The 2024 Corvette ushers in the fifth model year for the eighth-generation sports car, introducing the new hybrid 2024 Corvette E-Ray. Now, GM Authority has learned when production of the 2024 Corvette will officially get underway.
According to sources familiar with the matter, 2024 Corvette production will kick off on September 5th, 2023. Production of the 2023 Corvette will end September 1st, 2023.
The 2024 Corvette will be produced at the GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky, the same facility that has served as the exclusive producer of the Corvette sports car since 1981.
The 2024 Corvette follows the introduction of the C8 Corvette Z06 for the 2023 model year, the production of which was heavily constrained. Now, the 2024 Corvette ushers in a new model variant known as the C8 Corvette E-Ray.
The new 2024 Corvette E-Ray stands out as the first-ever production Corvette to offer a hybrid-electric powertrain, mating the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 LT2 gasoline engine (the same powerplant cradled by the C8 Stingray) with a single front-mounted electric motor and 1.9 kWh battery system.
Output from the gasoline unit reaches the rear wheels via a new variant of the C8’s dual-clutch, eight-speed automatic transmission (RPO code MLH), while the electric drive motor powers the front axle, making the 2024 Corvette E-Ray the first-ever production all-wheel drive Corvette as well. The ICE V8 is rated at 495 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque, while the electric motor is rated at 160 horsepower and 125 pound-feet of torque, bringing peak combined output to 655 horsepower.
Looking ahead, the Corvette line is expected to introduce a refresh for select interior components some time in the future, while the upcoming 2025 model year is expected to bring the debut of the new C8 Corvette ZR1. Looking ahead even further, the 2026 Corvette is expected to introduce the new C8 Corvette Zora.
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Does this make the 2023 model year the longest Corvette production run in history? My 2023 was produced in May of 2022 and this report states they will be making 2023’s in September…a run of 17 months! How many will they put on the road?
Not so long when you carve out the weeks the plant was idle due to lack of parts.
The 1984 Corvette was introduced in March 1983 as a 1984 model, and had a production run of 17 months.
Any changes to the 24 other than price? This was an incomplete article.
Article mentions an interior refresh for 2025. Does anyone know if that will include eliminating the center row of buttons? I hope so, as they are intrusive.
I can live with the buttons’ but that rear view mirror drives me nuts. It seems right in my face, an hard to explain why.
We have moved on from the C8. Lack of parts causing lots of delays. My urge to buy another C8 has diminished
Good because the next price increase, is going to be hefty.
How do you know the price will increase?
I read it here and on other sites , like Car and Driver.
I am saying, it’s a good thing, that the production for the 2023 is prolonged, so as to save, on the price increase on the 2024 and I get thumbs down. Weird reaction or just stupid?
So in 2024, Bowling Green will be producing the C8, Z06, and E-ray. In 2025 they will add the ZR-1 and in 2026 the Zora. If the Zr-1 and Zora are going to be produced in Bowling Green they will be producing 5 different models at the same facility. Delivery for the Z06 is already out for 3-4 years. With the E-Ray, Zr-1, and Zora being added it’s only going to add to the backlog. GM is investing billions in EV facilities. You would think with the demand for the Corvette line GM would invest in expanding or building a second facility for the Corvette. If they’re not going to expand they need to publish the estimated number of each model they plan on producing each year so potential customers can set reasonable expectations before putting down a deposit.
Yes!!! I would buy a C8 today if I could get the features I want. Not to mention a decent color!
You mean there is another color other than white with red leather?
I’ve been around for a long time and I’ve never seen such a horrible job of rolling out any vehicle such as the C8 Z06 Corvette gm has dropped the ball after all their hype of this car, someone was definitely asleep at the switch and obliviously there was no backup plan when it came to vendors someone’s head should roll, two year’s later they still can’t produce and I don’t see any relief in sight I would be embarrassed if I was part of this debacle.
I am actually happy with the way it’s been. It has helped keep Corvette more sought after and rare causing them to hold up value really well unlike before. I hope GM always continues this approach. Last thing you want is discounted Corvettes from dealer (that should never ever be a thing). Try getting a discount on 911 Porsche it just doesn’t happen while Corvettes were getting significantly discounted before Covid which is embarrassing for a sports car for of such caliber called Corvette. Corvette should get the same treatment as 911s do. That’s the way. The Corvette brand is more respected this way not being dime a dozen. Period.
Nothing more frustration than a company (GM) to advertise the C8 Z06 and cannot produce the demand. Fire the person in logistics. If you cannot build the C8 with parts, then don’t advertise. Makes GM look so incompetent, like they do now.
Agree with you 100%. What’s even bothering me more is the recent Z06 reviews I read from different publications.
While the Z06 is getting rave reviews on its performance, it is getting poor reviews on the build quality noting the flaws in gaps and paint. In today’s advanced manufacturing, gaps, paint and overall build quality should not be an issue. I was on the list for a Z06 for over two years and canceled since the dealer told me it’s going to be another 1.5 years if I am lucky. I am on the wait list for an E-Ray which I am told I should get next year. I have owned a lot of high-end sports cars in my day and this will be my first Corvette, I am hoping the build quality will not disappoint me.
GM should take any thought of a price increase for the Z06 and stick it where the sun don’t shine considering the hype and lack of production on the Z06 it’s not the consumers fault they didn’t pick vetted no pun intended suppliers I mean you get big orders to supply GM with parts you go out and buy the equipment to produce those parts I guess GM has some candy ass snowflakes in their procurement division who are WOKE and don’t know how to do their jobs well it’s going to backfire on GM just like Budweiser. You go Woke you go Broke.
Every year I have purchased a Corvette the price was higher. And that was 6 generations of corvettes.
I have nine corvettes in my garage, and the last one for me is a C-7…….
DITTO
@charles I’m #12 on my dealers list these cars have been out for 9 months yet I still can’t get an allocation that’s just horrible production and poor planning