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Originally Posted by Petrol Head
Yes thieves are scum, but what I want to know is why on earth did the engineer assigned to that particular car leave it out on the street to begin with.
These IVERs are not finalized production cars. Thankfully the scumbags only got the wheels. If they had stolen the whole car, the issue that GM would face is a vehicle without finalized production parts getting out into the public. Once full scale production begins these IVERs get destroyed. Yes, every "2020 Corvette" you've seen to this point (except for MAYBE one or two that will be tucked away in the vaults or land in a GM owned museum someday) will actually be destroyed once the REAL ones start full scale production. These cars have no VIN and cannot be licenced and registered for the street. They're also exempt from all North American emission testing. And letting these out to the public would be a risk GM cannot take on, as a part may fail causing injury to someone. So long as it's in the possession of a GM employee, it's insured as property of General Motors.
Believe me, this engineer had a sit down with his manager and maybe even Mary Barra herself when he got back to the office after reporting the wheels were stolen because he left it on the street.
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I mean if it's a CTF car (which at this late stage of development it very likely could be) it has a VIN and can be saleable once full production starts. A lot of the 5th gen Camaro CTF cars are now in customer hands.
And this has happened before...to a member on this site actually. Granted they stole the wheels off of the car in his driveway.