Then when the C7 is out we will ask about the C8.
c7 release date?
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No firm date. Speculation is 2011, 2012 but I've read as early as 2009 for a 2010 model. Your guess is as good as ours. '09 is the least likely date however.
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Spring of 2012 as a 2013 model. That means the C6 will have run for model 8 years. I think the C5 model ran for 8 years if I'm counting right. Just passing on what I've read on this forum.
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Realize that for the C6 Corvette there are 377 subcontractors scattered all over the world making parts for the car. New contracts have to be signed with each of them to produce parts for a new model. They each have to order new tooling to be made to produce the parts. At the assembly plant, new tooling and new procedures have to be worked out. Workers have to be trained. Etc. It all takes time. If the changes are minimal, it can go quickly. But if the changes are major, it takes much longer.
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It generally takes 3 to 5 years from a final go decision by management until a new platform can roll off the assembly line. If a previous post is correct that the final decision on the C7 design will be made in September, that means the earliest we will see the C7 is fall of 2010 as a 2011 model. It could be 2 or more years later than that, and likely would be if the changes are major.
Realize that for the C6 Corvette there are 377 subcontractors scattered all over the world making parts for the car. New contracts have to be signed with each of them to produce parts for a new model. They each have to order new tooling to be made to produce the parts. At the assembly plant, new tooling and new procedures have to be worked out. Workers have to be trained. Etc. It all takes time. If the changes are minimal, it can go quickly. But if the changes are major, it takes much longer.
Realize that for the C6 Corvette there are 377 subcontractors scattered all over the world making parts for the car. New contracts have to be signed with each of them to produce parts for a new model. They each have to order new tooling to be made to produce the parts. At the assembly plant, new tooling and new procedures have to be worked out. Workers have to be trained. Etc. It all takes time. If the changes are minimal, it can go quickly. But if the changes are major, it takes much longer.
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