Manchester United Players Spurning Free Corvettes and Camaros?

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Maybe Chevrolet needs to rethink its partnership with the popular Manchester United soccer club.

Two years ago, the car manufacturer made a deal with the team, giving all the players their choice of any Chevy model, including the Corvette.

At that time, the team’s coach, Sir Alex Ferguson, reportedly barred players under age 23 from choosing a Corvette, apparently because he was afraid they would drive them too fast and get hurt.

Now Manchester United is in the news again, this time because the players allegedly don’t want to drive the 15 mostly new Stingrays and Camaros offered to them in April as part of a 47 million GBP sponsorship deal with Chevy.

It’s being reported on the Internet that the players prefer to stick with European cars like Porsches and Ranger Rovers instead of the Stingrays offered to them for free by Chevy.

For its part, Chevy has dismissed these reports, saying the cars were part of a “voluntary drive program” and the players weren’t obliged to climb behind the wheel.

Still, it’s hard to believe anyone would turn down a new Stingray, which is more than competitive with the likes of Ferraris and Porsches. But when these players are earning millions of dollars a year running up and down a soccer field, a $55,000 or even a top-of-the-line $75,000 Z51 Stingray just may not be exclusive enough for them.

Source:
motorward.com

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