C8 Corvette Production Grinds To A Halt

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This wasn’t a planned stoppage…

General Motors has shut down production at the Bowling Green Assembly Plant in Kentucky this week. The only reason cited by the automaker for the complete halt of C8 Corvette production was a temporary parts supply issue. Without elaborating further, the company stated the supply problem has nothing to do with the vexing processing chip shortage which has affected car companies throughout the world.

Unlike what’s been happening with the Chevrolet Camaro, this work stoppage at the Bowling Green Assembly plant is supposed to be quite temporary. GM announced in mid-March that work at its Grand River Assembly plant would stop for 2 weeks. In addition to the Camaro, the Cadillac CT4 and CT5 are assembled there. It wasn’t until May 3 that production at the factory fired up again, much later than expected. However, GM shut it down again a week later. Unlike the Corvette, the Camaro’s production woes have been tied to the chip shortage in the auto industry.