Month: December 2011

A very bizarre accident involving a yellow C6 Corvette occurred Saturday night in Norwood, Mass. Police say a woman driving the yellow Corvette came out of out a Ferrari dealership and lost control. The Corvette hit two other vehicles, flipped and hit a light pole before coming to rest upside down.

A witness to the accident told Boston’s NewsCenter 5 that the woman in Corvette races cars for a living and had apparently stopped at a Chevrolet dealership looking for a faster car. The dealership didn’t have what she was looking for so she went over to another dealership to test drive a Ferrari.

The witness told the reporter that “something happened at the Ferrari dealership” that caused the woman to leave. She peeled out and then crashed a short distance away.

The woman driving the Corvette was airlifted to a local hospital and another victim that was in one of the cars struck by the Corvette was taken to an area hospital. No word on the severity of their injuries and police are still investigating the crash.

Source:
TheBostonChannel.com

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Santa and Mrs. Claus took some time off their preparations for this year’s Christmas celebration by stopping by the National Corvette Museum’s annual Breakfast with Santa last Saturday in Bowling Green. As you can see, St Nick arrived in style, driving the 15th Anniversary NCM 2010 Corvette Grand Sport.

In addition to having their pictures taken with Santa, the children also participated in activities like arts and crafts stations, dance performances, music, and story time with Mrs. Claus.

Although we can’t confirm, sources tell us the museum’s executive director Wendell Strode took Santa aside and asked for a Motorsports Park.

Source:
National Corvette Museum

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New Corvette sales continue to slide according to the latest General Motors delivery report. Deliveries for November 2011 fell to 910 for the month. Its the third consecutive drop in sales and three out of the last four months have failed to break the 1,000 unit mark. It looks a little better on paper as in November 2010 only had 836 deliveries so the month saw an increase of 8.9%. For the calendar year to date, Chevy has sold 12,126 Corvettes, an 4.1% increase over 2010.

Current offers for the 2011 Corvette include a $3,000 rebate or finance 0% down for 60 months or 2.9% for 72 months. 2012 Corvette buyers can get $1,500 dealer cash or a 3.9% APR for 60 months which also includes deferred payments for 120 days. GM is also offering $3,000 loyalty rebate towards the purchase of a new Corvette for current Corvette owners. No trade-in required. These incentives will run until 01/03/2012.

Corvette Stock Report:

We are unable to estimate the 2012 Corvette inventory. For remaining 2010 and 2011 Corvettes, Jeff Hardy’s website shows a total of 1,103. Here is the breakdown by year and models:

• 2011 Corvettes – 1,040
• 2010 Corvettes – 63

2011 Corvette Inventory Breakdown:

• Corvette Coupes – 272
• Corvette Convertibles – 133
• Corvette GS Coupes – 290
• Corvette GS Convertibles – 184
• Corvette Z06 – 89
• Corvette ZR1 – 72

2010 Corvette Inventory Breakdown:

• Corvette Coupes – 13
• Corvette Convertibles – 21
• Corvette GS Coupes – 5
• Corvette GS Convertibles – 11
• Corvette Z06 – 1
• Corvette ZR1 – 12

Bowling Green Production:

• 2012 Model Year Production in November 2011: 1,217
• 2012 Model Year To Date Through November 2011: 5,987
• 2011 Calendar Year to Date through November 2011: 12,211

Source:
GM.com

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