2012 ‘Vette Walkaround At Corvette Funfest 2011

Andrew Wolf
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September 16, 2011
Tom Hill, Quality Engineering Manager at the Corvette Assembly Facility.

Tom Hill, the Quality Engineering Manager at Chevrolet’s Bowling Green, Ky. Corvette Assembly Plant, delivered a detailed walkaround of the 2012 Corvette lineup this morning on the grounds of Mid America Motorworks and the Corvette Funfest, taking an in-depth look at all of the new features and options on the refreshed 2012 model year ‘Vette. Making this more of an interactive experience than just a presentation, Hill quizzed the crowd on some of the new features as they checked out the new sharp new C6 and ZO6’s on display at the GM Engineering tent.

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The 2012 Corvette walkaround drew quite a crowd of interested onlookers this morning, curius to see some of the new cars up close and personal. Shown in the foreground is a new ZO6, which has optons including a carbon fiber hood, Perfromance Traction Management, and several other exciting new features.
All new 2012 Corvette models, such as this Millenium Yellow Grand Sport, will sport a new seat design and steering wheel. Available as an option and a feature that Hill displayed to the crowd was the microfiber suede seat inserts, which provide a much-improved tactile feel.

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