Thanks to two major production delays, only 2,700 examples of the new ‘Vette had rolled off the line by the time production was halted at General Motors’s Bowling Green plant in March because of the Coronavirus outbreak, according to Consumer Guide. It’s still unclear when work will resume at the factory, the only one where the iconic sports car is built, or how many more will be produced when it does.
Though the C8 generated plenty of excitement buzz when it was announced last summer, it’s traveled a treacherous road ever since. Production of the car was delayed until the beginning of this year because of the 40-day UAW strike last fall, a move that prompted GM slash planned production by 20 percent, according to Autoblog. Of course, that setback was minor compared to the one brought on by coronavirus outbreak, which saw Chevrolet’s parent company halt production at all of its US facilities. No new Corvettes have been built since March 20.