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C8 Corvette Z06 Production & Allocation List Calculator (VIDEO)

In this video by Records Rebuilds on YouTube he goes over a custom Google sheet calculator he built to help people on C8 Corvette Z06 lists have an estimate of when they will receive their C8 Z06.

C8 Corvette Z06 Production and Allocation Calculator

This C8 Z06 Production and Allocation calculator takes into consideration a lot of great variables to help make the most accurate guess you can at this time. Below are some of the inputs and outputs of the C8 Z06 List calculator that is customizable to your liking once you make a copy.

Some of the variables of the spreadsheet include:

The beauty of this C8 Z06 calculator is even if you don’t agree with Records Rebuilds with his inputs you can make a copy and enter what you think as well to make the best estimated time until you receive a C8 Corvette Z06.

The C8 Z06 calculator than provides an output of the following information and provides the best guess on when you will receive a Corvette Z06 based on these factors.

  • Dealer % Production
  • Dealer Z06 per year
  • Dealer Z06 per week
  • Weeks from Z06 launch until your car is produced
  • Week of Production

C8 Corvette Z06 Calculator

Here is a link to the C8 Corvette Z06 calculator and be sure to go follow Records Rebuilds on YouTube. He has been providing fantastic information on the Corvette C8 Z06 including the Ciocca Corvette list date when that launched and how to wire money to get on their list, how to see your list number on Ciocca Corvette, and now this C8 Z06 best estimated time until the week of production of your C8 Corvette Z06.

Chevy Dealer Making People Give a $50,000 Donation for C8 Z06

In this video by RacerX on YouTube he talks about not taking his delivery of his C8 Corvette to be on the list for the C8 Corvette Z06.

During this 2 1/2 year wait he has just learned the dealer that was selling his C8 Corvette for MSRP is not telling him he has to pay an extra $50,000 for the C8 Corvette Z06 that will go to Charity?!

This is a first we have heard a Chevy dealer use this approach with the mark up of a C8 Corvette or C8 Corvette Z06. We have heard and there is video proof of dealers like Van Chevrolet in Scottsdale, AZ charging $85,000 mark ups and asking for $10,000 deposits for the C8 Corvette Z06. That’s a lot of money to let someone hold especially since the production date is now going to be late summer and more like August 2022 which is 10 months since the C8 Z06 unveil date of October 2021.

C8 Z06 $50,000 Mark Up for Charity?

C8 Corvette Z06 Production Start Date August 22nd 2022? (INSIDE INFO)

In this video by Brink of Speed he shares more inside info about the C8 Corvette Z06 Production start date from someone that is supplying parts for the new 2023 C8 Corvette Z06 supposedly.

In the last video and this blog post he mentioned his contact shared that it is true that production of the C8 Corvette Z06 will not start until “Late Summer” as Chevrolet has been saying even in a recent press release in the Chevrolet Media center.

C8 Z06 Corvette Production Date in August 2022

In this video he gives Brink of Speed an exact date of August 22nd, 2022 and they will be targeting 900 C8 Corvettes a week  in production until August 2022. And then they will take the base model C8 Corvette production to 600 a week with 300 a week of the C8 Corvette Z06 variant as a breakdown of that 900 a week target goal. In four months that would mean by December 2022 possibly 6,000 C8 Corvette Z06 will be produced.

It was previously thought that the C8 Z06 production start date would be May 9th with the base 2023 C8 Corvette stingray models but again there are supply chain issues with magnetic ride control and chips.

This again coincides with another recent YouTuber that had replies back from the official Corvette Instagram and direct messages as well as “later summer” for pricing and production of the C8 Corvette Z06.

C8 Z06 Visualizer Updates

In the beginning of the video he covers some of the latest updates to the C8 Corvette Z06 Visualizer tool that includes new bronze wheel options and more.

If you want all the latest C8 Z06 news, information, and compilation of the latest YouTube videos check out our C8 Z06 Corvette only section of our site.

We share information from Chevy dealers, YouTube, Chevrolet’s Media center, forums, and more.

2023 C8 Corvette Constraint Update

In this video by Rick Corvette Conti in Ohio he goes over the recent 2023 C8 Corvette order constraints and shows his frustrations with this car. There is so much demand and with chip shortage and magnetic ride control supply issues the production still can’t keep up.

Chevy dealers like the one Rick use to work at are use to corvettes on the lot with mark downs like the C7s started getting discounted up to the year prior to the C8 Corvette unveil. Now customers if they could would just order a C8 Corvette right through GM or Chevrolet.com as people do on Tesla.com and with ordering a Tesla.

C8 Corvette Z06 Ordering

Rick mentioned General Motors says ordering for the C8 Corvette Z06 is going to be “late spring” and tentative which means more like late summer early Fall unless these supply chain issues magically resolve themselves quicker which they haven’t in the last two years.

LIFE OF A C8 CORVETTE SALESMAN RIGHT NOW

You can tell in Rick’s video that there really is no point to a Chevy sales person when they have no cars to sell. If Chevrolet.com opened up ordering directly like Tesla.com they would eliminate the need to ask sales people at these franchise dealers what’s happening with their cars and orders. Most dealers make their profit on the service centers so maybe Franchise dealers will become just that eventually.

2023 CORVETTE ORDER / CONSTRAINT UPDATE APRIL 2022

2023 C8 Corvette Z06 Production Start Date (INSIDE INFO?)

In this hour long video by Brink of Speed he covers the latest C8 Z06 news including production start dates, Capture Test Fleet vehicle, and the new Carbon Fiber Wheel dilemma.

Brink of Speed says his is inside info but not official from General Motors. he has mentioned this contact in past videos and supposedly he doesn’t work for GM but works for a supplier of the C8 Corvette Z06 parts.

The official production date for the C8 Corvette Stingray is May 9th and people thought the C8 Corvette Z06 would start then as well.

The bad news is this supplier is saying the C8 Z06 production will not start until August of 2022 now. This actually coincides with another YouTuber we covered that had direct messages and replies from the official Corvette page on Instagram saying “late summer”, which official “Late summer” is September which is the end of Summer ending September 22nd, 2022.

The computer chip shortages as well as supply chain issues and other part shortages are really effecting the C8 Corvette Z06 launch just like it has with other Manufacturers. This is where its better sometimes to just go with what is available from the OEM and then getting aftermarket parts for the C8 Corvette like carbon fiber that might be on constraint. Magnetic Ride is one of the options that are on constraint currently but every C8 Z06 needs that and there isn’t an aftermarket option.

C8 Corvette Z06 Production Start Date

Van Chevrolet is Marking Up the C8 Z06 $85k!

In this video by the Car Review Guys he calls Van Chevrolet in Scottsdale, Arizona which is one of the top Corvette sales dealers in the country to see how to get on their C8 Corvette Z06 list.

In the call, the sale rep says you need to put $10k down, it’s going to be marked up $85,000 and there are about 30 people on their list.

This is lower than the last time The Car Review Guys reached out and it was a $20,000 deposit and a $100,000 mark up of the C8 Corvette Z06.

Chevrolet at the time of this post (April 2022) still hasn’t released pricing for the C8 Z06 but they confirmed on the phone call that is it comes out at $100k they would charge $85,000 more on top of that in the form of a mark up on the car. Another Arizona dealer Gateway Chevrolet has been known to mark up C8 Corvettes just like Van Chevy in Scottsdale. We actually posted another video we found on YouTube where Gateway Chevrolet was marking up a C8 Corvette $50,000.

C8 Corvette Z06 Mark Ups

What do you think of this video, the deposit amounts, and the mark ups? Just supply and demand? or General Motors should jump in and prohibit mark ups or potentially go direct to consumer route like Tesla and make dealers a service center only for software updates? (Comment below)

C8 Corvette Order Update (Over 2 Years Later)

In this video by Wimya on YouTube you can see what a disaster it is to order a Corvette C8. He waited almost two years now and still doesn’t have a C8 Corvette.

This is how much demand there is as well as how much Chevy dealers are behind on ordering and keeping up with the demand. The production in Bowling Green has stopped several times for different reasons including supply chain issues that are now effecting the launch of the new 2023 C8 Corvette Z06.

This is pretty common with Chevy dealers and General Motors production of the Corvette C8 they are either taking over a year to get people their cars or marking them up. If you don’t want to wait this long to order one at MSRP you can try using sites like Cars.com or Car Gurus and find a used one marked up in your area.

2023 C8 Corvette Delivery Day (Update 23 Months later)

Is the 2023 C8 Z06 DELAYED? (LATE Summer)

In this video by Supercar Ranch on YouTube he discusses his Instagram reply and private direct message reply he received from the official Corvette Instagram account.

They have been advised to tell people we will not see the Corvette C8 Z06 until Late Summer and pricing closer to sale. Summer official starts June 21st and ends September 22nd. So if we are looking at late summer its more likely to be in August 2022 or September 2022 that we will see the new C8 Corvette Z06 produced with pricing available.

Also, they were open to people sharing what dealers are marking up the C8 Corvette Z06 however they also said the dealers are independently owned and can make their own decisions and have the ability to do so.

 

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Corvette World Just REDUCED PRICES on a LOT of their C8 Inventory!

In this video by Brink of Speed on YouTube he visits Corvette World again and covers C8 Corvette inventory with C8 Corvette prices dropping.

Towards the end of the video is where Robert from Corvette World mentions they are dropping the prices of 15 of the corvettes shown at the time of this video and having a March end sale.

We have covered Corvette C8 pricing from the start and although the base model Corvette C8 Stingray unveiled at a $59995 base price the current base price of a 2023 C8 Corvette as of March 20222 is $63k now.

Also, the demand for the Corvette C8 has not stopped if anything its stronger than ever and Corvette C8s are priced above MSRP if you don’t have a chance to get one from a dealer which many still have 1-2 year waits for the C8 Corvette.

The C8 Corvette Z06 is suppose to come out in the Summer of 2022 and that pricing hasn’t been released yet but is rumored to start in the $87k-92k range. Current inflation and supply chain issues continue to hold that car up for pricing and production.

Are Carbon Fiber wheels WORTH it on the C8 Z06?

In this video by Fred’s Full Throttle on YouTube he covers whether or not the Carbon Fiber Wheels are worth it or not on the new 2023 C8 Corvette Z06 and how they are built. Also, he shares really good insights on all of the new C8 Corvette wheel options for the C8 Corvette Z06 if you decided you didn’t want to go for the Carbon Fiber Wheel option.

The Carbon Fiber Wheels on the C8 Z06 are made by Carbon Revolution who also produces the Ford GT and Ford GT500 wheels which are a $18,500 option with their Carbon Fiber Track Package. Also, if you wanted to replace the Carbon fiber Wheel on the Ford GT 500 is $7,000 each in the front and $5,000 for each rear wheel.

Also, carbon fiber has becoming increasingly popular with high performance cars to save weight and more strength with the cars. The carbon fiber wheels on the C8 Corvette Z06 are rated to save 41 lbs.

Carbon Fiber Wheels Pros

  • Weigh less than standard wheels
  • Sharper Handling
  • Better Acceleration
  • More Strength
  • No Corrosion

Carbon Fiber Wheels Cons

  • Cost
  • Your will need the C8 Z06 Z07 package for the Carbon Fiber Wheel option
  • Durability with broken pavement or pot holes, there has already been sighting of a bad curb rash on a Torch Red C8 Z06 with Carbon Fiber Wheels
  • Heat Degradation
  • UV Degradation
  • There is no such thing as Wheel or Rim Repair for Carbon Fiber Wheels
  • Replacement Availability with early production of the car and with recent supply chain issues
  • Visual Symmetry

In this video I go into detail about the wheel options for the C8 Z06. I dive into the specifics, cover the pros and cons of the standard aluminum alloy wheels, versus the carbon fiber wheels. I present all the information I have so to help anyone who is trying to decide which wheels to go with. This is the second in a series of deep dives I’m doing on the C8 Z06 options, so stick around if you want to learn more about the car, and help inform your choices for your own spec!

Carbon Fiber Wheels for the C8 Z06 (everything you need to know)

What do you think about the Carbon Fiber Wheels for the new C8 Z06? Leave a comment below on this blog post to share whether or not you will be getting the Carbon Fiber Wheels or the standard aluminum and titanium wheel options?