The first shipments of Chevrolet's seventh-generation Corvette have left the automaker's Bowling Green, Kentucky, assembly plant.
Headed to dealers within the next couple of weeks, the Corvette Stingrays are among the 1,000 consumer-ready models the automaker has built so far at its dedicated Corvette plant. To prepare for the Corvette's launch, General Motors invested $131 million into the Bowling Green facility. GM has assembled Corvettes in Bowling Green since 1981, but, for the first time ever, the automaker says it is building the car's aluminum frame in-house.
GM says that the Corvettes aren't necessarily being shipped in the order of their build sequence, which means that the first ones to arrive on dealer lots weren't necessarily the first ones built. The first Corvettes are all hardtops; the automaker says that the Corvette Stingray Convertible will enter production by the end of this calendar year.
Not surprisingly, the first Corvettes are all likely pre-sold, which means they won't hang around dealer lots very long. Some enterprising Corvette orderers have been pre-selling their vehicles through sources like eBay for well over the manufacturer's suggested retail price.
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