Maybe some of you have seen my frustrated posts about my 2021 HTC Corvette! I ordered a 2020 on 12-12-20 with a deposit. I was notified I had to reorder a 2021. Price went up $1500. I picked up my car 12-26-20. On 12-27-20 the top went down and would not go back up and latch. The latches deployed before the top was closed causing the top to jamb. I took it back to the dealer on 12-28. After contacting the tech at GM they ordered a part. When attempting to install the part they found someone on the assembly line had dropped his Craftsman screwdriver into the top by the latch and it did more damage than first thought. Ordered more parts then ordered more parts. 22 days later I got my car back. GM made a sympathy offer of $100 in a certificate for my “frustration”. The day after I got my car it was 42 degrees and I decided to check out the top at my house. The manual says it will go down at about 32 degrees and the top will close at about 17 degrees. I put the top down and it would
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General Motors Special Vehicles, or GMSV for short, has announced the 50+ stores that will make up its Australian and New Zealand dealership network.
The GMSV dealer network includes 44 storefronts in Australia and an additional six in New Zealand. All of these stores are open for business now, GMSV director Joanne Stogiannis confirmed this week, and says more GMSV storefronts will be added in the not-too-distant future.
“We have launched with over fifty GM Specialty Vehicles dealers and look forward to adding more,” Stogiannis said. “We can’t wait to see the first Silverados being driven out of our GMSV showrooms.”
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General Motors will pause production of the C8 Corvette for two days this week due to a parts shortage from a supplier plant in Mexico.
According to
th and Friday, November 13
th after COVID-19 restrictions in Mexico lead to a parts shortage at the plant. Production of the mid-engine sports car is scheduled to resume on Monday, November 16
th. This will prevent roughly 540 Corvettes from being built this week.
This minor hiccup could set GM back a bit further as it works to fulfill the remaining 2020 Corvette orders so it can switch to the production of the 2021 model by December 8
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The 2021 Corvette Stingray will start at just under $150,000 AUD when it arrives in Australia next year.
General Motors Special Vehicles announced this week the 2021 Corvette Stingray will be priced from $149,990 AUD, equivalent to about $113,000 USD based on current exchange rates.
According to local Australian publication
WhichCar, GMSV decided to slap the mid-engine Corvette with a steep sticker price due to high demand for the right-hand-drive version of the sports car in the country. The vehicle was previously set to arrive in Australia under the now-defunct Holden brand and would have been sold through its network of dealers. Holden management had decided on a cheaper base price of $129,990,