2021 Corvette Production Suspended For A Week Due To Parts Supply Issue
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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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Biden strikes again 🙂
Its just the demand it out stripping what suppliers are capable of doing. I don’t see sales of the corvette slowing down for years. I wonder how many buyers they are stealing from the super car builders.
Its not outstripping demand, its lack of anyone caring whether machines run or not. Im telling you, management does not care. I wish you guys could experience this on a daily basis like we do. They are only worried about budget, budget, budget. Even if that means stopping production. Nothing gets fixed and is ran into the ground until it won’t run. Then management will decide to patch it and expect it to run forever. People would have a cow if they seen what kind of equipment made their $100,000 car.
I’ve reported you to Mary Barra. You should be ashamed of yourself. If slaves owned stock in the plantations they worked at, they would have understood the value of cost cutting.
You’re right, im looking at this all wrong. Im going to ask my pay be suspended until this problem fixed
Trump management rule #1. If you put enough pressure on workers, they WILL find a solution 🙂
Who is John Galt?
Maybe some of you have seen my frustrated posts about my 2021 HTC Corvette! I ordered a 2020 on 12-12-20 with a deposit. I was notified I had to reorder a 2021. Price went up $1500. I picked up my car 12-26-20. On 12-27-20 the top went down and would not go back up and latch. The latches deployed before the top was closed causing the top to jamb. I took it back to the dealer on 12-28. After contacting the tech at GM they ordered a part. When attempting to install the part they found someone on the assembly line had dropped his Craftsman screwdriver into the top by the latch and it did more damage than first thought. Ordered more parts then ordered more parts. 22 days later I got my car back. GM made a sympathy offer of $100 in a certificate for my “frustration”. The day after I got my car it was 42 degrees and I decided to check out the top at my house. The manual says it will go down at about 32 degrees and the top will close at about 17 degrees. I put the top down and it would not go back up at 42 degrees. The dealer is an hour away so they sent a flatbed to haul it back to the shop. An error flashes saying “service convertible top”. The dealer calls the next day and says no code was in the computer. The top worked ok in the heated shop. They moved the car to a display room that is unheated and the top will not operate! I have inquired to the dealer and GM customer service to find out if there is more damage that is causing problems with the top because of that screwdriver? I asked at what temperature can I open and close the top? $98,500 for a car that I am afraid to open the top because I don’t know if it will close. GM offered more money to use at a deal. I just want my car to operate the way it should!
It frustrates the hell out of me that the only people I can talk to cannot get me an answer about my HTC! I feel GM customer service is there to offer options for me to keep quiet and go away! Is there still an issue after the repair? Is the manual wrong and the top will not lose at 42 degrees. Is it 50 degrees? What about 60? The dealer said they reached out to GM and ask about the top over a week ago. Corvette concierge was helpful in ordering the car and tracking the production. I reached out to them and got a nice reply that says basically let GM CS handle it and don’t bother them! NO answers! Wish I had a phone number to someone at GM that cares!!
Wow….very sad to hear….hopefully it will be fixed soon. I picked up my Silver/Tan LT2 HTC October 26th now have 3000 miles on it w/ 0 issues. I am happy to say it’s been absolutely perfect.
Love this vehicle! JD
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.
Kroger and GM have that much in common.
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.