The Immortal Corvette

In 1973, Motor Trend had seen/predicted the end of Corvette production and stated “the current car with all the new federal safety/fuel regulations would be lucky to survive past 1973″. they didn’t think the car could make it in the corporate world of GM. Many years later, the current C-6 has seen numerous factory shut downs and furloughs of the employees, and yet somehow the car survives. Yes, I took the factory tour (these days it takes careful planning) way back in 2003 when they were building the 2004 models. The purpose of this post is to say the Corvette is one car that no matter what happens will always be immortalized whether it is in magazine ad, book, newspaper article, TV commercial, or song (yes there are a few Corvette songs out there). There are two kinds of people when it comes to Corvettes: those who have owned and those that wish they could. So, despite 26 weeks of Corvette plant closures in 2009, I look forward to the C-7 series.