Corvette officially delayed
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First, screw these union cry babies. Second, why on God's earth would they make more C7's based on this delay? They're already being deeply discounted in anticipation of nobody wanting them after the C8's are on the floor.
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There's only one reason as far as I can see. One department isn't accountable to another department. Each department runs as it's own identity trying to meet it's own objectives set out at the beginning of each fiscal year. Some departments will win and some will loose. But that process shows the company where their strengths are and their weakness are. And theoretically speaking, a company should be able to grow from that knowledge.
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my guess in addition to the delay due to the strike there may be some last minute glitches to be ironed out. Chevy has a lot riding on such such a radical departure from past platforms.it has to be near prefect. It’s basically why no 1983
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Trust me, they didn't callup the 1000 suppliers a couple weeks ago and say "i'd like a couple hundred more C7 parts"...
As far as issues to be worked out, there wasn't a launch in history that didn't... at any OEM. Heck, one of the reasons the Japanese hit it out of the part when they started importing is that they built a version for their home market for a year or two before exporting. And before I get flamed, I didn't say the only reason...
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The current advice from GM is that C8 production starts on February 3, 2020 - which is a 7 week delay from the original December 12th date - not sure why they need an extra week.
The bigger issue is, with all of the 2020 production pre-sold, it will delay the 2021's being built until mid-October instead of the 3rd week of August - meaning I will need to reconsider my order slot for a first week's production 2021's as I am not sure I want to take delivery of the car in early November only to put it away around Thanksgiving.
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I could care zero F's here - Simple version to me is the union was not being heard or waited until the launch dates for the most radical design change in Corvette history knowing that demand would be high & timed everything to throw a wrench into it all for their demands - The way it goes sometimes - Makes sense to me on both sides of the fence here
I wouldn't be concerned about build quality once they get back online because if it gets criticized as a crappy build they will all be out of work in short order
Unless your are involved it's hard to have a say in it between the workers & management
I wouldn't be concerned about build quality once they get back online because if it gets criticized as a crappy build they will all be out of work in short order
Unless your are involved it's hard to have a say in it between the workers & management
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I have a buddy trolling dealers with a very low bid for a C7 manual with a certain package. He would be happy to buy one but could care less if he doesn’t. A few have started to counter and are coming 6-8k away from his price of around 30% off sticker. I’m guessing by end of year he will be driving one. Some of the cars he is looking at have been sitting on dealers lots for 8 months.
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I have a buddy trolling dealers with a very low bid for a C7 manual with a certain package. He would be happy to buy one but could care less if he doesn’t. A few have started to counter and are coming 6-8k away from his price of around 30% off sticker. I’m guessing by end of year he will be driving one. Some of the cars he is looking at have been sitting on dealers lots for 8 months.
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Well not in a hurry but ADMIRAL is on board with the C8. We may actually end up buying one
Figured strike was going to delay production but it is what it is . Not in any hurry
First model year can have issues BUT in long run hold value more but I am not a car collector.
Figured strike was going to delay production but it is what it is . Not in any hurry
First model year can have issues BUT in long run hold value more but I am not a car collector.
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This makes no sense. At the end of the org chart, all the accounts flow to one big pot of money. Playing inter-departmental games with money is stupid and against the overall goal of the company. At the end of the day, company money is company money, regardless of which pot it is in.