeeding Edward Whitacre on September 1st, 2010. Akerson was succeeded by current GM CEO Mary Barra.
Per an official post from the National Corvette Museum, this was Akerson’s first visit to Bowling Green, which is home to not only the NCM, but also GM’s Bowling Green Assembly facility, the exclusive producer of the 2020 Corvette. The Bowling Green facility has exclusively produced the Chevrolet Corvette since 1981.
Akerson previously owned a 1958 Corvette, which he donated as part of a fundraising effort for Habitat for Humanity. The ’58 was subsequently auctioned for $270,000 at a Barrett-Jackson event, purchased by Corvette Hall of Fame inductee Rick Hendrick, who now has it on display at his personal museum.
As we covered previously, the National Corvette museum recently announced it would raffle off the 1,750,000th Chevrolet Corvette built as part of its own fundraising efforts. That particular vehicle, a 2020 Corvette Coupe with Arctic White paint and Adrenaline Red interior, comes equipped with the Z51 Performance Package, 3LT equipment group, and 5-trident spoke machined-face sterling silver aluminum wheels. Tickets for the 1,750,000th Corvette raffle are now sold out, but tickets for the NCM’s other upcoming raffles, including those for both 2020 Corvette models and 2021 Corvette models, are still available.
We certainly hope Akerson enjoys his new 2020 Corvette. It’s a fine-looking ride, and should provide him with many miles – and just as many smiles.
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Source: National Corvette Museum
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Wow, I mean he fits the Vette’s demographic perfectly….🙃😁🙃……
Looks like he got the Hard Top Convertible
Probably got it for free as part of his retirement benefits plan.
Wife looks younger. Might be a new wife.
CEO of GM for 4 years, yet this was his first visit to Bowling Green, where the corporation builds its halo and most expensive product? Suffice to say Dan was not a “car guy”.
Most GM CEO’s were finance guys. Mary does get a lot of criticism here but she’s a full engineer and a total car “guy”. And not to mention that she was a full supporter of the move to the mid-engine C8. And has owned Corvettes for years.
Some may not like what she does but she it taking the tough decisions to adapt to our crazy new world. Weak CEOs (like many previous ones) would just sit on their hands and collect their multi-million paychecks.
Mary , black is her favorite color she drives black widow vettes ,,she was my boss at the plant
Was she a good boss?
Sure she is a car guy for buying a discounted car her company makes. I would argue she is not a car guy because she does not approve of sporty trims for all vehicles in the lineup. The mid engine corvette idea was conceived prior to her. It is just that the bean counters this time said to her it would be okay. Also the corvette model precedes her and is not her creation. Any CEO would but stupid to not support a highly successful halo product. No matter how competent said CEO is. It is just basic business.
This car “guy” is still a underwhelming CEO with a lackluster culture she brought with her and continues to foster.
This is the guy who who wiped out all the shareholders stocks by filing for bankruptcy.
Don’t think it was him. He took over after Rick Waggoner was forced out as part of the bailout. No one else wanted the job.
He stepped down when his wife was diagnosed wirh cancer. If that’s her in the picture I hope she’s alright.
Correct but Dan was caught red handed taking money from another government treasury fund and replacing it with the original money GM was given. He then ran ran a false comercial campaign claiming GM had paid the money back. Mitt Romney called Dan out for this and forced GM to remove the commercials. When Dan was confronted, he told the media that GM was not going to pay the money back because the shares they gave the government were enough. Dan had his chance to somewhat right the ship but did nothing but continued the plan of the CEO before him. And that was to make sure GM was never on the hook to pay the money back. Sad but true.
I thought it was Whitacre that ran the commercial claiming that GM paid back the loan… With interest.
@ Ben Lawrence
That’s correct. The commercials featured Ed Whitacre.
Gm – one crap CEO after another, that includes Mary Bara. Clueless. Next in line will be a soy boy binary trans blob.
I’m getting tired of seeing “celebrities” get their C8 Convertibles and I
am still waiting for a build date after a year. ;-(
Guess I’m just jealous!
A car (mid engine vette) that never would have been made under his leadership.
@Frank:
Wrong.
The decision to develop the C8 was begun while he was CEO. The Cadillac CT6/ Omega Platform was initiated as well.
WOW! A former GM CEO and this is his FIRST visit to Bowling Green? Like I say all the time, those CEOs have to get OUT of their ivory towers and get out into the field and SEE what is actually happening! That’s why I LOVE the TV show UNDERCOVER BOSS! Sometimes they are SHOCKED at what they see!
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