Detroit Free Press Highlights Corvette Production Stats at Bowling Green Plant

Over the past week in the Big Apple, the new mid-engined Chevy Corvette made its first public appearance, as GM Ceo Mary Barra and Chief engineer Tadge Juechter took a publicized spin around New York City. As reported in the Detroit Free Press, GM now plans an announcement regarding the new Corvette. It is expected to be built in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and the entire engine may be constructed and developed there as well. WBKO TV station in Bowling Green reported Wednesday that GM will “soon make a major announcement” in regards to the Corvette Assembly Plant.

During March, both Barra and Dittes resided over the official GM announcement at Lake Orion Assembly in Michigan that it would invest $300 million to have a new electric car built there. Alan Baum of Baum and Associates claimed that GM closed the plant for nearly a year to thoroughly install the new engine line capable of modern electric car production. The Bowling Green Assembly is currently handling duties for production of the Chevy Corvette Stingray, Z06, Grandsport, and ZR1. It also builds the LT1, LT4, and LT5 6.2-L V-8 engines for Corvette. It is estimated at this point that Bowling Green will produce about 10,000 mid-engine Corvettes in the first year of production along with a high-performance engine for the newest model.

Sources have told us here at O'Rielly Chevy that GM's engine plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee will continue to make 6.2-liter engines for the traditional Corvette after the mid-engine car begins production at Bowling Green. Some Nashville music celebrities have enjoyed watching their very own model on the assembly line, and the new engine operation will provide an open visitor policy to attract buyers interested in seeing the specific vehicle they ordered. The car is expected to go on sale in 2020 and is the version that will now see the most intense engineering change since the very first 'Vette rolled off the assembly line in 1953.

Motor1.com ran this story the other day showing the new logo's official unveiling, as editor Chris Bruce deemed it a “sharper take on the familiar look”. This alleged logo for the 8^th generation Corvette was leaked in February, and has since been confirmed as legit. The new logo does away with the V-shaped area right in between the flags, and the banners now share a vertical direction. The familiar Chevy logos and checkered flag still come out diagonally. This blog from Car and Driver depicts “The 15 times they got really excited about the C8's Development”, and how they have been sitting on the edge of their seats since 2014 waiting for this high-powered and groundbreaking machine to materialize!