Build your own corvette engine
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http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/12/auto...dex.htm?hpt=T2
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Usually when you buy a car you expect someone else to build it for you. But, for a price, GM is letting some Chevrolet Corvette buyers build the car's engine themselves.
The "Engine Build Experience" is a $5,800 option on Corvette Z06 and ZR1 cars. Both are ultra-high-performance versions of the Corvette with engines that are hand-assembled at a plant in Wixom, Mich., near GM's Detroit headquarters. (The rest of the car is built at GM's Corvette assembly plant in Bowling Green, Ken.)
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GM technician Bruce Blomfield assembles a Corvette engine at GM's Wixom, Mich. Performance Build Center.
Customers who pay for the privilege will be invited to come to Wixom to assemble the engine for their car under the guidance of GM technicians. Once assembly is complete, a personalized nameplate is attached to the engine which is then sent to Bowling Green where it's put into the car.
"In a way, this is a dream program for a Corvette customer. I would have jumped at the chance to build the 427 in my '67 'Vette, and that didn't have half of what goes into one of these modern precision engines," said Tom Stephens, GM vice chairman for global product operations, in an announcement.
The roughly $70,000 Z06 has a 505-horsepower 7.0-liter V8 engine, while the $110,00 ZR1 has a 638-horsepower 6.2-liter engine.
The owner-built engines still get the same 5-year, 100,000 mile warranty as the engines the pro's build, GM said.
Customers must pay their own travel expenses, but a GM concierge will help with arranging lodging and meals while in the Detroit area.
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GM offers a number of special purchase programs for the Corvette including one in which owners can watch their car being built in the Bowling Green factory, and another in which the new owner can take possession of the car at the National Corvette Museum, also in Bowling Green.
The "Engine Build Experience" is a $5,800 option on Corvette Z06 and ZR1 cars. Both are ultra-high-performance versions of the Corvette with engines that are hand-assembled at a plant in Wixom, Mich., near GM's Detroit headquarters. (The rest of the car is built at GM's Corvette assembly plant in Bowling Green, Ken.)
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GM technician Bruce Blomfield assembles a Corvette engine at GM's Wixom, Mich. Performance Build Center.
Customers who pay for the privilege will be invited to come to Wixom to assemble the engine for their car under the guidance of GM technicians. Once assembly is complete, a personalized nameplate is attached to the engine which is then sent to Bowling Green where it's put into the car.
"In a way, this is a dream program for a Corvette customer. I would have jumped at the chance to build the 427 in my '67 'Vette, and that didn't have half of what goes into one of these modern precision engines," said Tom Stephens, GM vice chairman for global product operations, in an announcement.
The roughly $70,000 Z06 has a 505-horsepower 7.0-liter V8 engine, while the $110,00 ZR1 has a 638-horsepower 6.2-liter engine.
The owner-built engines still get the same 5-year, 100,000 mile warranty as the engines the pro's build, GM said.
Customers must pay their own travel expenses, but a GM concierge will help with arranging lodging and meals while in the Detroit area.
0:00 /2:02A race car for the commuting set
GM offers a number of special purchase programs for the Corvette including one in which owners can watch their car being built in the Bowling Green factory, and another in which the new owner can take possession of the car at the National Corvette Museum, also in Bowling Green.
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Hmm - Don't know how I feel about this. On one side its cool and shit, on the other, If i'm dropping that coin on a car, I want a professional building my motor.
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Random - if you look at how they build them, you could have a trained monkey build the engine.
That said, if someone is going to pay $5000 to build his own engine, it damn well ought to include the whole experience, meals, lodging, airfare.
That said, if someone is going to pay $5000 to build his own engine, it damn well ought to include the whole experience, meals, lodging, airfare.
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what if you bring your own cam, heads and intake?
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meh, let the gm employees get paid to do it, and pay the normal price for the car.
i wouldnt pay extra to work on the car. id want a discount for having worked on it (employee discount)
btw, dont they already get enough $$ for the car anyway? they could offer this as an optional free program couldnt they? maybe only to previous corvette owners or something.
i wouldnt pay extra to work on the car. id want a discount for having worked on it (employee discount)
btw, dont they already get enough $$ for the car anyway? they could offer this as an optional free program couldnt they? maybe only to previous corvette owners or something.
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a corvette owner building his own corvette. do you even know how long that would fucking take? checking every detail with a micrometer and tolerance. dudes setting up lawn chairs protecting those cars all night.
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