Corvette Production on Four-Week Holiday Pause at Bowling Green

Corvette production at the Bowling Green plant will take a longer holiday pause than normal as inventory remains robust.

Corvette production at the Bowling Green Plant increased steadily following the debut of the all-new C8 generation Stingray for the 2020 model year, and has since added a bevy of new variants to the line along the way. However, sports car sales, in general, tend to cool off along with the temperatures in the winter months, and the Corvette has faced a bit of a cooling market itself as of late – leading to a bevy of inventory. Thus, Corvette production will take a longer holiday break this year than normal, it seems.

According to Corvette Blogger, Corvette production at Bowling Green will be paused for a grand total of four weeks this year over the holidays, starting December 15 and resuming on January 12. Generally, this holiday break lasts two weeks, and comes shortly after workers were off November 27-December 1 for the Thanksgiving break. As for the reason behind this extension, well, we can look to some hard data for clues.

That starts with existing inventory currently populating dealer lots, and according to Chevy’s own live inventory tracker, there is a decent supply of that. As of this writing, that data shows 1,516 2025 model year Corvettes, consisting of 164 Stingrays, 419 E-Rays, and a whopping 933 Z06s. As for the 2026 model year, one can find around 4,700 Corvettes at dealers right now across the U.S. – 2,709 Stingrays, 174 E-Rays, 1,732 Z06s, and 85 ZR1s – though it’s worth noting not all of these cars are necessarily available for sale.

In terms of 2026 Corvette production, that stood at 12,287 units through December 3 – 7,505 Stingrays, 557 E-Rays, 3,483 Z06s, and 733 ZR1s. These are all healthy figures – particularly for a sports car entering its slow season – so it certainly makes sense that GM might want to put a slightly longer pause on output and give dealers a chance to move through some of that inventory.

In the meantime, the 2026 model year has some pretty exciting things in store for Corvette fans – most notably, the debut of the ZR1X, which adds hybrid power and all-wheel-drive to the already incredibly impressive ZR1. GM started building retail orders of that new machine in early December, so we should start seeing them out on the roads in short order.

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