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Offline carlsoncvx18

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Re: Off Topic - 2020 Corvette
« Reply #60 on: February 14, 2020, 06:27:40 AM »
Is he ordering a gt40 from ford.
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Re: Off Topic - 2020 Corvette
« Reply #62 on: February 14, 2020, 04:16:29 PM »
Yep.... he has one on reserve for him now just has to pick out options.   Pretty cool !  He has one now, I think 05 maybe 06. so he got a better chance to get the new one.     A little to rich for me though, you could buy at least 3-2020 corvettes for the price of one gt.
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Re: Off Topic - 2020 Corvette
« Reply #63 on: February 14, 2020, 04:54:29 PM »
In a few years, Ford will fly you all expenses paid to a GT40 showroom displaying cars in all the colors and options first hand. Remember, all this stuff is built into the purchase price.
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Re: Off Topic - 2020 Corvette
« Reply #64 on: March 19, 2020, 09:38:17 AM »
If you were eagerly waiting for a 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, it may be that you'll receive a 2021 model instead.
 
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According to a leaked email from General Motors to dealers, the automaker has ended all 2020 Corvette orders amid incredibly high demand. A Corvette Forum user first published the email on Wednesday and Roadshow confirmed the news with a Chevy representative. A spokesperson told Roadshow that Chevy has "decided to stop taking sold orders after March 18, 2020." To help remedy the problem, orders for the 2021 model year will open earlier than expected and start in late May, according to the representative.

It likely means some customers won't take delivery of a 2020 model year car after all, as the email cited a forthcoming system to turn 2020 Corvette orders into new, 2021 Corvette orders.
The email says the move will "avoid false customer expectations" and GM assigned blame to last year's UAW-GM work stoppage during an extended strike. Last year we'd already learned the C8-generation Corvette wouldn't begin production on time in December, and instead, the first cars began rolling out of the Bowling Green, Kentucky, factory this February.
Cars have only just started reaching giddy owners, but aside from high demand, it'll likely be a little longer due to the coronavirus outbreak. GM said on Wednesday it will stop production temporarily through at least March 30 at all of its North American plants.
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Re: Off Topic - 2020 Corvette
« Reply #65 on: April 06, 2020, 09:20:47 PM »
Man took delivery of his 2020 Corvette and was victim of drunken driver 26 hours later.
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Re: Off Topic - 2020 Corvette
« Reply #66 on: April 07, 2020, 06:17:52 AM »
As a corvette owner...... that’s just sad.. :-/
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Re: Off Topic - 2020 Corvette
« Reply #67 on: April 07, 2020, 01:51:50 PM »
OUCH ! ! !
Hope he has insurance and a good lawyer .. 

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Re: Off Topic - 2020 Corvette
« Reply #68 on: April 07, 2020, 02:01:05 PM »
Ouch, was this anyone we knew?  Hope it all turns out ok
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Re: Off Topic - 2020 Corvette
« Reply #69 on: April 07, 2020, 03:04:07 PM »
Accident happened in Florida.
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Re: Off Topic - 2020 Corvette
« Reply #70 on: May 09, 2020, 07:06:25 PM »
Oh man!, if that was me, I’d be in the cell next to him for trying to kill him!, lol. Sorry man....at least you weren’t hurt....
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Re: Off Topic - 2020 Corvette
« Reply #71 on: May 09, 2020, 07:11:38 PM »
In 1965, my dads ‘58 got hit by a drunk driver to. It was parked in front of our house when he hit it.
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Re: Off Topic - 2020 Corvette
« Reply #72 on: May 31, 2020, 04:56:54 AM »
Surprise! 2021 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Won’t Get Price Hike      Motor Trend Staff 1 day ago

In big news for Corvette fans: There will not be a price increase for the 2021 Chevrolet Corvette Stringray. It's a silver lining in the production storm that battered the launch of the C8 that was reimagined as a mid-engine sports car after 50 years of longing by Vette enthusiasts.

That means the base price for the 2021 Stingray coupe, which was the 2020 MotorTrend Car of the Year, remains at $59,995 while the convertible stays pat at $67,495.

Customers will be able to order the 2021 C8s in late July. "We initially said we would start taking 2021 Corvette orders at the end of this month but, again, due to the plant being down for two months, we're adjusting that timing to late July," Juechter said. 2020 model production will also be extended through most of the year o try to fill as many existing orders as possible.

A Welcome Extension of a Surprisingly Low Starting Price

GM surprised the industry when it announced its long-awaited mid-engine car would start under $60,000, in keeping with the Chevrolet mandate to develop a sports car anyone could afford. That led to reports that the price would have to be hiked for the second model year.

MotorTrend talked to sources who said the impressive base price was only good for the first year, and that the true cost of the technically sophisticated car was about $20,000 higher and would have to be recouped at some point. GM was losing money on low-trim cars and hoping to make it up on higher trims and options. But the events of 2020 have put the price hike on hold. Historically we hike the price in the second year, when the car is still hot, but we're not going to do that, Juechter said.

Torch Red is the most popular color, followed by Arctic White, Black, and Sebring Orange. For interiors, jet black is the most requested, followed by black and red two-tone."
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