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C8 Corvette Australia
« on: April 02, 2021, 08:22:27 AM »
Latest release from GM C8 for Aus in 2022 Pricing at $150000!!!! Maybe this time .Only time will tell. If they still can't supply the US market then i think we will keep waiting.Ray

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Re: C8 Corvette Australia
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2021, 01:02:58 AM »
An RHD Vette ex-factory. And they said it would never happen.

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The second in charge of General Motors, Tim Lee, who is the head of the company’s international operations, hit out at reports of a right-hand-drive Corvette for Australia, exclusively revealed by News Limited yesterday.

He told reporters at the Detroit motor show overnight: “I have no idea what [General Motors CEO Dan Akerson] said but we have no plan to put a right-hand-drive under that bonnet. The Corvette is a Chevrolet, it’s not a Holden, it never will be, next question.”

When pressed again on how two of his senior colleagues could get such key facts wrong during a media presentation, he said during the roundtable interview: “We can spend the entire 20 minutes talking about this. This is a non-story from my point of view. You can write what you want to write, I really don’t give a sh#t. But it is not in the mainstream plan.”

Lee repeated his earlier comments: “Currently there is no engineering execution, there is no plan. If the CEO said tomorrow that he wants us to do that [a right-hand-drive Corvette] it would take us years. Don’t go back and sell that story.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/finally-corvette-set-for-australian-showrooms/news-story/4f2b6691ec68815a16432fa169429bb8

PS: "After 45 years of working at General Motors, Tim Lee will be welcoming retirement come April 1, 2014."
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Re: C8 Corvette Australia
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2021, 11:46:36 AM »
Keep Waiting !!!!!

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Re: C8 Corvette Australia
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2021, 03:59:19 PM »
Keep Waiting !!!!!

... 'til the fat lady sings.
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Re: C8 Corvette Australia
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2021, 05:09:27 PM »
ABSOLUTELY