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Old 08-07-2013, 08:04 PM   #5
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Just in case you don't want to read the whole article, a few highlights. (Something I should have done when I first posted):

- "TPW stands for “Target Production Week” and during normal production, they will usually give the buyer a fairly accurate forecast for when their Corvette will be built. But because the Corvette Stingray hasn't officially started retail sales production, the TPWs that customers are getting through the Chevrolet customer service system may not be accurate and that appears to be causing concern – both for the customer and the Corvette production team.

- When the 2014 Corvette Stingray was revealed in January, the plan for production has always been for customer cars to begin arriving at dealers sometime around late summer or early fall and Fitzpatrick tells us they are still very much on track to start delivering cars in that time frame.

- So when will the retail customer cars start production? Fitzpatrick explains there is no set date. It all depends on when they think they are ready: “They will get to that day where they say, OK, everything is coming together, everything makes sense, everything looks great so we’re going to start regular retail production.

- He reiterated that the TPW is only a “target” and just because a customer may see a TPW change from 8/5 to 8/12, it doesn't mean there are issues with the production process or delays in production.

- Customers may also see event codes changed. “Some might see their code go from 3000 to 3300 and then back to 3000 and think that something has happened with their order, but in reality, nothing has changed”

- Fitzpatrick says once production starts, and a customer gets his VIN and then the car is built, that still doesn't mean its going to ship out the next day. “That’s not a bad thing. We hold the cars to make sure they meet our quality standards. We release the car once we think it’s near as perfect as we can get it. We’re making sure everything is right about that car and that’s why it goes though the quality assessment process.”

- John says they will officially announce when cars begin shipping to dealers, but there probably won’t be an announcement regarding the start of retail production. “The key question is when will we start shipping cars out of Bowling Green? Everything else up to that point doesn't matter.”
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