General Motors is set to introduce a number of small changes on the 2022 Corvette, which will include the retirement of three of the sports car’s exterior paint options. GM Authority has now learned the final build-out date for one of these soon-to-be-discontinued colors, Shadow Gray Metallic, which will go out of production along with the current 2021 Corvette.
The final build-out date for the Shadow Gray Metallic exterior color will be July 19th, which just so happens to be the week that production of the 2021 Corvette is set to end. It’s highly likely that Shadow Gray Metallic will not return to the Corvette nameplate in the near future, so customers who want to order a C8 Corvette in Shadow Gray should act soon.
As GM Authority reported previously, Shadow Gray Metallic is one of the three paint options that GM is set to retire with the current 2021 Corvette, along with Sebring Orange Tintcoat and Zeus Bronze Metallic. Shadow Gray was one of the least popular exterior colors offered on the C8 Corvette for the 2020 model year, accounting for just 1,111 units of the 20,368-unit production run, or 5.5 percent.
C8 Corvette in Torch Red
For reference, the most popular color offered on the 2020 Corvette was Torch Red, which accounted for 5,317 units, or 25.2 percent of sales. The least popular color was Zeus Bronze Metallic, netting a mere 2.7 percent of the sales volume, or 548 units in total.
While three of the C8 Corvette’s exterior colors are set to depart after 2021, Chevy could be planning to replace them with three similar colors which may be called Hypersonic Gray Metallic, Caffeine Brown Metallic, and Amplify Orange Tintcoat.
C8 Corvette in Red Mist Tintcoat
The automaker also introduced two new colors to the vehicle for the 2021 model year in the way of Silver Flare Metallic and Red Mist Tintcoat, which replaced Blade Silver Metallic and Long Beach Red Tintcoat.
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Until you stand next to a C8 Corvette, there hardly be a color that doesn’t do it justice. LAst week at a Cars and Coffee in Lake Nona, Florida, there were several. Two buddies each had one, Torch Red and Shadow Gray Metallic. A live picture is far superior than the computer generated color facsimiles. The Shadow Gray was quite stunning if you like a deep gloss color. The car is gorgeous no matter what color. See flickr (dot) com/photos/135926957@N03/
Still waiting since 1/21/20 W hat a screwdriver up ordering system!
For 20 grand over sticker they should be outstanding colors and not have too wait for your next birthday to get one. Give it a year or so and buy one with all the bugs out of it. Let someone with a must have take the hit.
I am not paying on cent over sticker but been waiting 13 months now. 91,818 Canadian $, 2LT, torch red, with performance exhaust and the original wheels but in black.
stop waiting, buy something else. Better stuff out there. Good luck.
I have shopped , believe me , but I cannot find anything that comes close to it. I have always wanted a HTC and this kind of performance stock. I have shopped Porsche, Hellcats, BMWs etc but cannot find anything for the same price.
Should have my shadow grey delivered on 8 weeks, ordered it 9/6/2020. It is a 2LT HTC. Trident wheels( grey not black) natural interior, sport exhaust, lift system . If anyone interested please contact me. Johngkaras@aol
My first order was 19-feb-2020 for a 2020 , no go and my 2021 order was 06/06/2020 and you get yours before I do . That is lousy customer service.
Wayne, I went to local dealer who promised me the moon. But I found out I was number 185 or so, and their allocation is only 90. Meaning I would wait two years. I then called one of the top three Corvette dealers in the country. They told me their list was only half of what their allocation would be. Got my deposit back from local dealer, and sent deposit to one of the top three. It’s not the system, it is the dealer you are working with. They want your deposit, and tie you up from going to another dealer.
You must live in the USA . In Canada all the dealers in my province were booked solid. I ended up 15 th , now seventh and still my dealer is not sure , if I will get mine. Not my dealers fault, he says he does not get a high allotment , like most dealers in my province. GM should produce your order as it comes in , not send cars on the basis of how many the dealer sells. But thank you for the encouragement and info.
I agree, should be first come first served. Meant to tell you I have a friend who ordered his 10 months before me from our local dealer. ( the one I originally ordered from) I will get my car before him. I agree not fair, but that’s the way the allocation system works. Chevrolet has used this system for years. It also has not helped that the plant has been closed many weeks in past year.
Good luck.
I tried doing the search a dealer in other provinces but then I lose my trade in savings on taxes(4200$) and then I figured cost of going to pick it up ( plane or train ) motels etc. but in the end it added lots of $ ( about 8000$ ) to the cost. The thing is, I had to give my car , as a trade in , the same day I reordered . So no car since 06/06/2020. I hope your friend is still your friend after this , LOL. By my calculations no Vette until September. 🙁 As for plant closures , they should add the weeks , 5 now , closed, to the 2021 production , so we do not have to pay the price increase that will come with the 2022. Anyway happy for you and again thank you for the encouragement .
Thank you for sharing indeed great looking !
BIG MISTAKE!!! Of course torpedo the ugly orange, as NO CAR SHOULD EVER BE PAINTED ORANGE!!-or baby blue, or that ugly semi royal blue. That’s a TRAVESTY! And I get that the Zeus Bronze-(Champagne brown metallic) didn’t sell, but SHADOW GRAY is a bitc##n color for the new Vette!! WHAT FOOLS BE THESE GM MORTALS? BIG ONES!
“NO CAR SHOULD EVER BE PAINTED ORANGE!!-or baby blue, or that ugly semi royal blue.”
I laughed out loud on this one. I hope you meant it in jest.
Also, Shadow Gray was replaced by Hypersonic Gray paint – so there’s still a pretty nice looking gray in the lineup:
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/12/were-driving-the-2022-corvette-stingray-what-do-you-want-to-know/