Corvette History

The Corvette Name

Myron Scott made a tremendous contribution to the image of Chevrolet for three decades...

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The Corvette Emblem The original Corvette logo was designed by Robert Bartholomew...

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The Corvette History

It was not until 1927, when General Motors hired designer Harley Earl, that automotive styling and design became important to American automobile manufacturers...

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Bowling Green

The Corvette Assembly Plant...

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Flint, Michigan

The Corvette Assembly Plant...

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St. Louis, Missouri

The Corvette Assembly Plant...

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Bowling Green Corvette Assembly Plant

Bowling Green Assembly Plant Facts:

Facts as of 2007:

  • The plant is over one million square feet under roof, or the equivalent of 22 football fields.
  • The Bowling Green plant assembles more than 35,000 Chevrolet Corvettes and 4,000 Cadillac XLRs per year.
  • Production each day ranges from 150 - 170 Corvettes and approximately 16 XLRs.
  • There are 387 suppliers from which the plant receives 1,376 parts. Seventy-seven percent of the car is made in the USA and Canada.
  • From start to finish, each Corvette spends approximately 36 hours winding seven miles of conveyor systems in the plant.
  • In the paint department, body panels spend ten hours winding two miles on a conveyor system.
  • Body panels receive three coats of paint: primer, color and clear coat. Corvette and XLR body panels are composite fiberglass, except for the front and rear bumpers, which are urethane.
  • The Cadillac XLR is built on a separate line from the Corvette. They share the same frame and both use fiberglass body panels.

 


 

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