GM might be putting in the effort to improve quality control, but even so, mistakes can be made. According to service bulletin PIC6545, certain units of the 2024 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 may have left Bowling Green with the incorrect front splitter.
In the video attached below, Justin from Horsepower Obsessed showcases a superb-looking Z06 equipped with the Z07 performance package, visible carbon ground effects package, and the visible carbon-fiber wheels. The only problem with said car is the front splitter, which is equipped with a front splitter painted in Carbon Flash rather than being finished in exposed-weave carbon fiber.
The aforementioned service bulletin states that some vehicles optioned with regular production order code CFV (visible carbon-fiber ground effects) had been assembled in this fashion, with General Motors not giving an estimate of the affected population. The document also reveals that GM is currently investigating this little blunder.
PIC6545 further states that dealers are required to replace said front spoiler with the correct unit, an operation that should take 0.4 hours of labor time. For cars that are pending delivery, retailers have to ask customers if they want to receive the 2024 Corvette Z06 with the incorrect splitter and return at a later date for the correct part, or wait for the correct one to be fitted before taking delivery.
The correct splitter takes "a few weeks" to arrive, or so reads the cited service bulletin. While not a big problem in and of itself, one has to wonder if the assembly line workers and quality control employees at Bowling Green should undergo regular eye tests. How, in the name of all things holy, could a Z06 get the green light for shipping after two individuals (at the very least) saw the Carbon Flash-painted splitter on a vehicle specified with all things exposed-weave carbon fiber?
Photo: HorsePower Obsessed on YouTube
It boggles the mind, but looking at the bigger picture, it's not only General Motors. Last year, back in September 2023, a Ford retailer published a listing of a brand-new Mustang GT Premium Fastback with different seats for the driver and front passenger. Stellantis isn't holier-than-thou either, with Jeep famously messing up the rear badge alignment of a 2022 model year Wagoneer.
Turning out attention back to the Corvette, can you believe the Stingray now starts at $68,300 versus the original suggested retail price of $58,900 sans destination charge? Stepping up to the E-Ray and Z06 requires more than 100 grand, with the hybrid version starting at $104,900 and the high-revving thriller going for $112,700 from the outset.
That's very close to C7-generation ZR1 money, with Chevrolet asking $118,900 for the most powerful series-production Corvette of them all. Can you imagine how much the C8-generation ZR1 will be? Coming summer 2024 with a twin-turbo V8 derived from the LT6 of the Z06, the all-new ZR1 will definitely exceed the 755-horsepower max output rating of the one-model-year-only forerunner.
With more than 800 ponies on tap and even wilder aero than the Z07-equipped Z06, the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 with the ZTK performance package should also be the fastest series-production Corvette of all time at the Nurburgring. As of April 2024, that title goes to the C7-generation Z06 Z07 driven by Christian Gebhardt for Sport Auto in 2017. Despite being equipped with a manual, said model lapped the Green Hell in 7:13.90, which is half a second off the G82 BMW M4 CSL.
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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