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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:
1. The C8 ZR1 posts a top speed of 233 miles per hour!
2. Chevrolet releases final official 2024 stats
3. C8 Zora prototypes are spotted in Colorado
4. Amy Hardin joins the NCM as Development Director
5. Nicholas Cage's 1969 Corvette is offered on Bring-A-Trailer
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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
9:12
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
9:58
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
10:20
go then, right?
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Looks like it. Yep.
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Awesome. And we got 2024 stats for the
10:24
Corvette, which is great. This is really
10:26
early, too, isn't it?
10:27
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
10:33
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.
10:41
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
11:07
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
11:23
really slow ramp up. I think the overall
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numbers were like about 3% or so for the
11:27
-ay. Overall, it was a good production
11:29
number. I know people love to know about
11:31
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
11:36
high and above the rest of them. So,
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they're arctic white, torch red, black,
11:39
and red mist. And then we're followed by
11:41
a new color, Seawolf gray, hypersonic
11:44
gray, which is retired, riptide blue,
11:46
rapid blue, carbon flash, and then
11:48
amplify orange, again, retired color,
11:50
ceramic matrix gray, silver flare, and
11:53
then the last two colors, cacti, and
11:55
accelerate yellow. Accelerate yellow.
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These produce color 2.6% and only 1,133
12:01
of those are out there. We also have
12:03
these figures for the external colors by
12:05
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
12:19
another banner year this year.
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I think so too, buddy. Let's take our
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In the second segment, we always talk
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rumors. Keith, how did Corvette racing
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do it in Atlanta for Petite Lama? And it
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was just again another tough race for
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Michelin Endurance Cup Manufacturers
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Championship. This is based on the five
16:50
IMSA endurance races that included
16:52
Petite Lemon. I think it's been a little
16:54
while since we won that one, maybe 2015
16:56
or so. Again, a really good result
16:58
there. And then our friends at AWA
17:00
Racing had some great news. They
17:02
actually had their ticket punched for an
17:03
automatic entry to the 24 hours lemon
17:05
next year because they won the Bob Akin
17:07
award. That Bob Aken award is given to
17:09
the team with the highest rated bronze
17:11
driver. Oay Fedani on the team is that
17:14
guy. And so they're going to Lemons next
17:16
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
NCM from 2018 to 2020 as a director of
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
22:52
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.
23:51
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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