The 2023 Corvette Stingray entered production at the GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky on Monday, May 23rd, 2022, GM Authority has learned.
The 2023 Corvette Stingray was previously set to enter production on May 16th, which was pushed back from a previously outlined date of May 9th. Production of the mid-engine sports car was paused for a week in April, which may be the reason why production of the 2023MY only began this week and not on the 16th as previously reported. To be clear, this production start date applies to the 2023 Corvette Stingray only. The production start date for the hotly anticipated 2023 Corvette Z06 has yet to be determined.
Order books for the 2023 Corvette Stingray opened on April 7th, however the new-for-2023 70th Anniversary Edition package is currently not available to order as a result of a minor delay for the package’s model-specific 19-inch wheels. The 70th Anniversary Special Edition package will be tagged with RPO code Y70 in the 2023 Corvette order book and includes the following content (relevant RPO codes listed in parentheses):
While the MSRP for the 2023 Chevy Corvette C8 Stingray is unchanged from the 2022MY, the mid-engine sports car now has a slightly more expensive destination freight charge (DFC), which is up $100 from $1,295 to $1,395.
The 2023 Corvette C8 Stingray will stick with the same naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 LT2 gasoline engine, which is rated at 490 horsepower and 465 pound-feet of torque, along with the same Tremec-developed eight-speed dual-clutch transmission.
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when are they going to start making my 2023 70th Anniversary Edition in white pearl, all ready put $5000.00 down at Mall Chevrolet in Cherry Hill NJ??How long does it take to produce them?? Thank You!!
Do they have a separate list or are you hoping that your order will actually go in during 2023MY when the package will be available? If their waitlist time is longer than the 2023MY will last and there isn't a separate list (which really just means they'd be pushing down regular Stingray customers), you might not get it.
Pretty sure MSRP is up $1000.
You are correct
Going up $1000, per year.
Gm should not allow dealers to mark up their product by no means.
Most dealers are independently owned and operated, and this is how they get away with charging 15k-20k over.
There are dealers who do not mark up. We all have waitlists, but feel free to email me. ColeG(at)genesischevy.com.
Not that I'm all for market adjustments, and I work at a dealer. But the head of marketing from GM said (based on what I can remember) that Chevrolet meets the supply, dealerships are supposed to meet demand when he was asked about mark ups.
Honestly, unless everyone stops buying marked up cars, they'll just continue business as usual. People hate it, but if you had an item you can sell higher than MSRP and you own a business, you aren't saying no to more money, simple as that.
MSRP went up 1000.00
At least it was not 4000.00 like the HD's, and they have not begun production on 23's yet!!!
This can be exasperating can't it? You can imagine how "the powers that be" at the Bowling Green Plant must feel, here they have the hottest product that GM has ever given them to produce, throw in the highly anticipated Z06 and future E-Ray and who knows what else they've got plans to produce, then make the whole "shoot'in match" a Turkey Shoot as parts availability and labor problems, health cautions, and a few other problems thrown in for good measure for these poor souls to have to deal with and you've got a real mess! Never, ever before have I see such a crazy schedule for the Mighty Corvette become such a concern, who knows, it could get worse...always something coming at you to spoil your day.
Why is this happening? I hate to put my two cents worth in this discombobulated mess that GM seems to have to deal with but you can't toss out that ever present concern that everyone that builds products has to deal with...and I'm talking about "outside parts suppliers". Sometimes it isn't their fault, bad things happen to them too, labor problems, or especially cost overruns, and demands from GM of course, and if that wasn't enough...politics can rear it's ugly head within those parts suppliers chain businesses as they have to deal with suppliers to them and their schedule! The fun just never stops!
So assembly is the last chain in this huge chain of events that has to work to produce the Mighty Corvette, and it's not from not wanting to build and deliver the product built at Bowling Green, but when you consider all of the variables that are always there to have to deal with, it's amazing that they have built as many C-8 Corvette's as they have since Day One!
So while we wait in dire anticipation for our ordered car to arrive, we can only hope and pray that no major concerns happen again so the assembly lines keep running and our dreams are fulfilled, before we're too damn old to care!
I considered just getting a plain old 2023 C8 since he Z06 seems so far off, almost a fantasy.
I do not understand GM's marketing strategy. Here is an automobile that GM has that has a huge global demand that outweighs the supply by years of production capacity. GM can easily raise the price of the Corvette by ten to fifteen thousand dollars. RAISE THE DAMN PRICE GM!!!!!! Stop the dealers from selling the autos over MSRP.
dwight, pls pour yourself about three fingers of Woodford take a seat in your favorite recliner and settle down.
JPM
Have several seats... LMAO
Great. No sooner has Chevy announced the 70th anniv edition - and voila - it's on constraint. Chevy really needs to get it's act, and suppliers together. Okay okay - so when will Z06 production begin.
I am so happy I had originally messed up and didn't add the carbon fiber highwing on my original 2022MY C08, thank goodness I didn't realize that I still had over 10 months to make changes, so I went online and ordered the wing thru Chevrolet parts and paid $950 for my wing, I kinda thought there might be a supply issue eventually for thos part Nx I was right
GM should never allow Over MSRP on any vehicle