1st Corvette C7 Wreck

[scannon]

According to Chevy spokesman Monte Doran, this was a GM test drive gone wrong: "During evaluation, the driver caught the inside tire caught the edge of the pavement during a tight corner, leading to the accident. Thankfully, no one was hurt, the car received only minor damage, and no citations were issued."

 

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http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/first-corvette-stingray-wreck-already-history-books-011152790.html

[slngsht]

master at parallel parking

[Mondo]

Yeah... that's my story and I'm sticking to it

[xcarguy]

I wonder how much the first 'wrecked' C7 would bring at BJ? :Chevy_anim:

[jimrankin]

Did they make him buy it? Back in my days as a youth the usual statement when some one wanted to drive the car you were selling "hard" it was "Ya break it, you bought it!. LOL.

[scannon]

It was one of the three factory pre-production cars driven by a company engineer doing a "tuning" of the suspension. I doubt he had to pay for it other than the razzing he got from his coworkers.

[lucky dawg]

I was at the Corvette factory in October 2005. There was a badly damaged Z06 under a tarp. Aparently one of the engineers checked out the preproduction car and took it to show off at his high school reunion (insert your own geek comment here). He showed off a little too much and hit a large inanimate object. Alcohol may have been involved.

 

The engineer did not lose his job but did lose his access to checking out cars, including for testing, which is a definite career limiting problem.

 

They wouldn't let me take any photos. GM probably did not want public postings like this one.