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First C7 Corvette Press Kit Raises $4,300 for Charity
Guess who made the winning bid for the first
press kit for the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette
Stingray being auctioned off by General Motors
to raise money for the American Cancer
Society?
The Chamber of Commerce in Bowling Green,
Ky., where the new car will be assembled,
placed the high bid of $4,300 for the press kit
after an auction on eBay this week.
“The Corvette is part of our DNA in Bowling
Green,” said Ron Bunch, chamber president and CEO. “We’re internationally known for this icon of the
automotive world, and we’re excited to be owners of the first press kit.”
In all, 2,014 press kits were assembled for the media and invited guests and given out after the C7 was
unveiled to the public on Jan. 13. Chevrolet kept the No. 1 kit for the auction.
Not only was it the first kit produced, the box also features autographs from key folks like Corvette chief
engineer Tadge Jeuchter, GM design chief Ed Welburn, GM North America CEO Mark Reuss, and GM
product development chief Mary Barra.
Included in the impressively produced kit are a color booklet detailing the Corvette Stingray, a USB flash
drive with press release and photo files, and a desk paperweight with the Stingray emblem.
Chamber officials plan to show off the press kit at their office, which is just five miles west of the
Corvette assembly plant and the National Corvette Museum.
Spring Hill to Produce Body Parts for 2014 Corvette Stingray
More details about the 2014 Corvette
Stingray continue to come out in the
aftermath of the unveiling of the C7
in Detroit last Sunday.
The Tennessean newspaper in
Nashville is reporting that the
General Motors plant in Spring Hill
has been enlisted to help with
production of the Corvette for the
first time ever.
The Spring Hill plant will be
producing the front and rear fascias
for the seventh-generation car and then sending them to Bowling Green for final assembly, according to
spokesman Lee Ann Williams Maley.