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GM makes timely deliveries to Canada
in winter & my tires aren't cracked. 
Less than 48hrs from BG > Windsor transfer yard > Bill Spencer Chevrolet Cobourg, ON
Took delivery & drove home in a Jan '14 snow storm (weather mode)...475km via 401
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A late June start for regular production means about a week of assembly before the two week break. I know BGAP worked several of those days last year (and may this year for all I know) but these are overtime hours and I wonder if demand is still that high to justify that expense.
QC is ongoing so unless a problem is found the first week could be ready to release to dispatch but I suspect they will not be until there is at another week of production. So that brings us closer to early August before loaded trucks start rolling. But this is all conjecture. I notice other Chevy cars have similar order/SORP dates. I can not recall any model year starting regular production the week before the summer break but I am sure if it has happened someone on this forum will let us know. This seemingly early start does make me think GM is expecting a strike and wants as large an inventory built as possible before the third week of September.
Laborsmith
QC is ongoing so unless a problem is found the first week could be ready to release to dispatch but I suspect they will not be until there is at another week of production. So that brings us closer to early August before loaded trucks start rolling. But this is all conjecture. I notice other Chevy cars have similar order/SORP dates. I can not recall any model year starting regular production the week before the summer break but I am sure if it has happened someone on this forum will let us know. This seemingly early start does make me think GM is expecting a strike and wants as large an inventory built as possible before the third week of September.
Laborsmith
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A late June start for regular production means about a week of assembly before the two week break. I know BGAP worked several of those days last year (and may this year for all I know) but these are overtime hours and I wonder if demand is still that high to justify that expense.
QC is ongoing so unless a problem is found the first week could be ready to release to dispatch but I suspect they will not be until there is at another week of production. So that brings us closer to early August before loaded trucks start rolling. But this is all conjecture. I notice other Chevy cars have similar order/SORP dates. I can not recall any model year starting regular production the week before the summer break but I am sure if it has happened someone on this forum will let us know. This seemingly early start does make me think GM is expecting a strike and wants as large an inventory built as possible before the third week of September.
Laborsmith
QC is ongoing so unless a problem is found the first week could be ready to release to dispatch but I suspect they will not be until there is at another week of production. So that brings us closer to early August before loaded trucks start rolling. But this is all conjecture. I notice other Chevy cars have similar order/SORP dates. I can not recall any model year starting regular production the week before the summer break but I am sure if it has happened someone on this forum will let us know. This seemingly early start does make me think GM is expecting a strike and wants as large an inventory built as possible before the third week of September.
Laborsmith
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My memory is the UAW contracts with Ford, GM and Chrysler expire September 14. Before an actual strike there often is a few days to a few weeks of day to day extensions. If there is a strike, only one of the three will be affected and that one is usually announced on or around Labor Day.
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Since the C4 years they have often started new model year production shortly before the July two week shutdown. That allowed GM people to take a small group of the first regular production cars on a shakedown trip during the 2 week shutdown. Any issues found could be addressed on the new models before shipping began.
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Since the C4 years they have often started new model year production shortly before the July two week shutdown. That allowed GM people to take a small group of the first regular production cars on a shakedown trip during the 2 week shutdown. Any issues found could be addressed on the new models before shipping began.
Laborsmith
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This was 10/9/13
Then we saw one for sale and I was drooling all over it. I went into look at C6s as my plan was to stay 1 generation behind... Ended up skipping the entire C6 generation lol. This pic was 10/15/13
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I know that Mike is a fountain of knowledge, however in this thread here it also states production begins on June 22nd, and do you really think that it'll take two months after that for those cars to start hitting the dealers? Early July sounds more likely if cars are coming off the line on June 22nd.
Entirely possible that a few 2016's could be at some dealers by July 1st, and at a lot of dealers by August 1st.
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Not so. My friend's 2009 Z06(VIN 00075) was built in June 2008 and was a regular production model as was my 2009 Z06 also built in June 2008 and it is a regular production 2009, as was the approximately 1100 2009 C6's also built in June 2008, before mine was built.
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A late June start for regular production means about a week of assembly before the two week break. I know BGAP worked several of those days last year (and may this year for all I know) but these are overtime hours and I wonder if demand is still that high to justify that expense.
QC is ongoing so unless a problem is found the first week could be ready to release to dispatch but I suspect they will not be until there is at another week of production. So that brings us closer to early August before loaded trucks start rolling. But this is all conjecture. I notice other Chevy cars have similar order/SORP dates. I can not recall any model year starting regular production the week before the summer break but I am sure if it has happened someone on this forum will let us know. This seemingly early start does make me think GM is expecting a strike and wants as large an inventory built as possible before the third week of September.
Laborsmith
QC is ongoing so unless a problem is found the first week could be ready to release to dispatch but I suspect they will not be until there is at another week of production. So that brings us closer to early August before loaded trucks start rolling. But this is all conjecture. I notice other Chevy cars have similar order/SORP dates. I can not recall any model year starting regular production the week before the summer break but I am sure if it has happened someone on this forum will let us know. This seemingly early start does make me think GM is expecting a strike and wants as large an inventory built as possible before the third week of September.
Laborsmith
As I posted before, my friend's 09 Z06(VIN 00075 was built in June 2008 and arrived at the dealer(450 miles with an unknown number of stops between, to drop off Corvettes at other dealers along the route) at the end of June(that's before the July shutdown). My 2009 Z06 was also built in June 2008(before the July shutdown) and rolled out seven work days behind my friends' Z06.
With the starting date of June 22 for the 2016's, there could be as many as 1000 2016's built before July 1st.
