Is the Corvette Assembly Plant Once Again Parking Unfinished Corvettes?

Back in September 2023 as Chevrolet was closing in on its attempt at breaking the single model year production record (they missed it by 22 cars), we learned that many 2023 Corvettes were being “built-shy,” meaning they still need some parts to be considered completed and ready to be shipped. These Corvettes were being parked in a special lot inside the grounds of the plant, and an ariel photo showed several hundred cars parked haphazerdly inside.

We don’t have any updated photos of this lot (this pic of the back lot was taken earlier this year), but something else has occurred in the last two weeks that has us believing that the Corvette Assembly Plant is once again parking uncompleted cars. And when we say uncompleted cars, we are specifically talking E-Rays.

One of the great resources we have is Roger Kiel’s Unofficial Production Tracker on Facebook and it’s something we look at almost daily. For new owners, it’s a great way to follow the daily starting and ending VINs for those who are waiting for their cars to be built. For us, it provides a level of insight into the daily workings of the plant, and from it we can follow the ebb and flow as two shifts of workers are building our dream cars.

We know from the report that most days show the E-Ray’s production in single digits, and it has also been common to see zero cars built on some days as well. Back on May 30th, E-Ray production set its highest one-day total so far with 18 cars produced in just one day, and for that week the assembly plant built 29 E-Rays. “Finally!” thought many E-Ray fans who have seen just over 400 cars completed since they kicked off production in earnest on January 8th. But no so fast!

In the six days that followed, just two E-Rays were completed and five of those days recorded zero completed E-Rays. FYI, Roger told his followers that “The building of a 2024 Corvette is complete at the time it is eligible for registration and licensure.” So imagine our surprise this week when Roger reported that Monday’s E-Ray production was 66 cars!

To have that many cars reported as completed in one day tells us they likely were waiting for a specific part. Once that part arrived, they were installed and then the cars event status goes to completed. It’s really the only explanation on how 66 cars could be reported completed in one day, while in the previous six days showed just two cars were reported to be completed.

As far as the other two models are concerned, we haven’t really seen the same kind of “catch-up” numbers. Sure, we had that day in May where 99 Z06s were reported in one day, but that was likely just a carryover from the day before which showed just 20 Z06s completed.

These trackers aren’t perfect, which is why we always refer to them as “unofficial,” and the truth is that they are only as good as the data released by Chevrolet. But they do allow us to see patterns, or in the case of the 66 suddenly completed E-Rays, they show us the unexpected.

Corvette Team members say everything is going according to plan with the E-Ray, and we certainly hope that’s still the case as we would like to see around 1,000 E-Rays completed before the end of the model year. Think that is ambitious? Let me know in the comments below!

Source:
Roger Kiel’s Unofficial Production Tracker

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May 2024 Corvette Production Update
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