Foosh

Having been high in the food chain of several large organizations, I've overseen a large number of projects, all of which have/had internal timetables. We always developed "optimistic" internal timelines to "motivate" our project teams to bring a big project to fruition as quickly as possible. However, we never considered these official roll-out plans until we were confident they were ready for prime-time.

Slippage of internal timetables is normal and expected, although we are never pleased to see them. I don't think I've ever been involved in a major project that did not slip to varying degrees from the initial projections.

Boiler_81

I agree, most here don't have a concept of what it takes to bring a new platform out. I worked for a major tier one supplier as an engineer, program manager and in engineering management for 35 years before retiring last year. In that time span, things have only gotten more complex.

You just don't want to be the person who's part causes a delay to the vehicle launch. I never was but I was close once, thankfully someone else bumped the program before I did.

If there is a delay to the internal GM timeline, I'm glad they are stepping back and getting it right before release. It wasn't that long ago the OEMs would try to massively compress testing and validation in order to met an internal launch date. I was involved with one of those many years ago, it did not turn out well for the OEM or customer.

jcp911s

Having been on the recieving end of "optimistic timetables" i can tell you this can be a dangerous practice.

I was on the CEO's "pet project", and despite severe technical difficulties, the schedule was in stone, and no Execs had the ***** to tell him. When the project manager announced to the entire team that "Alfa" is scheduled for next Wed, and Beta will be completed by Friday, basically we all just gave up... (this actually happened... I was in the room!!!)

Net result, the launch was a corporate embarrassment, over a billion wasted, the CEO decided to "pursue other interests", execs we re-assigned and millions paid to buy-off customer and suppliers, and scores of key A-list management talent went away completely losing trust in the company which was never regained.

THis is not the first or last time I've seen this, but perhaps the worst example.

I hope GM has learned their lesson

fnbrowning

^ That sounds like Intel Corp.

Foosh

Odd production years happen from time to time. 2018 was one of those with only 9686 18s produced. Some were built prior to the 4-month plant closure and the rest were built from November 2017 until the end of Jan 2018 in the newly refurbished plant and new paint shop.

RJ-92

With all the electronic gadgets in cars these days perhaps they decided to switch over to 24v system.

fasttoys

WesC7

Interesting tidbit with his comment about the "ADAS" and then the follow-up comment regarding a concerning electronics problem (my words, not his). His comment leads me to believe--as stated in this forum numerous times---AWD? Not sure if this is complete conjecture and just parroting what he has heard or, from some actual whispers in his ear.

Zaro Tundov

"New electrical architecture."

Sounds like the 48V system with mild hybrid assist. Not sure what's up with the driver assistance features, nor why the Corvette is the appropriate vehicle for their introduction. Keebler made it sound like they will make the 'Vette all but drive itself. Shouldn't that be done on a Cadillac?

Or maybe the base will be a hybrid, but that isn't possible given the price range at which I'm told it will debut.

Michael A

The Corvette is about driving, not having the car drive itself, unless we are talking about AI tools that help drivers improve their track skills. Seems like we might be getting close to that point..

I love the comment about the Corvette being out of date when it is released, because a Model X or Taycan can do 0-60 in 3 seconds. Sorry, but the electric cars are one trick ponies. 15 minutes out on the track or climbing a winding mountain road, and the batteries are overheating, the charge is low, and the car pulls power. Then after the batteries are depleted in a half hour, you spend an hour at a charging station while the gas car keeps going. Then after beating the batteries up with fast discharges and charges, you have replace them.

kozmic

'eh, in my mind, they are probably just talking about things like lane departure, adaptive cruise, and perhaps self park, etc.; things that GM/Caddy are already doing. I doubt this particular 'electrical issue' has anything to do with AWD or hybrid tech, at least not in the launch versions of the ME car... but who knows...

WesC7

They can put all the "ADAS" on the car they want.....as long as I can turn it off. Self-park? No offense, but I hope your speculation is 110% wrong. That's one mode that will be a complete waste of $$$'s and absolutely useless---at least for me.

pickleseimer

Getting back on point about the delay and regardless of all of the above discussion, if the car was less than three months from official reveal it would be teased by now, perhaps similar to how the C7 was teased. I suspect we won't see it at NYIAS. Even so, would rather see GM do it right than see a basket of promises.

Tom73

Michael A

You can't have a delay from the consumer side with no announcement, but you certainly can from the manufacturer side. Of course, this delay is purely rumor, as is the entire C8, so do with it what you may.

RapidC84B

The HACK

You got Fyre Festivaled.

TBIRD57

i'm starting to not even care any longer. running them around in their little "zebra" outfits has become a joke.
imo all this over-hyping will end up only disappointing in the end. i'm old enough to remember
when nissan tried this kind of tease stuff when they introduced INFINITY brand(clunk).

Foosh

Memories are short. The C7 spent a comparable amount of time running around in "little zebra outfits," as have many other manufacturer's new vehicles. There's NOTHING out of the ordinary about what GM is doing with the new ME.

RapidC84B

Exactly... the only difference is that a ME Corvette is such big news that it's been in the news the entire time from the Holden UTE mule with a C7 greenhouse and truck bed rear. People seem to forget GM hasn't announced anything or started the release process. This is normal development.