GM Restarts C8 Assembly After Tornado

December 23, 2021 Off By Mike Vietro

Picture courtesy of Corvette Blogger.

General Motors restarted operations at its assembly plant on December 20th, nine days after a violent tornado swept through Kentucky and damaged the facility. GM is not taking any chances and will be scrapping any Corvettes that show damage. This includes not only the cars being assembled on the line at the time of the tornado, but will also include the finished cars parked outside the factory waiting for shipment.

According to Corvette Action Center, approximately 115 Corvettes inside the assembly plant “were damaged beyond repair and are being scrapped. Dealers with customer orders for their cars will have to resubmit the orders into GM’s Order Workbench System.” Hopefully the affected customers will be pushed to the front of the line and not have to wait a long time for their replacement car.

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