General Motors will pause production of the Chevrolet Corvette at the sports car’s iconic Bowling Green, Kentucky, plant for the week of October 6. When production resumes on October 13, the automaker says that some employees will be laid off and that production will be slowed.
According to Automotive News, this marks the first cut in Corvette production since 1995. Up to 75 people could be laid off as production drops from 18.5 Corvettes per hour to 15. The plant also makes the Cadillac XLR, but it’s unclear what will happen with XLR production.
The Corvette had been having a hard year thanks to a weak economy and high gas prices, though sales rebounded strongly in response to August’s “Employee Pricing for Everybody” sales event which also included 2008 Corvettes.



09/15, 11:45 AM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
The Corvette is just canibalising sales from the Cobalt SS anyway. Let it die and let’s bring in a Daewoo crossover.
09/15, 11:47 AM
posted by:
acura_el2000
when is the C7 making its debut?
09/15, 12:16 PM
posted by:
A4
if i had the money id sure as hell buy a corvette
09/15, 12:23 PM
posted by:
inspire
Too bad US pricing is so much lower than Canadian pricing … that might help sales north of the border. (US GM dealerships are forbidden to sell “new” Corvettes to Canadians …) I bet that would reduce the number of import coupe sales (if GM Canada cared about that …)
09/15, 12:54 PM
posted by:
yarddog82abn
Are they really slowing production because of sales or because of the Mark-Up on the new Camaro, Let’s say the a SS Camaro goes for $45K, plus dealer Mark-up of $10K, your price is now $55K, new Corvette $56K, hmmm, Corvette now has low inventory, Z06 models get a mark-up again, and dealer show rooms have a BIG BUZZ for new Camaros, I’m just saying, I am a car sales man. And sorry I sale commercial trucks, but I might get a part time a a Chevy Dealer…
09/15, 5:05 PM
posted by:
yarddog82abn
WOW… I guess I hammered the nail rite in the head, you know I only have been selling cars for a little less then 4 years, but I must say I amaze my self, I’m not saying I can sell ICE to an Eskino, but I’ll try, but just by paying attention you can see what is going to happen, I’m not saying that Chevy is playing this game to boots Camaro sells, but I do see what is was going to happen, the new Camaro will have a mark-up, any were form $4G’s to $10G’s, and yes they will try to justify the mark-up with Wheels, Racing Strips, maybe so-called protection clear coats, but the reality is this, “some will pay and some will wait”. If when the Ford Mustang came out there was a big buzz, every one wanted one and BIG mark-ups where paid by the average Joe, true the economy was in better terms with America, and MPG was something that only Toyota was sinning. When the Camaro dose hit show rooms the BIG BUZZ will be there, and one again “some will pay and some will wait”, I know Fords new Mustang and Dodge’s Challenger will compete in the same market, but there are Ford guy’s that Bleed Blue, and Chevy guy’s that live for the Red bow tie, car sales are down for every one, and Chevy want’s it’s crown back, in Love, War and Business anything gos, what ever it takes to make the sell, and I truly hope no more U.S. jobs are lost, and after November regales of the out come our economy can get back on the right track, as for my 1st comment I’m just saying.
09/15, 6:13 PM
posted by:
C6Racer
HAHA, johnny, you just couldn’t help it. The body kit on the Vette in the pic looks pretty sweet.
09/15, 7:33 PM
posted by:
Lau
Lol im sure that was a joke john because that was pretty darn stupid. Let the Corvette die…..hilarious
:) and bring in a Daewoo!!!! lollolllol how unintelligent.
09/15, 7:56 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
It’s called sarcasm, and it’s really funny.
09/15, 9:44 PM
posted by:
Rafa LL
I don’t like clowns, but I have to recognize that johnny, you are funny, I think you spend a couple of minutes before posting, that’s what it takes, but that’s not easy for some.
BTW I thought the hell would be buried in snow by the day some like this happened to GM/Corvette
09/15, 9:47 PM
posted by:
projectzr1
lol good sarcasm is lost to the world today.
i’d love to have me a corvette tho. wouldn’t lower production increase price? maybe?
09/15, 10:08 PM
posted by:
Get Real
What used to be an affordable simple sports car that gave exotics a run for their money has turned into a fat-overpriced-pig for old bald men with fat bellies and fat wallets who could pay GM’s crazy MSRP .
Nobody under the age of 25 even looks at a Corvette or desires one.
To quote a presidential candidate….lipstick on a pig…….and watch the depreciation fall faster than Lehman Brothers after purchase.
09/16, 8:09 AM
posted by:
EBrake617
It still is the best bang for your buck that you can get for a sports car these days. To be able to get a car that can compete with the truly overpriced sports cars, like the viper. The stock corvette is 430hp for under $50,000. And i can assure you that people under 25 like/desire the corvette.
09/16, 10:30 AM
posted by:
davebo
Get Real, I got my Corvette at age 25, although it was 5years old and had 35k miles on it. I think they make excellent used cars for younger people who haved saved up. As for current models being overpriced, I just don’t see it. Overpriced compared to what other car, exactly? Nobody enjoys paying MSRP because everyone is used to finding a better deal, but when demand meets or exceeds supply, that’s what happens. Although I certainly won’t argue with the depreciation comment, considering what I paid for a 5 year old model back in 2003.
09/16, 8:01 PM
posted by:
Lau
I love Corvettes, but i DO think the new models a re a tadbit overpriced, but then again i’m in canada where a fully loaded coupe goes for over 100grand where in the US it goes for 60k…….the things that happen to Canadians Ill never understand.
09/30, 9:09 PM
posted by:
85daytona
Lol if your 25 and can buy I corvette you are not having to pay for much of anything or your not going to school. No college student could afford a used vette without daddy’s help. They are great cars but they are not functional you can not ride your family around in them. The only people who buy them are older people who have another car for a DD. They are great cars price for performance I am surprised GM makes any money off them but hell they are bankrupt so guess they weren’t really lol.