C8 at NCM
 

Does anyone know if the National Corvette Museum usually gets an example of a new model soon after it is revealed? I was planning on stopping there on my cross-country drive the first week of August and would love it if there was a C8 on display.

I hope so. I'll be passing through there the last week of July.

Unfortunately as of right now the only time we will have a C8 on display is during our 25th Anniversary Celebration August 28-31. Outside of those dates we have not been promised a car for display. Registration for our event closes on Thursday so if you'd like to come be sure to sign up!
https://www.corvettemuseum.org/event/anniversary-celebration/

Strange they would not leave one at the museum.

I was hoping to stop coming back from Nashville on the 20th.

Will the factory tour be opened up after the 25th NMC Anniversary?

At this time, no they are not planning to be open for tours. But if that changes we will be sure to notify registered participants.

We will be stopping by Aug 9 on our way to Florida, just to make sure you don't have one sitting around somewhere :D

We did our Buyer's Tour and NCM delivery just two years ago in May (one of the last days to do a buyers tour) for our 2017 Stingray vert and the NCM guys, (Shane) and girls (Lori) were great. Thanks again, Jim

The NCM will soon have R8C cars to look at.

It will be awhile. First someone has to order them, then they have to build them. Maybe December at the earliest.

NCM 25th anniversary event and DOZENS of C8's...
 

Well from the crowd at the NCM this last week/weekend, I assume ALL of you were there.. more Corvettes and people than at any other event at the NCM than I can remember, more than was at the Grand Opening (based on my old memory).. and many Corvette development engineers were there, and each apparently driving a NEW C8 ... dozens of them on the grounds, both being displayed for the corvette public, but also in the parking lots, etc. I haven't been interested in a new Corvette in many years, but this one... sorta flips me overboard... :) I also had a nice conversation with Josh Holder, assistant chief engineer in function to Tadge Jeuchter, and that talk pushed me totally overboard with the C8.

I went to the Museum early on Wednesday morning the 28th and they actually were driving in and position the drivetrain test mule car - the infamous one wiht the red emergency button on the dash - a 2018 model. I did ask when he thought they would be getting a "real" one and he said as soon as someone donates one :thumbs:​​​​​​​
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The factory parking lot is not far away....