Not talking with Mike Furman is like winning a golf lesson with Tiger Woods and taking it from his caddy instead because Tiger is running a few minutes late." Doc Prego from the midenginecorvetteforum.com site. I have no assistants...I get back to everyone as fast as possible.
*So many times, people call blindly in to Criswell Chevrolet and if you don't ask for me you will then end up with one of the 34 other sales reps on the Chevrolet showroom floor. 301 212 4420 is my desk direct line (not a text line) and my email is mfurman@criswellauto.com I've been selling Corvettes for 43 years and trust me, my experience counts.
Quick notes...All inbound 2020 Corvettes are SOLD factory orders and spoken for. GM puts them in our inventory as soon as they are marked for DELIVERY status from Bowling Green, KY.
2021 Corvette allocations begin in October. Once GM shares the 2021 Corvette order spec guide, I will disperse to all on my Corvette customer list. Please be patient. Remember the world is still battling a pandemic.
Bowling Green Assembly plant continues to shine, having last month produced the 5,000th C8 since the May 26th production resumption. Sometime this week BGA will reach the milestone of building more than twice the number of C8’s since the resumption as they did in the first, Feb 3 though March 16th, initially C8 assembly period.
The 2020 Corvette was selected to Pace last month’s Indy 500. For pictures and more: https://www.midenginecorvettef
We recently learned from a Tadge Juechter video at the virtual Peterson Auto Week that unlike typically, there will be no production interruption when the 2020 model year end and the 2021 MY begins in December. Tadge also talked about the two new colors of Silver Flare and Red Mist Metallic tint coat and his personal passion for Red Mist. He has chosen Red Mist for his 2021 captured test fleet car. As of yet however not one C8 has been painted in either color. But there is always a possibility that this week in Bowling Green, KY that these colors may be displayed...let's hope so.
Speaking of 2021’s, the best news since my last newsletter is not just that its MSRP is unchanged (announced first at in last May’s NCM Bash), that there are no price increases for either the 2LT nor the 3LT. Out of about 100 C8 options, all but four kept their 2020 price. The four that will have 2021 price increases include the front lift, Z51, visible carbon fiber mirror caps and the LPO black trident wheels. For complete pricing information: https://www.midenginecorvettef
Interesting interview held with Chief Corvette Exterior Designer Kirk Bennion of some of the C8’s design parameter. Story and video line here: https://www.midenginecorvettef
I am delivering many C8’s in person every week. (C8 signifies the 8th generation of Corvette production) Pure fun for me to do that as I experience the sheer delight of introducing the new C8’s to their new owners. As most of you know, I am also delivering new C8’s remotely via the NCM Museum Delivery program, courtesy delivery shipments, and by shipping them from Criswell once they have been PDI’d, and paid/signed for directly to their new owner’s house.
Rumors abound about the upcoming C8 Z06. Of course, as we know for every rumor that turns out to be correct, five to ten turn out to be bogus. I would not put any stock in any of them. When facts appear, they will appear immediately at: www.MidEngineCorvetteForum.com
Discussions continue, informed rumors about the Z06 components... The latest ones include that it will offer three different rear spoiler/high wing options. Others are about its standard carbon ceramic brakes, visible carbon fiber wheels, Cup 2 tires, etc. https://www.midenginecorvettef
*I spent every Summer with Zora Duntov from 1978-1990 and his favorite quote to me when I spoke of future Corvettes was "Rumors sell magazines and not cars!"
Thanks as always for making me the # 1 Corvette salesperson ever, as sometime in the early Spring 2021,
I will reach my 5,000 Corvette delivery. Meanwhile I currently own my 21st Corvette in 43 years of selling Corvettes!
Mike Furman
Corvette National Sales
Criswell Chevrolet of Gaithersburg, MD
off Fridays and Sundays
301-212-4420 Direct
503 Quince Orchard Rd.
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
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