How The 2023 Corvette C8 Z06 Is Made

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Published 2023-01-29
We take a trip to Bowling Green, Kentucky, to explain how the C8 Corvette is made. With help from Engineering and factory, we detail the complexity of modern assembly, supply chain, and how American manufacturing is alive and well. The business and finance of dedicated sports cars is always a complex topic. However, the mid-engine Corvette is a rare success story. Fans of all brands ranging from Ferrari, Porsche, Ford, Toyota, and BMW will learn something in this video.

#cars #technology #howto

Index:
00:00 Intro - What to Expect
1:16 Always More to the Story
2:38 The People Behind the Car
6:27 Rare Experience to Buy a Z06
7:37 Explaining the Assembly Process
12:09 Complexity and Supply Chain
13:55 Assembly vs. Manufacturing
16:42 The Many Trim Options
21:19 Building the Car vs. Engineering
22:22 Understanding Build Times and Speed
24:11 Different Varients, Different Issues
26:40 Making Things Easier To Build
28:07 Engine Building Z06 and Sting Ray
29:45 Understanding Engine Break-in and Dyno
32:31 Building the LT6
34:50 Rare Manufacturing and People
36:08 Conclusions and Take Aways
38:07 Doing a lot with a Little, Support SavageGeese

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  • I’m a long haul, about to retire trucker who hauled parts for the C7 and C8 corvette(fully assembled dashboards on huge racks from Alabama going to their plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky)and for the Mercedes SLR(the very expensive undercarriage carbon fiber aero pieces from an out in the middle of nowhere, down a dirt road manufacturing plant in Mississippi to I can’t remember where)….the general public would be shocked to see where all these vehicles parts come from.. mostly small towns and small manufacturers. The logistics to ship, install all of this in seriously tight time frames is truly amazing. The small town manufacturer employees are really the unsung heroes of these amazing specialized machines. Most of todays automobiles are made from parts from dozens of small manufacturers in the USA. To get to walk around the bowling green and Mercedes plants and also to walk and tour these small manufacturers is something I’ll never forget.
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  • @stefndogg
    Very cool. I work for an OE(on the design side) and have been lucky to walk through a couple plants. What sticks out most to me about Bowling Green is the sheer amount of complexity. The auto industry as a whole has been trying to reduce part/configuration complexity (in part due to the success of brands like Tesla that have very little complexity), so to see that GM understands the importance of customization/personalization with the Corvette is great. Thanks for a great video.
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