Ive had a deposit on the ZR1 for about a year and a half now. I thought i read on the forum last week that dealers have begun getting their allocations but i may be wrong. I called the dealer that has my deposit and they said they haven't head anything yet.
Corvette announces end of 2008 ordering date and 2009 production ordering dates
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May 21st: Final Allocation Available - The day when dealers will know how many 2009 Corvettes they are allocated to order.
May 22nd: Initial DOSP Cycle Begins - The first day dealers have to begin ordering 2009 Corvettes and Z06's (not ZR1's).
May 29th: Initial DOSP Cycle Begins for ZR1 - The first day dealers have to begin ordering 2009 Corvette ZR1s.
June 23rd: Plant Startup Date - The first day the Bowling Green, KY plant will begin producing 2009 Corvettes and Corvette Z06's.
July 14th: ZR1 Startup Date - The first day the Bowling Green, KY plant will begin producing 2009 Corvette ZR1's.
Corvette announces end of 2008 ordering date and 2009 production ordering dates
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May 21st: Final Allocation Available - The day when dealers will know how many 2009 Corvettes they are allocated to order.
May 22nd: Initial DOSP Cycle Begins - The first day dealers have to begin ordering 2009 Corvettes and Z06's (not ZR1's).
May 29th: Initial DOSP Cycle Begins for ZR1 - The first day dealers have to begin ordering 2009 Corvette ZR1s.
June 23rd: Plant Startup Date - The first day the Bowling Green, KY plant will begin producing 2009 Corvettes and Corvette Z06's.
July 14th: ZR1 Startup Date - The first day the Bowling Green, KY plant will begin producing 2009 Corvette ZR1's.
July 14th may be the official production start date, but they are building them in Bowling Green in small numbers right now. I saw ZR1 parts stationed at numerous places on the production line yesterday. Most of them were covered up, but I got to see a few unimportant carbon fiber parts. One of the workers I talked to said he was expecting a ZR1 later that day. The talk was they were scheduled to build 4-5 this week, and like 3 next week.
I don't know, maybe it is all subterfuge but I definitely saw a bunch of ZR1 tags all along the line. I also have no idea if they are stockpiling these somewhere. For all I know they could be crash dummies, but it was interesting how they were hiding a lot of the stuff.
July 14th may be the official production start date, but they are building them in Bowling Green in small numbers right now. I saw ZR1 parts stationed at numerous places on the production line yesterday. Most of them were covered up, but I got to see a few unimportant carbon fiber parts. One of the workers I talked to said he was expecting a ZR1 later that day. The talk was they were scheduled to build 4-5 this week, and like 3 next week.
I don't know, maybe it is all subterfuge but I definitely saw a bunch of ZR1 tags all along the line. I also have no idea if they are stockpiling these somewhere. For all I know they could be crash dummies, but it was interesting how they were hiding a lot of the stuff.
They've got to have production test cars to check quality, as well as fit/finish. Also, the early production cars will most likely be used for crash testing and "actual" production cars for the press to play with.
When they are finished with them, they will pull all high-dollar parts (motor/trans, etc.) off of them and crush the rest.
They've got to have production test cars to check quality, as well as fit/finish. Also, the early production cars will most likely be used for crash testing and "actual" production cars for the press to play with.
When they are finished with them, they will pull all high-dollar parts (motor/trans, etc.) off of them and crush the rest.
Corvette announces end of 2008 ordering date and 2009 production ordering dates
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July 14th: ZR1 Startup Date - The first day the Bowling Green, KY plant will begin producing 2009 Corvette ZR1's.
That's my wedding anniversary. Something new to put on my wish list.
July 14th may be the official production start date, but they are building them in Bowling Green in small numbers right now. I saw ZR1 parts stationed at numerous places on the production line yesterday. Most of them were covered up, but I got to see a few unimportant carbon fiber parts. One of the workers I talked to said he was expecting a ZR1 later that day. The talk was they were scheduled to build 4-5 this week, and like 3 next week.
I don't know, maybe it is all subterfuge but I definitely saw a bunch of ZR1 tags all along the line. I also have no idea if they are stockpiling these somewhere. For all I know they could be crash dummies, but it was interesting how they were hiding a lot of the stuff.
These are surely pre-production pilot cars being built to be driven by GM staffers to accumulate real world miles to look for defects as well as checking for assembly line production problems. No mystery here. GM does this all the time with new car roll-outs.
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1972 WB Coupe L48/TH400 - Sold
2001 QS Z06 - Sold
2006 VY Z06 - Sold
2007 MR Vert - NCM Delivery & Wife's Garage Queen
2010 Vanilla Latte CTS 3.6L Sport Wagon - Wife's DD
2011 AW ZR1 - NCM Delivery & Daily Beater
surprised there are no pics of them out there yet from someone in the factory
No surprise whatsoever. Cameras and camera phones are expressly prohibited within the assembly plant. You sign an agreement to that effect to get in. GM has already had too many incidences of unauthorized photos being taken and spread over the internet.
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GOLD72
1972 WB Coupe L48/TH400 - Sold
2001 QS Z06 - Sold
2006 VY Z06 - Sold
2007 MR Vert - NCM Delivery & Wife's Garage Queen
2010 Vanilla Latte CTS 3.6L Sport Wagon - Wife's DD
2011 AW ZR1 - NCM Delivery & Daily Beater
No surprise whatsoever. Cameras and camera phones are expressly prohibited within the assembly plant. You sign an agreement to that effect to get in. GM has already had too many incidences of unauthorized photos being taken and spread over the internet.
They are also unauthorized to take a picture of an innocent girls peeing on the toilet in a public restroom, but the internet is full of them.
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Did dealers get their allocations?
