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Oct 17, 2011 | 03:58 AM

tonyalexx

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Plant Closing

I had heard from Kerbeck Chevrolet thet the Bowling Green plant was closing from the end of December to the End of February. Does anyone have any knwledge about this or heard the same thing? Seems unusually long to me! That would reuce the number of 2012's procuced by about 5000!

Oct 17, 2011 | 04:36 AM

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They are renovating the plant in preparation for the c7

Oct 17, 2011 | 06:15 AM

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Thanks for the update! Do you then suspect that the C-7 will be a 2013 introduction? Anthony

Oct 17, 2011 | 09:35 AM

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Good to know about the closing. Will be interesting to see what they come up with for the C7.

Oct 17, 2011 | 12:27 PM

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Let's hope the C7 is something more inventive than just a C5.5.5.

Oct 17, 2011 | 12:35 PM

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I hope it has a fuel injected 327, a bolt on hardtop, roll up windows and a solid rear axle.
And most of all - a slave cylinder mounted outside the bellhousing.

Oct 17, 2011 | 05:59 PM

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I hope it has a fuel injected 327, a bolt on hardtop, roll up windows and a solid rear axle.
And most of all - a slave cylinder mounted outside the bellhousing.

I thought I was the only one who still desires roll up windows.

Oct 17, 2011 | 06:23 PM

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Let's hope the C7 is something more inventive than just a C5.5.5.

A C6S perhaps?

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Oct 17, 2011 | 06:32 PM

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Let's hope the C7 is something more inventive than just a C5.5.5.

I hear it will have a battery pack twice as big as the Volt and will get over 33mpg on vegetable oil!

Oct 17, 2011 | 06:45 PM

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C5 v3.0

Oct 17, 2011 | 08:04 PM

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I thought I was the only one who still desires roll up windows.

My windows roll up.....

Oct 17, 2011 | 08:31 PM

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GM built less than 14,000 2010 C5's

Wow, no kidding... they're building C5's again!!!

Oct 17, 2011 | 09:49 PM

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Obama is tooling up for the C7 Electricvette. Green style. Zero to 60 km in an hour and a half. 20 minute 60 ft.

Oct 17, 2011 | 09:55 PM

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Obama is tooling up for the C7 Electricvette. Green style. Zero to 60 km in an hour and a half. 20 minute 60 ft.

If he's involved it just means it will be a car you pay for and someone else gets to drive it.

Oct 17, 2011 | 09:56 PM

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Corvettes will be built in China to maximize GM profits.

Oct 17, 2011 | 10:14 PM

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I hear it will have a battery pack twice as big as the Volt and will get over 33mpg on vegetable oil!

Mine already gets that on the interstate if I keep it under 80...

Oct 18, 2011 | 12:06 AM

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If he's involved it just means it will be a car you pay for and WE ALL get to drive it.

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Oct 18, 2011 | 12:13 AM

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I think they are gearing up to build more jacked up 4x4's not enough of them in my neck of the woods! lol, (with optional dirt package and jackass backward ball cap drivers)

Oct 18, 2011 | 02:42 AM

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Latest I have heard is that it will be a small v8 with turbos in the base models, but the Z06 and ZR1 will be LS7 and LS9. Sounds more European on the base models, but it will help them meet emissions laws, I guess.