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Official: Final C6 Corvette built in Bowling Green

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By Chris Paukert

2013 Chevrolet Corvette 427 Convertible - last C6 built

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With all of the attention given to the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray lately, you could be forgiven for thinking that it’s already well along in production, yet tooling up for the new C7 has only just begun. In fact, production of the outgoing C6 generation in Bowling Green, Kentucky just halted on Thursday.

As the C6 has aged, production numbers have predictably ebbed along with demand, but this year, the addition of the 427 and 60th anniversary models resulted in an uptick in vehicles built – this, despite a model year shortened by around 25 percent to accomodate the new model changeover. The final C6 Corvette ever, No. 13,466 built this year, was a white 427 Convertible destined for the General Motors Heritage Center museum. The car’s 7.0-liter V8 heart was assembled by Corvette chief engineer Tadge Juechter himself.

In total, Bowling Green pushed out 215,100 C6 Corvettes over nine years. If you’re still a C6 fan at heart and are hoping to get a good deal on a phase-out model, step lively – Chevrolet reportedly had about 6,100 unsold units, which Autoweek suggests is good for around five and a half months of supply at the model’s current sales rates. Given that demand will likely slacken even further as the C7 draws closer, that should be a big enough stockpile to keep dealers satisfied until 2014 Stingrays begin showing up on their forecourts in December.

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Chevy Shows Off The Corvette Stingray’s Interior: Video

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By Kurt Ernst

The interior of the 2014 Corvette Stingray

The interior of the 2014 Corvette Stingray

In the current C6 Corvette, the interior is something you try to simply overlook because the rest of the car is so good. The switchgear is straight out of the GM bargain parts bin, while the thin and flimsy seats are designed by Spanish Inquisition star Torquemada and built, apparently, by Playskool. In a $25,000 car, the interior was forgivable, but at the Corvette’s price point it drew near-universal criticism.

GM listened, and the upcoming C7 Corvette Stingray boasts the first interior that was finalized in a collaboration between the design and production teams. As the video explains, no surface was overlooked, and the new Stingray will clearly show more attention to detail, fit and finish.

Even the seats, from their description, sound better, and we can’t wait to get behind the wheel of the new Stingray. To be honest, we never saw ourselves as the Corvette type, but the C7 allegedly has the performance and style to make us reconsider that. If this video is any indication, the Corvette finally has the interior it deserves, too.

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Report: 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible headed for Geneva debut

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By Steven J. Ewing

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While most of the world is still coming down from all the hype surrounding the debut of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray at the Detroit Auto Show earlier this month, we’re already looking to the future. And according to Autoweek, the next chapter in the C7 story will unfold at the Geneva Motor Show in March. That’s right, General Motors is reportedly using the Swiss stage as its venue to debut the Corvette Stingray convertible.

If this strikes you as odd, you aren’t alone. After all, with a car that’s such an American icon, we’d fully expect Chevrolet to unveil it here on our shores in either Chicago or New York. But according to Autoweek, GM is looking to boost export sales of its halo car, and since the C7 was engineered to compete with the world’s best and brightest, showing it off in Geneva is somewhat of a smart move. What’s more, those with sharp memories will recall that GM used the Geneva expo to debut the sixth-generation C6 Corvette convertible back in March 2004, so there’s also a precedent.

Details surrounding the Corvette Stingray convertible are still slim, though we fully expect the 6.2-liter V8 and choice of either six-speed automatic or seven-speed manual transmissions to carry over unchanged. Prototypes spotted on the road showed the car fitted with a cloth convertible roof, as well.

The C7 Corvette Stingray coupe is expected to go into production in August, and Autoweek estimates production of the convertible to follow about three months later. The Geneva Motor Show kicks off on March 5, 2013, so stay tuned to this space for more information closer to that time.

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