![]() I did have to replace the Opti and water pump at about 40 K miles. I do want to keep this car, it has been fairly reliable. I have been able to get home every time, but seems to be getting progressively worse. The misfiring gets worse as the engine gets hot. After driving for a mile or so, briefly misfires and Service Engine Soon, Service ASR, and SYS in speedometer blinks 3 times repeatedly. It has been back in the shop for over a week waiting for GM to figure out what to do.Corvette 1992, 73 K miles, bought it new, the problem is that it started misfiring intermittently a month ago. The top worked 4-5 times but made a clunking sound when it closed until last week when it deployed the hooks again before it was closed. The top worked in the heated shop but they moved it to an unheated area and the top would not close. I told the dealer to send a wrecker that I wasn’t going to drive it that far with the top down. ![]() The day after I got it back I put the top down and it wouldn’t even move. GM first offer to me for my trouble was $100 to use for service on the car. They contacted GM then replaced parts then more parts. After driving home I took it back to the dealer another hour away. I pushed the top down to get it to latch but there was a warning “top not secure” and you are limited to 58MPH. The day after I picked my corvette I put the top down and when I attempted to put it back up the hooks deployed before the top was closed. I hope not many owners are going through what I am with my 2021 HTC. The 2020 Corvette Stingray Convertible’s Daytime Reveal (37 Corvette photos) Watch the Reveal of the 2020 Corvette Stingray Convertible and C8.R Race Car The Carbon Flash Nacelles Option for the 2020 Corvette Stingray Convertible Will Cost You $1,295 While not scientific to say the least, I have three friends who originally purchased 2020 Coupes and all of them have said their next C8 Corvette will be a convertible version should Chevy choose to offer convertibles on the upper-performance models. We’re thinking that 40% does sound like the sweet spot for the mix of Convertible vs Coupe production and it will be interesting to see how that holds up with the introduction of future models. In 2014 with the introduction of the C7 Corvette, the convertible model was 29% of production. As a quick refresher, other significant model years for the convertible like the re-introduction of the convertible in 1986 only accounted for 21% of orders while the all-new C5 convertible released in 1998 was 38%. A quick review of the Corvette Black Book appears to confirm this. That leaves a majority of 2021 Convertibles (56%) being ordered in body color without the enhancements.Īs mentioned earlier, we haven’t seen sales numbers look this good for the Convertible model since 1969 when 43% of buyers choose the ’69 Stingray Convertible vs the 57% that purchased the T-Top Coupe model. The Carbon Flash Roof/Nacelles option (D84) represents 35% of all Convertibles while the Carbon Flash Nacelles-only option (D86) accounts for just 9% of orders. ![]() The unique options for convertible buyers can customize are the roof and nacelles. While a majority of 2020 Corvette Coupe orders selected the 3LT trim package, for 2021 it’s the 2LT leading all Coupe orders at 47% vs 33% for 3LT and 20% choosing the base 1LT. ![]() The Convertibles are also proving to be profit centers for the model as 52% of shoppers are choosing the 3LT model vs 40% ordering 2LT and only 8% going with the base 1LT model. In terms of raw numbers, that’s approximately 7,938 Convertibles vs 11,423 Coupes. We know that this number isn’t final for 2021 and we expect to see another couple of thousand cars added to that total before the model year officially concludes this summer.Ĭurrently, the Convertible models are now accounting for 41% of all 2021 orders while the coupes make up 59% of production. These include both Corvettes that have already been produced, as well as those that are still awaiting production. During the National Corvette Museum’s Bash Event this week, we got the first preliminary production numbers for the 2021 model year and convertible sales haven’t been this strong since the 1969 model year!Ĭorvette Product Manager Harlan Charles shared the 2021 order numbers that are based on a total of 19,362 Corvettes in GM’s Order Bank. With its exotic looks and no trade-offs when compared to the C8 Coupe, the C8 Convertible brings a whole new level of performance and excitement to the drop-top model.Īpparently I am not alone in thinking this. We’ve had a love affair with the new C8 Corvette Convertible model ever since we first saw the unveiling of the new model at the Kennedy Space Center in October 2019.
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