TTAC Salutes The C6 Corvette

Today marked a sad occasion at TTAC; the final C6 Corvette rolled off the line at Chevy’s Bowling Green, Kentucky, assembly plant.

The last C6 was a 427 Convertible with an engine built by Corvette chief engineer Tadge Juechter. The car is destined for GM’s museum in suburban Detroit, and in an ironic twist, demolition of the C6's assembly line began mere minutes after the last C6 rolled off of it.

Despite constant haranguing regarding a perceived anti-GM bias, there is universal admiration for the C6 in these parts. The base car and the Grand Sport represent some of the best sports car bargains available and the Z06 and ZR1 are among the world’s best performance cars at any price. Reaction to the new Corvette Stingray’s styling has been mixed, but given the superb performance of the C6, it’s easy to be optimistic about the C7's capabilities. But the C6's styling will always remain as the definitive modern ‘Vette, evolving the best cues of the C5 into a timeless shape that was distinctly American. A Black C6 Z06 is high upon my “must own list”.

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Chevrolet C6 Corvette production comes to a close

Chevrolet has officially closed the book on its C6 Corvette.

The last sixth-generation Corvette – a 427 convertible – rolled out of General Motor's Bowling Green, Kentucky plant on Thursday, closing out the C6's nine-year model run. The plant has already begun tooling up for the start of production of the next-generation C7 Corvette Stingray.

During that nine-year production run -- which spanned from 2005 to 2013 – a total of 215,100 C6 Corvettes were produced at the Bowling Green plant, including a handful of limited edition models. Chevy still has about 6,000 C6 Corvettes sitting on dealer lots, according to Automotive News, which should take about five and a half months to sell down.

With production of the C6 officially over, the Bowling Green plant is focusing all of its energy on the start of production of the new C7 Corvette, which debuted earlier this year at the Detroit auto show. The switchover has already begun, with the car scheduled to arrive in dealer showrooms by either late August or early September. Chevrolet will show a convertible version of the new Corvette at the Geneva Motor Show, with that model slated for retail sales by December.

Although the C6 is gone, it won't be forgotten. The final 427 convertible to roll off the line will be added to GM's Heritage Collection in Detroit.

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