Shut Down of the Corvette Assembly Plant is Due to Maintenance and Construction

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The Temporary Shut Down of the Corvette Assembly Plant is Due to Maintenance and Construction Work


Earlier this week, a report from Automotive News named the Bowling Green Assembly Plant as one of the targets for a temporary shut down in January due to larger inventories. However, the plant’s spokesperson Lauren Langille gives a different reason for the plant’s closure.

“We had the regular shutdown for the holidays and there needed to be construction done on the paint shop,” Langille told the Bowing Green Daily News. “There are also maintenance needs” she added.

Employees at the plant have also be expecting the shut down.

“We’ve known about it for some time,” said Langille. “The communication between everyone in the plant is getting a lot better as we work together to build the best sports car in the world.”

The time frame for the shut down was confirmed to be January 1st through January 6th according to UAW Local 2164 President Monica Williams.

Construction on the $439 million paint shop addition is expected to be completed in April 2017 and Plant Manager Kai Spande has said that it will be in the fall of 2017 when the first cars will be painted in the new shop.

Despite GM saying that the shut down is due to construction and maintenance, you can be sure they will be happy for production to take couple of weeks off for the holidays as Corvette sales have indeed slowed.

In last month’s report, November 2016 sales fell to 1,941 and year-to-date sales are down 11% over 2015 numbers. Meanwhile, GM is offering massive discounts on remaining 2016 models as well as incentives for all three 2017 models.


Source:
Bowing Green Daily News

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3 COMMENTS

  1. Wow! Only Fall of 2017 for the new paint shop to be online? As an owner of bookends (1966/2014) Vettes I am sincerely concerned. The current color palette is very thin. Colors are dropped right and left. How can new buyers (especially women) be attracted with so few (and bland) color choices?

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  3. So whos responsible for the pathetic color choices? Watched a TV show where ghey toured the Design Center and they actually said they were influenced by color trends??

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