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CORVETTE TODAY #237 - Corvette News & Headlines, Late October 2024
Jul 12, 2025
CORVETTE TODAY #237 - Corvette News & Headlines, Late October 2024 It's time for another installment of the every-other-week CORVETTE TODAY News & Headlines show next week! Keith Cornett from CorvetteBlogger returns to the show after the clean-up from Hurricane Milton and re-joins your CORVETTE TODAY host, Steve Garrett, Here are a few of the topics that Steve and Keith will cover:
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America's sports car. Keith, welcome
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back to the show. Everybody, including
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myself, missed you on the last News and
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the Headline show, buddy.
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Well, I appreciate that. And the funny
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thing is, I did get a couple emails
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myself of people saying the same thing.
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It was a very scary situation. We
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actually had two hurricanes within two
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weeks. The very first one, Helen, that's
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where we got a lot of flooding and
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that's where most of our damage came
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from. And then they scared the crap out
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of us. So, we left for Milton. That was
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really a wind event here. So, there's a
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lot of branches and stuff down like
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that. The house came through okay. We
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had very little damage. A couple things
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got hurt, but for the most part,
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anything that can be replaced will be
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replaced. So, feel pretty good about it.
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That's awesome, buddy. We're glad to
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have you back.
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Well, thank you so much.
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Let's start off like we always do with a
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production update from the Bowling Green
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assembly plant.
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Absolutely. So, our last count of
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current 2025 Corvette Dins. We're
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looking back at the last week and we see
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that the Stingray is actually off to
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another great start with 43 built while
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the Z06 is at 1,027 and the -ay is at
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228. So, we're looking at so far a total
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of 5,258
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Corvettes produced so far for the 2025
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model year. Again, a great start. We
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just started September 9th, so we're
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well underway. We're going to talk about
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this a little bit more in the 2024
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production stats, but I went back and I
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looked at the current breakdown for
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these numbers. And right now, the plan
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is building 70% stingrays, 19.5% Z06s,
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and a little over 4 and a.5% or so-s.
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It's still a nice mix in there. We'd
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still like to see that -ay number come
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up a little bit, but for the most part,
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they are cranking out these cars. Seeing
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really no issues.
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That's great. And we also have
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constraints for October, too, don't we?
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Yeah, the last constraint report really
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gave us some good news because now we
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see that all three colors are available
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for unlimited ordering. This is the
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Sebring orange metallic, hysteria
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purple, and the competition yellow. They
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can be ordered across the board now.
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They always did that little ramp up
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first, but that's open for the Stingray.
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Same old same old Q9I gloss black
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wheels. And then there's a limit on 1LT
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trim packages. For the -ay, this is
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interesting because it's carbon fiber
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related. Oh,
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you couldn't get the visible carbon
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fiber ground effects with the -ay. They
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are only saving those for the Z06. And
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those cars that have the high wings, if
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you did the painted carbon fiber, you
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have to pair that obviously to the
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painted carbon fiber highwing. And then
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the only other thing we saw was the
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gloss black spider forged wheels for Z06
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as well. We got some new stuff coming
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online. We're still waiting to see some
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of those new wheels, I believe, for the
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Z06. For the most part, it's a pretty
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standard constraint report from what
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we've seen over the last few months.
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All right, that sounds good. Then we
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also had the 2025 officially arrived
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down under, which is pretty cool, too.
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Yeah, this is the 2025 model. So, when I
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was looking at the production numbers,
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there's actually kind of a gap in there
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at the beginning of the 2025 model year
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for the -ay. And it looks like, well,
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hey, maybe that's what they were doing
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is they were building some for export.
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Australia and New Zealand got their
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cars. That was announced by GM Specialty
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Vehicles. There's nice because now you
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got some comparison videos coming out
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from some of the Australian magazines
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down there that are driving the -ay and
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the Z06. For those that are wondering,
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the starting MSRP for the -ay in
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Australia is $275,000.
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That's Australian dollars and that's
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also before what they call their on-road
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cost, which adds taxes and licensing and
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all some other stuff. And I hear that's
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a hefty number as well. Again, if you
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want to see some track tests of the -ay
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and the Z06 together on YouTube with
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right-hand drive configurated cars,
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there's some cool stuff that's out there
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right now.
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And didn't GM Specialy Vehicles release
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a new Corvette video, too?
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Oh, Steve, it's so good. Yeah, if you
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haven't seen this, it's really one of
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the best overall Corvette commercials
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I've seen. They call it Love is All
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Around. It features a lady driving an, a
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man driving a Stingray, and then there's
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some back and forth on the track between
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these two cars when suddenly a white Z06
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comes up and joins the fun with them. I
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said in my blog post that it's really
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cool because the vehicles are doing the
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talking, but the visuals from it, it's
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like an emotional reaction from how the
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drivers are feeling that fun and freedom
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and the competition. So, I mean, it's a
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really a fantastic video. Obviously,
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would love to see that over here, but
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it's right-hand drive cars, but it's
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really one of the best Corvette
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commercials I've seen.
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Nice. And you can see it on corvette
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blogger.com, so make sure to check that
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out. Also, buddy, I was really excited
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about this. We got a top speed for the
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C8 ZR1 at 233 mph.
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Again, once again, unthinkable, right,
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Steve? I mean, no one, I don't think,
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expected that. I think a lot of people
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are thinking 212 was the C7. Maybe we're
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looking at 220, 225, somewhere in there.
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For them to go 233 is just amazing. This
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was done with GM President Mark Royce
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doing the driving. The test was
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conducted at the ATP track in Papenberg,
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Germany. And it was the same red miss
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that we saw the Corvette team driving at
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the Nurburg Ring last month. When Chevy
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does these top speed runs, they actually
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run in two directions and then they
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averaged the difference. So the first
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run netted a top speed of 233.08
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and then their second run came in at
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23350.
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Again, amazing times. But here's the
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thing. During the testing, they had five
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engineers and then they had two ZR1
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development cars and they all exceeded
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230 mph across multiple runs. It's a
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fantastic event. the video out there.
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You got to watch it if you haven't seen
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it. The ZR1 that they used is just a
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standard chassis in the Aero package
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with the standard low spoiler. Had
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carbon fiber ground effects, Michelin
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Pilot Sport 4S tires, and aluminum
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wheels. I think other than some racing
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seats, this is like the car that people
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are trying to buy these days.
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Yeah. You know what? I watched the video
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and Mark Royce was obviously, like you
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said, driving the car, but he had a
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passenger. So, if you get a real race
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car driver and no passenger, I bet that
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ZR1 is going to go 235 plus miles per
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hour.
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It might have had it in there on one of
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those runs if you would have had a good
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tailwind on it, you know, might have
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even been higher. We saw that I think
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with the C7 ZR1, the difference between
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the two directions was like 2 or 3 mph.
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Yeah.
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Here it was a very small window of
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difference. So, again, 233 mph for the
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Corvette ZR1. Amazing.
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That is truly amazing indeed. If you
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have a C8 Z06 with leaky engine coolant,
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we've got a service bulletin all ready
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to go to get that fixed.
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Yeah. The good news is it doesn't look
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that major. If you're seeing engine
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coolant on the ground on the front of
10:00
the engine, this is for the 2023 and
10:02
2024 Corvette Z06s after the car's been
10:04
parked for a little while. It looks like
10:06
it's just a hose clamp. So, if you're
10:08
seeing that stuff, you might be able to
10:09
reach around there and look yourself,
10:10
but take it to the dealership. They'll
10:12
get investigated and hopefully remedy
10:14
the situation. But, it looks like it's
10:15
just a hose clamp that was improperly
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installed. That's good. Maybe you just
10:19
tighten that thing up and you're good to
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go then, right?
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Looks like it. Yep.
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Awesome. And we got 2024 stats for the
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Corvette, which is great. This is really
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early, too, isn't it?
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Last year there was all that work. You
10:29
know, they had the extended year. They
10:30
ran 17 months for 2023. That's how we
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got up to that 53,000 cars produced.
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This was a more standard year. You know,
10:38
September and September. This is kind of
10:39
what I call a typical production year.
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And I think this is what C8 planners
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have been hoping for. In that run, they
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produced 42,934
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Corvettes. For the most part, there's no
10:50
supply chain interruptions or other
10:51
factors which significantly impacted
10:53
production during the model year. I'll
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run through some of these numbers real
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quick. I know doing numbers on podcast
10:59
is sometimes tough to follow along, but
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I know people want to know this. So,
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bestselling model by far, Stingray Coupe
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with 42%. The Stingray convertible had
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29.8%. That was followed by the Z06
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coupe at 12.5%. And then the Z06
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convertible with 12.2%. The -ray coupe
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1.4% and then the -ray convertible 1.9%.
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As we know, the -ray came in late, did a
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really slow ramp up. I think the overall
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numbers were like about 3% or so for the
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-ay. Overall, it was a good production
11:29
number. I know people love to know about
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colors. I'll just run through them real
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quick. I won't give percentages. You
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know, the first four colors are like
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high and above the rest of them. So,
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they're arctic white, torch red, black,
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and red mist. And then we're followed by
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a new color, Seawolf gray, hypersonic
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gray, which is retired, riptide blue,
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rapid blue, carbon flash, and then
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amplify orange, again, retired color,
11:50
ceramic matrix gray, silver flare, and
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then the last two colors, cacti, and
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accelerate yellow. Accelerate yellow.
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These produce color 2.6% and only 1,133
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of those are out there. We also have
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these figures for the external colors by
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model. You can check that out on
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corvette blogger.com. And then finally,
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if you add up all the production numbers
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in C8, we are at 169,134
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Corvettes produced during the C8
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generation. They are really moving some
12:18
Corvettes. I think we're going to have
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another banner year this year.
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In the second segment, we always talk
16:08
about Corvette racing and Corvette
16:10
rumors. Keith, how did Corvette racing
16:12
do it in Atlanta for Petite Lama? And it
16:14
was just again another tough race for
16:16
both the number three and the number
16:17
four Corvettes. The number three car
16:19
actually had damage during the Thursday
16:21
night practice and they actually really
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had to scramble to make the race on
16:24
Saturday morning. That number three car
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would actually finish in fifth place in
16:27
class. They were actually able to be
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competitive once they got back together.
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The number four Corvette got hit by an
16:33
LMP3 car during the race, damaged the
16:36
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knocked them down like 50 laps. They're
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actually able to repair, but once they
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got out there, their race was basically
16:43
over with. The good news is that the
16:44
Corvette racing team won the IMSA
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Championship. This is based on the five
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IMSA endurance races that included
16:52
Petite Lemon. I think it's been a little
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while since we won that one, maybe 2015
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or so. Again, a really good result
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there. And then our friends at AWA
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Racing had some great news. They
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actually had their ticket punched for an
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automatic entry to the 24 hours lemon
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next year because they won the Bob Akin
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the team with the highest rated bronze
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driver. Oay Fedani on the team is that
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guy. And so they're going to Lemons next
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year. So that's good news for them. The
17:18
Corvette Z06 GTDR program returns to
17:20
IMSA competition in January for the
17:22
Rolex 24. Steve, that's like only a
17:25
month and a half away or so.
17:26
I know. It's crazy how quickly this
17:28
goes. We're already getting ready for
17:30
2025.
17:31
Exactly.
17:31
Yeah, that's crazy. And we also had some
17:33
news from DXDT Racing. They're going to
17:36
go in the IMSA GTD class next year,
17:38
aren't they?
17:39
Yeah, they had that fantastic season in
17:40
the GT World Challenge America.
17:42
Obviously, Tommy Milner was one of the
17:44
co-drivers there, but they made the
17:46
announcement. They are moving up to
17:47
IMSA's GTD class with a single entry Z06
17:50
GT3R. Of course, Tommy won't be part of
17:52
that team, but now that gives us two
17:54
Corvette Z06s to root for in GTD in
17:57
addition to our two Corvette racing, GTD
17:59
Pro classes. Pretty exciting. Four cars
18:01
to watch for next season.
18:03
That's great. I love it. In the rumors
18:05
category, Keith, we think we saw some
18:07
Zora prototypes in a Colorado parking
18:09
garage, didn't we?
18:10
Yeah. So, Corvette engineers, they were
18:12
out doing some what we assume to be high
18:14
altitude testing. They were like at
18:15
9,000 ft. Wow. where they were. The
18:18
prototypes were actually discovered
18:19
parked in a hotel parking garage. A guy
18:22
videotaped that and shared it with Mike
18:24
Brink on the Brink of Speed YouTube
18:25
channel. He actually got some great
18:27
looks at these cars. Looking at it
18:28
head-on, we see that -ay style cooling
18:30
radiator on the front driver's side of
18:32
the car, which tells us that these are
18:34
most likely the Zora prototypes. The
18:36
really interesting thing is that the guy
18:37
who captured the video says he was able
18:39
to see inside the engine hatch on one of
18:41
the Zoros. And he says it resembled the
18:43
ZR1's LT7 twin turbo engine, but instead
18:46
of that blue cover, it has a black cover
18:48
on it. Again, we're thinking, wow, if
18:50
this is the Zora's hybrid system,
18:52
similar to the E-Ray, we could be
18:54
looking at 1,224 horsepower combined.
18:57
Again, no one would have thought that
18:58
just a few years ago. If that's what it
19:00
is, man, that's just going to be
19:02
fantastic. And it gives us something
19:03
else to target some more expensive cars
19:06
to go after.
19:06
Yeah, that's incredible. 1,224
19:09
horsepower would be unbelievable.
19:11
Unthinkable, Steve. Unthinkable.
19:12
Unthinkable is the word for sure. All
19:15
right, buddy. Time for our final break.
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In this final segment, we always cover
22:32
the fun lighter side of Corvette. Keith,
22:34
this is great. From the National
22:36
Corvette Museum, Amy Harden is returning
22:38
and she's now development director at
22:40
the museum. Amy was previously with the
22:42
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22:45
philanthropy and she's responsible for
22:47
developing, establishing, and carrying
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out effective multi-year fundraising
22:50
programs and other activities to support
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the National Corvette Museum. I thought
22:54
this was interesting because you had
22:55
talked about this before, Steve. One of
22:57
her previous signature accomplishments
22:59
at the NCM was developing the Elfie
23:01
Silver Pearl Sisterhood Group.
23:03
Yes.
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And then she also helped secure funding
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for the E. Pierce Marshall Performance
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Gallery. Very glad to have Amy back to
23:09
the National Corvette Museum and looking
23:10
forward to saying hi to her at the bash
23:12
next April.
23:13
Yeah, we're gonna have Amy on the show
23:14
as a matter of fact coming up pretty
23:16
soon. It's great to have Amy back at the
23:18
museum. We always talked about the C8
23:20
ZR1 going 233 mph. We had a 2006
23:24
Corvette Z06 with an LS engine running a
23:28
standard mile at a record 264 mph. Wow.
23:33
Again, amazing speed. This is a twin
23:34
turbo Corvette with a built motor. I
23:37
think it's got really big turbos on it
23:38
like the ZR1 76 millimeters maybe.
23:40
Nice.
23:41
But it makes 2200 horsepower and it's
23:43
street legal. He actually had some
23:45
engine issues during the event. So he
23:47
only got that one run in, but that one
23:50
was all he needed to set that record.
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Kelly Beast, I believe his name is
23:53
263.93
23:55
mph in a standing mile. Just amazing.
23:58
That's incredible. And this next story
24:00
probably should have been in our rumors
24:01
section, but we think that the Zora is
24:03
benchmarked by the McLaren and the
24:05
Ferrari hypercars, not just the regular
24:08
cars.
24:08
Yeah, we got two new competitors for the
24:10
Zora. So, I know that's one of the
24:12
things that we'll be interested in
24:13
seeing. Let's talk about them real
24:15
quick. McLaren W1. Yes,
24:17
a performance hybrid with 1,258
24:20
horsepower. Weighs only 3,300 lb. I
24:23
think it's based on some of their F1
24:24
work that they've done before. And then
24:26
in the other corner of this contender,
24:28
Ferrari F80, a 3 L twinturbo V6 with
24:31
three electric motors to make 1,184
24:34
horsepower. Both of these cars will
24:36
feature seven bigger price tags. The W1
24:38
starts at 2.1 million and the F80 will
24:41
set you back 3.925 million. And that's
24:43
the start, you know, oh, if I want that
24:45
paint, that's going to add 25,000. If
24:47
you want this, it's going to add 30,000.
24:48
So, it's probably pretty interesting.
24:50
But meanwhile, you know, we've got our
24:52
Corvette team. If we're going to get
24:54
that 1,224 out of the Zora, we might be
24:57
a little competitive. Although, we're
24:58
definitely going to be a little bit
24:59
heavier than these cars.
25:00
Yeah. And for the McLaren, the W1
25:02
replaces the F1 and the P1. So, that's
25:05
going to be their new halo car. And then
25:07
for Ferrari, the F80 will replace the
25:10
LaFerrari. So, these are big, big cars
25:12
that haven't even really come out yet.
25:14
So, the Zor is going to be really
25:16
benchmarked against some really really
25:17
great cars.
25:18
Yeah. I wonder if somebody from GM's
25:20
going to make the pitch, hey, you know,
25:21
we need to buy a new F80 to, you know,
25:23
test it out against our cuz that's what
25:25
they did with the SF90.
25:27
Yeah, that's basically true, isn't it?
25:29
Uhhuh.
25:29
Well, that'd be pretty cool. And got
25:31
some great competition for sure. You
25:33
know, Keith, I was watching television.
25:35
I saw this Pepsi commercial and there's
25:36
a blue C8 Corvette in the commercial.
25:38
What's going on with that?
25:40
Yeah, I was watching the baseball
25:41
playoffs and there it was. I'm like,
25:42
I've not seen this before. In the
25:44
commercial, they call it Chase Your
25:46
Pizza with Pepsi. And the premise of the
25:48
commercial is that Pepsi reps in the C8
25:50
Corvette are essentially chasing down
25:52
pizza delivery drivers and they run up
25:54
to the door and they offer the customers
25:55
a 12-pack of Pepsi to chase your pizza
25:57
with. We've actually found the
25:59
commercial to be pretty hilarious. I
26:01
think one of the funniest parts is at
26:02
the end the Stingray is doing donuts and
26:04
you hear the passenger say there's
26:06
nothing to grab onto as he's trying to
26:08
hold himself steady. So, see, even the
26:11
Pepsi man thinks that the C8 should have
26:12
a grab handle for those quote shut the
26:15
front door moments.
26:16
Oh, yeah. For sure. Our final story,
26:18
buddy. This is actually pretty cool.
26:20
Nicholas Cage just sold a 1969 Corvette
26:23
on Bring a Trailer.
26:24
Yeah. Actually, it wasn't him, but it
26:26
was a car that he previously owned.
26:28
Okay. You know, he had a pretty
26:29
extensive collection going back. This is
26:31
just one of his cars. It's a beautiful
26:33
Cortez silver interior, 427 with a 390
26:37
horsepower V8 in it. The auction ended
26:39
with the car selling for 55,553.
26:42
So, got a really good price on a 427
26:45
1969 Corvette. The providence of having
26:47
something owned by Nicholas Cage would
26:49
be pretty cool.
26:50
My wife would like to have that car.
26:51
She's a big Nicholas Cage fan. I wish I
26:53
had known I would have been on it on
26:55
bringing a trailer for her. So, here
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honey, here's a Corvette for you. And it
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used to be owned by Nicholas Cage.
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There you go.
27:01
You're welcome very much.
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