AutoBlog Tours The Corvette Assembly Plant

AutoBlog.com recently took its readers on a tour of the Corvette/Cadillac XLR Assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The plant has been cranking out Corvettes since 1981 and just recently celebrated it 25th anniversary. The factory itself covers 250 acres and has the equivalent of 22 football fields under the roof. Each day, the plant’s 1,200 workers produce up to 170 Corvettes and 16 Cadillac XLR’s on a single shift. It takes 36 hours to fully assemble a Corvette, and during that time, the car will travel 7 miles on the plant’s conveyor system. In the paint department alone, the body panels spend 10 hours winding their way through 2 miles on the conveyor. AutoBlog has a rare glimpse of the paint area, which requires entering a dust-free clean room. Over 50,000 people tour the Bowling Green Assembly Plant every year, and Corvette owners that select the R8C option for delivery at the National Corvette Museum that’s located across the street, get a special VIP tour that allows them to be the first to start their new Corvette. Visit AutoBlog.com to take your online tour of the assembly plant.
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