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The convertibles that you saw coming down the line are test cars only (not dealer-ordered cars). Chevy is building 40-50 test cars at a rate or 2 per day this month. Then, if all is well, production of the customer ordered dealer convertibles will begin at the end of September at the earliest! I will have one of the first, but it is a Lemans Blue vert, so, hopefully, by the end of September, Lemans Blue will be off of constraint.
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Originally Posted by RonnieC6
The convertibles that you saw coming down the line are test cars only (not dealer-ordered cars). Chevy is building 40-50 test cars at a rate or 2 per day this month....
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Originally Posted by curvesman
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Originally Posted by RonnieC6
The last 3 months have seen very few verts built compared with coupes. As you probably know, the orignal plan was to release the vert 3 months after the coupe...as it looks now, it will be 2 months. They want to make sure all problems are solved before dealer-ordered verts are built, especially with the power top.
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Originally Posted by jschindler
Ronnie - that is not true. That was only speculation. In May they put out information showing that the verts and coupes would begin at the same time. I actually have that information that they released.
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Originally Posted by jschindler
Ronnie - that is not true. That was only speculation. In May they put out information showing that the verts and coupes would begin at the same time. I actually have that information that they released.
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Originally Posted by RonnieC6
You are correct, to a point. Originally (last year) the plan was to have the coupe released at least 3 months before the vert. Then, this past spring, the plan changed to have them both go into production on July 19th. And, for the first week of production, a few verts were built, but they were POWER TOP verts only. After week 1, all verts went on constraint. As I mentioned earlier, 2 per day (TEST verts only) are being produced. I am keeping my fingers crossed that dealer-orederd verts go into production closer to September 1 as opposed to September 30, but, we will see. The plan now is for the end of September.
Fortunately, I have never thought I'd get mine before November, so I am not dissapointed (yet!).
