Production of the 2021 Corvette will be suspended for one week during the first week of February due to a parts shortage, General Motors has confirmed.
The line at the GM Bowling Green Assembly plant in Kentucky will be paused from February 1st through to February 8th due to the parts supply issue. GM did not say what parts have caused the planned production shutdown, although we can confirm it is not related to the ongoing semiconductor microchip shortage that has been causing production delays across the industry in recent weeks and months.
“Due to a temporary parts supply issue, we can confirm that Bowling Green Assembly will not run production the week of February 1,” GM said in a prepared statement. “Our supply chain, manufacturing and engineering teams are working closely with our supply base to mitigate any further impact on production, and we expect the plant to resume normal operations on Monday, February 8.”
Production of the 2021 Corvette began on December 11th, 2020 following the completion of production of the 2020 model year. Chevy applied some minor changes to the mid-engine Corvette for the 2021 model year, which included the addition of two new exterior colors, Red Mist Tintcoat Metallic and Silver Flare Metallic, a new Strike Yellow/Sky Cool Grey interior color combo, and new standard wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto systems.
The 2021 Corvette sticks with its naturally aspirated GM 6.2L V8 LT2 engine and standard eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission with paddle shifters. The 6.2L LT2 V8 produces 495 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque when the optional Performance Exhaust is fitted to the mid-engine sports car. Prices remain unchanged from the 2020 model year Corvette, with the base 1LT trim level starting at $59,995 including the $1,095 destination freight charge.
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Stopping production because of having run out of parts shouldn’t be tolerated especially when it involves Chevrolet’s halo car, the 2021 C8 Corvette as someone’s head should be on the chopping block.
Its GM, nobody’s head is on the chopping block. Although it should be. I work at the plant that’s causing the shutdown. There were management changes in the area but nothing major. The people on here will never understand how incompetent GM management is. Its always the employees who get blamed. We have had problems making the piece from day 1 but no resources are put towards improving throughput. Everything is run on a shoestring budget. It used to be profits over people, now its even profits over production.
Gmman99,
Which part is the issue
Yeah, because COVID hasn’t affected any production except GM’s, right? Companies all over the world have had to shut plants because of the chip shortage. Geez, the level of ignorance on this site is mind boggling.
Im curious in what way this is connected to covid? Since we’re all so ignorant I would like for you to explain to us ignorant people how covid is related
Covid was manufactured to get rid of Trump. THATS IT!
Whoever’s head of the supply management should be fired immediately, in the recent year, i don’t even remember how many times production halted for various vehicles ,or some options became unavailable because of part supply problems. Dude! you have one job; secure the dam parts without waiting for something goes wrong! Also GM should consider becoming more vertically integrated and produce most of the parts in house instead of blindly rely on suppliers.
The parts causing this problem is produced in house. GM puts the squeeze on their own factories the same, if not more, than they do tier one suppliers nowadays. The only solution is for GM to open up that wallet and fix things. Its beating a dead horse because it’ll never happen.
My C8 build was 2/1/21, I guess and hope it gets produced week of 2/8/21 but nobody knows anything.
“I know nothing!”
For all you old timers Sargent Shultz made that line famous! Lol
I’m getting frustrated with all their shut downs, I just want the C8 I ordered almost a year ago. It’s getting very discouraging.