I have had three Corvettes during my life and the last one I flew to this factory in Bowling Green, KY (via Nashville, TN airport) and after a tour of the engineering, museum and factory drove it home. What a thrill.
Watching that video just made my day. I'm going down to the garage and giving my torch red on torch red 6 spd C5 a nice, big hug! Thanks team Corvette for building such beautiful cars. They are an iconic symbol of America!
I have loved all Corvette's since a child! I have owned many including all the C's. I owned C-1, 1959, C-2 a 1967. All series, Since then. I just purchased a 2015 Corvette eight speed automatic. Of all the Corvettes of her own, this one seems to be the nicest. Incredible technology, incredible Agility, stability, and I hope reliability. For anyone that has never owned it the stingray Corvette, you will not be disappointed! This is the nicest Corvette of the produced! It's made to enjoy!
Thank You ! My Union Brothers ! My Vette rolled out of your plant more than 29 years ago ! She still runs perfect ! It’s a testament to the quality of work you guys do every day there ! Every time I fire her up .... it still feels like the first day I took it off the showroom floor ! Thanks Again ! 🤙🏾
It's wonderful to see American auto workers building a great iconic car like the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. I remember that, living near a college fraternity house, alot of the fellows loved to be able to own this car and impress their girlfriends! These workers are great; I'm so glad to see US workers still making autos here in this country!
After watching Corvette assembly plant, was truly amazed n impressed with the workmanship that goes into assembling an American iconic car ! Hats off to the men n women that work there. Everyone there knew exactly what their jobs WERE. It was like a well orchestrated performance. They had to be precise into assembling the cars. At the same time NOT to even scratch it !!! AMAZIN! It comes right down to it: TEAMWORK !
Went through the Corvette plant 25 years ago when the Museum opened. Very cool to see and a totally different car today. Looks like the same thing today with colors,you'll have a run of 10-15 come through that are red,then 10-15 that are black...etc,etc.
Wow seems to be an understatement! Love my Corvette, made in America. It's just awesome to seeing these workers doing their thing! The final inspections and fit / finish is awesome.
I spent three years on the assembly line at Tarrytown N.Y. 1957. 1960 Part of that time was on the Chassis line talk about a. Dark , dinghy , cold in the winter ,sweltering in the Summer place to work sparks flying , smokey deafening noise. This plant looks as clean and sterile as a Hospital Nice working conditions and good pay.
"this plant looks as clean and sterile as a hospital" get yourself down to Specsavers mate because you need your eyes testing. Crowded. very little to no PPE, shit left in walk ways etc
We have been there a few times. Last was when we went to pickup the wife's '03 Anniversary coupe across the street at the Museum. Watching them being built never gets old. Especially like the special tour you get with the Museum delivery. The wife even got to do the "First Start", she enjoyed that. Keep up the good work that you all do. Maybe we will see ya soon, C8 coming.
She must have really enjoyed that!. I've taken the assembly tour several times (The Buick GS Nationals is in BG) and got selected to do the initial start and drive off the line. That year they were doing the initial Blue Devil car; It was in the troubleshoot area off to the right after the start-up. I plan on taking the tour again, when they resume the tours...
I built some of the tools used in this video and sold all of the lightweight cranes used. I've been in most of the US auto plants over the last 20 years, and it's pretty cool to see all of the cars and trucks be built.
It's not a car assembly plant but it was once a GM facility. Have you been in Nexteer Automotive (which was Delphi before and before that Steering Gear). It's in Saginaw, Michigan
I just got a new C7. Only 500 miles on it. I researched the hell out of it's competitors ( most of them foreign) and I went with the new Vette because its a raw V8 rear drive sports car with a great manual gearbox and it looks incredible. I'm not sure watching this video makes me feel better or worse about the reliability I am hoping for with this car. It's not so much the uniforms they are not wearing but watching a 22 year old kid in jeans and a T-shirt screwing together my 70k sports car is an image I'm going to have to forget. This is what has kept American car quality in the low ranks for decades. And I'm from Detroit saying this.
My home town. I live about 10 miles, from this plant. The city has Corvette reunions, a couple of times each year. Bowling Green gets filled with Corvettes. They are everywhere, during these events.
There is no skill involved! This is an unskilled trade. That is why it pisses me off to think how much these factory workers are making. It is an insult to skilled trades. Every single thing is engineered and set up ahead of time. The engineering and organization of the assembly line is impressive. A worker does one repetitive thing all day. It would drive me insane.
I work at a Chevy Dealership As a Tech. Ive driven quite a bit of these newer vehicles. They are truly amazing, very well crafted, the owners dont seem to use them though, the most ive seen is 30k miles on a c7 stingray.
I'm a uaw worker. We have so many stinking uaw shirts that theres no occasion to wear them except for red shirt wednesdays. So this was probably just a normal day, it's better to get those work clothes dirty rather than your regular clothes. :)
I retire in 3 years....I am buying a vette. I have said it to my wife and family. I have wanted one since 1964.....I will get a new one. I only wish I was 25 years old.
I remember taking tours years ago at car assembly plants. You could hear all the pneumatic drivers buzzing along, now they are all almost completely silent. Quite a change from the past.
My dad ordered one of these cars in March, and we got told they are building it as we speak, Interesting video I can watch to see what goes into building my dad's new car.
@@tmkatx6497 I've been fearful of the number of stupid people out there for years, but it really came into focus with the recent election. You can't fix stupid. Stupid may get that jackass jerry-rigged into the White House!
Took the tour of the plant this past week. Pretty impressive! Corvettes are built per order. Typical wait period is like 3 months. You are even invited to come in and help build the engine that will go into your car!
BTW. It may seem like people have a lot of time in the video to do nothing. But if you take the tour. You realize the car keeps moving, and that they only have a few minutes at each station to complete their tasks. Some tasks may not take as long as other tasks to complete.
If it weren't for Henry, Billy & Walter there'd be no UAW - and dumbass unions nearly destroyed the industry that provides their livelihoods - talk about STUPIDITY!
@@mikeh.8155You can't spell COMMUNISM w/out UNIONISM! If unions are so good, why do they try to get laws passed making membership COMPULSORY? Something worth thinking about...
What i‘m saying is weird but i like how they don‘t wear uniforms, it makes the car somehow cooler for me and it looks like they work with passion. Looks like a chilled atmosphere, i‘d love to own a corvette build in America one time.
Back a couple years ago I applied to work at this plant. Turns out once you turn 50, no need to bother. They offered me a position on the ground maintenance crew. Too bad they also refused to let me take my shirt off. Some of us older men and women still have it.
I wanna drive my 78 to Bowling Green just to visit the birthplace. 21 is a little young for a Vette but I put it in the budget and have been told these are cars you wanna enjoy at a young age.
@@youngestson6537 I believe the world's most efficient Assembly Plant in 2018 was NISSAN's Smyrna Plant (TN), which assembled more than 495,000 vehicles 0r 1,720 vehicles/day based on a 288 day work schedule. Capitalism! Ain't it grand!!!
America's first real sports car evolved over the years, and the UAW workers keep making them roll along. I assume the Bowling Green Plant has almost done the retooling for the new 2020 mid-engine Corvette to be built end of 2019. The guys and gals will be busy for sure once they start selling the end of this year. Keep up the good work guys and gals.
It’s so awesome GM let’s their employees wear comfortable clothes while working... it makes such a difference. All the fools saying they need uniforms must be hated at their jobs if in a leadership position. Employees want to be comfortable. They will also work better that way.
why are people bitching about not having uniforms? uniforms suck, and the general public dont even see these people working, aside from this video, so why tf would they need a uniform?? I work for a Company Called Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and we produce the vast majority of police, military, and sporting ammunition and we dont have to wear uniforms. It's the best part about the job. you just go to work, no worrying if your uniform is cleaned, or ironed, or any of that BS, and the workers are generally happier about it. I sure as hell am. I couldn't imagine going back to a job that required a uniform now.
In a car plant, a uniform has advantages. Jeans with rivets, large metal belt buckles and the like, can scratch paint and interior trim pieces. Most car companies provide uniforms for this reason. I'm kind of shocked they are not used here.
Yup. it removes the elements of danger to the employee as well (loose clothing equals danger, and depending on what they wear, it might get them hurt if metal pieces pinch or jab). I'm surprised you don't demand your company to supply uniforms. I hate to get my clothes worn/dirty while at work. Company should pay to clean them as well. Then you wouldn't have to worry about cleaning or ironing your clothes and you would have less stress at work :)
I work with highly explosive mix that has green dye in it and i dont worry about my clothes. We have a dress code- no baggy clothes, must be at least 60% cotton to reduce static, and we have to wear the supplied denim aprons. I love being able to wear my own clothes to work. Uniforms suck. And there has never been an incident due to someones clothing...
***** lol, what are you even doing with that comment? The only reason my name is BMW Guy is because I had to link with google + and put in a "Real" name. I've owned 1 bmw, the E30 in my profile pic. I have never stated that I was a BMW know-it-all. I just like the car. But go ahead and keep trying to rustle my jimmies...
I think working in a place like this is fun but really really hard work. They should be proud of working in an assembly line for the real American Super car the Corvette!!!!!!
Back when I was a automotive supplier in 1979, the original Corvette plant ( 8 JPH) was part of the mammoth GMAD St. Louis, MO assembly complex. The Corvette plant was the smallest building next to the large assembly plant building Pickups (50 JPH) and Chevy Caprices (70 JPH) (AKA: B car). This was GM's biggest production plant in the North America at that time. GM moved Corvette production to an all new assembly plant Bowling Green, KY only because the St. Louis city government refused to help and provide a Tax break to GM for a new plant in St Louis. so GM closed the old plant down and left town. Now look at that part of the city in St, Louis, it's a big open eye sore for the city. BTW, when the new plant opened, all Corvette employees were offered a chance to transfer to Bowling Green, all expenses paid by GM. That was a best decision GM made.
I work for a Japanese auto manufacturer and I'm so jealous of these guys being able to wear t-shirts & shorts. It's mid 90's outside & we gotta have long pants on & our long sleeves all the way down and in some areas Kevlar sleeves on top of that oh and now stage 4 cut resistance gloves which are really hot 😪
If I hadn't seen that this is a new Corvette (2013 model year), I would have thought this was the mid 90s seeing the line workers' dress and hair styles. I am shocked that they are allowed to dress like this. Total trash!
Hydroboy35th, I worked for a third party offshore crane service company. They furnished us with very good quality jeans and shirts but we did not wear them as they were treated with a 'fire-retardent process, they simply were hot as all get out cause the material could not 'breathe'....
Esse carro é top Não é a toa que é o carro madrinha da fórmula Indy nas 500 milhas de Indianápolis Na minha modesta opinião é o melhor carro da montadora e eu como sou fã da GM para mim é o melhor do mundo.
Seeing that guy at the end of the line gapping the hood fitment reminded me of seeing a, then, new 1975 Ford LTD with a trunk lid that didn't line up and was kittywompus from side to side. Couldn't believe it. Nice to see now the attention taken to a detail such as hood fitment.
So strange how negative comments have become the norm, people can't find any real issues to complain about so they resort to comments about lack of uniforms or the slow speed of the line.. Try doing that slow speed for 12 hours straight as opposed to watching a 8 minute video.
Electric Caddi on 22's And they want to bash on the one company that really keeps the hot Rod spirit alive with their engines. They still build an engine that the average man can understand and hot rod or swap. And computers that can be custom program very easily I’m pretty sure they do that stuff for a reason. If they ever start building 32 valve double overhead cam over complicated junk like the ticking exploding coyote 5.0s they will loose my respect. Keep up the good work guys.
Its funny when they make 40,000 corvettes a year but over at Dodge in the Vipers 25 years the total run was 34,000 for 25 years!!! The Corvette is the fastest produced sports car in the world. No other manufacturers build half as many of their hi performance types than GM does with the Vette.
I worked on the assembly line in different capacities for 35 years to break up the monotony of doing the same thing over and over. Having a dress code is rediculous it doesn't help to build a better car. It helps to think positive and not be so negative like some of the people making comments on here.
@118183191667495357028 Obviously by your remark I would say its you who doesn't think. Engineering has made as many problems as they correct. I didn't say what I did on the assembly line so don't assume my intelligence Mr. engineer. In a lot of cases I have seen the assembler on the floor pointing out a problem to an engineer and then they correct it and get the glory.
I just watched a video of the Fort Wayne GM truck plant and read almost nothing but negative comments. They are junk trucks, built by robots and so on. Now I watch the Corvette plant that doesn't appear much different in processing and the comments are almost all positive. Oh the proud UAW craftsman. The production is poetry in motion. The Corvette an amazing machine. People sure have interesting perceptions of things.
I had a tour of the assembly plant in Kentucky. The first thing I noticed was a man about 30 years old, high top sneakers, flower print pants that he purchased on the boardwalk in Wildwood, NJ., a sleeveless untucked t-shirt and a butt hanging out of his mouth. We asked the guide, “how is this possible?” He replied “The UAW. Negotiated it” So there you have it! And more robots to do the work that was once done by people. If you ever watched “A Bronx Tale” Sonny says “Nobody Cares”! And that my friends is why we will become a third world country. And BTW I had 5 Corvettes, 1989, 1995, 1995 ZR-1, 1996 Grand Sport, and a 2000 with A Caravaggio interior and a car on Vette Magazine cover. The new Stingray is the best looking car on the road today. I hope GM can keep it all together. Reports show the auto industry is heading for the crapper!
I've only had very good results with my GM autos .. unlike the German brands I used to own. I'll never, ever, ever .. buy another foreign car .. and no one paid me to say this. Cheers ... hava grt day ~b
Just to prove that everything is anecdotal, I've never had any major issues with my German cars (currently on my third) but my North American cars were garbage and I'll never, ever, ever buy a domestic car.:)
Those huge yellow fans look like they came from Wally World? Besides....when working like they are doing I never wanted AC,just keep air moving with a box fan and you'll be fine.
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I have had three Corvettes during my life and the last one I flew to this factory in Bowling Green, KY (via Nashville, TN airport) and after a tour of the engineering, museum and factory drove it home. What a thrill.
Watching that video just made my day. I'm going down to the garage and giving my torch red on torch red 6 spd C5 a nice, big hug! Thanks team Corvette for building such beautiful cars. They are an iconic symbol of America!
This video is 7 years old. I enjoyed watching them work and I enjoyed seeing the machines and the ways the cars are put together. Cool stuff.
I just love the smell of a new Corvette in the morning!
When I deliver them I enjoy farting in them.
Thanks Bowling Green for your great work. I love my Corvette.
Such a Beautiful Sight!!!! ❤
I have loved all Corvette's since a child! I have owned many including all the C's. I owned C-1, 1959, C-2 a 1967. All series, Since then. I just purchased a 2015 Corvette eight speed automatic. Of all the Corvettes of her own, this one seems to be the nicest. Incredible technology, incredible Agility, stability, and I hope reliability. For anyone that has never owned it the stingray Corvette, you will not be disappointed!
This is the nicest Corvette of the produced! It's made to enjoy!
Look how clean that floor is - Impressive.
It's amazing how quickly these parts seem to fit together while the car is moving along down the line.
Thank You ! My Union Brothers !
My Vette rolled out of your plant more than 29 years ago !
She still runs perfect ! It’s a testament to the quality of work you guys do every day there !
Every time I fire her up .... it still feels like the first day I took it off the showroom floor !
Thanks Again ! 🤙🏾
@Google User 10 agreed, overpaid for what they do, greedy af
Not sure what MY Corvette you're talking about but for much of it's history the Corvette was one of the most defect riddled car GM turned out.
Been there in 2006, awesome experience! Bunch of great hard working people !
All stock C6 corvette with manual transmission still going strong. 💯 Thank you for all you do.
Those machines are awesome! So impressive to see what they're moving around with seemingly little effort.
this video is great!! hats off to employees at Bowling Green,KY!
So glad to see the diversity in the shop.
It's wonderful to see American auto workers building a great iconic car like the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. I remember that, living near a college fraternity house, alot of the fellows loved to be able to own this car and impress their girlfriends! These workers are great; I'm so glad to see US workers still making autos here in this country!
After watching Corvette assembly plant, was truly amazed n impressed with the workmanship that goes into assembling an American iconic car ! Hats off to the men n women that work there. Everyone there knew exactly what their jobs WERE. It was like a well orchestrated performance. They had to be precise into assembling the cars. At the same time NOT to even scratch it !!! AMAZIN! It comes right down to it: TEAMWORK !
Watch a German assembly plant video!
My ‘01 ragtop was born there 18 years ago. She still thinks tires are made to be lit 🔥up. Great job guys!
Went through the Corvette plant 25 years ago when the Museum opened. Very cool to see and a totally different car today. Looks like the same thing today with colors,you'll have a run of 10-15 come through that are red,then 10-15 that are black...etc,etc.
Wow seems to be an understatement! Love my Corvette, made in America. It's just awesome to seeing these workers doing their thing! The final inspections and fit / finish is awesome.
Greatest accomplishment of unions? Made businesses to look for ways to replace Labor, wherever possible, with Capital ( eg> Automation/Robots/AI)!
Been there in '16..Great day; great tour; great plant. Many women on the line.
Wow. The corvette stingray is a beautiful car. The workers should be proud that they are making such amazing machines. The factory is amazing too.
The machines do the majority of the work.
Screw the Vettes. I'm more fascinated with the machines assembling them.
I will drink to that ! Would be nice to see a new video of the new vette rolling through .
yes they should be proud that they assemble cars that they will never be able to afford
@@0Heeroyuy01 Check the works parking lot! Plenty of Vettes!!
We took the tour two years ago. Very good, as was the Corvette museum
Hey guys I have a 2006 Corvette this is my fourth one and I LOVE IT, driver it everyday 103,321 miles and it runs like its new.
I spent three years on the assembly line at Tarrytown N.Y. 1957. 1960 Part of that time was on the Chassis line talk about a. Dark , dinghy , cold in the winter ,sweltering in the Summer place to work sparks flying , smokey deafening noise. This plant looks as clean and sterile as a Hospital Nice working conditions and good pay.
Did you build it one piece at a time, didn't cost you a dime...
"this plant looks as clean and sterile as a hospital" get yourself down to Specsavers mate because you need your eyes testing. Crowded. very little to no PPE, shit left in walk ways etc
Then your old AF
@@thefrosty1925 Then go work somewhere else! Or, go get better - i.e.> more in-demand skills!
No Corvettes were built in New York, They Started out in Michigan, moved to St. Louis and now Bowling Green.
Thank you for building our C7. We love it.
We have been there a few times. Last was when we went to pickup the wife's '03 Anniversary coupe across the street at the Museum. Watching them being built never gets old. Especially like the special tour you get with the Museum delivery. The wife even got to do the "First Start", she enjoyed that. Keep up the good work that you all do. Maybe we will see ya soon, C8 coming.
She must have really enjoyed that!. I've taken the assembly tour several times (The Buick GS Nationals is in BG) and got selected to do the initial start and drive off the line. That year they were doing the initial Blue Devil car; It was in the troubleshoot area off to the right after the start-up. I plan on taking the tour again, when they resume the tours...
I built some of the tools used in this video and sold all of the lightweight cranes used. I've been in most of the US auto plants over the last 20 years, and it's pretty cool to see all of the cars and trucks be built.
It's not a car assembly plant but it was once a GM facility. Have you been in Nexteer Automotive (which was Delphi before and before that Steering Gear). It's in Saginaw, Michigan
I have a weird smile on my face as I was watching this. Damn it, Need for Speed! You made me fell in love with Corvette!
Dukefazon Asphalt made me fall in love!!
Thank you everyone involved in the making of this fine American super car 👏👏👏👏👏
I just got a new C7. Only 500 miles on it. I researched the hell out of it's competitors ( most of them foreign) and I went with the new Vette because its a raw V8 rear drive sports car with a great manual gearbox and it looks incredible. I'm not sure watching this video makes me feel better or worse about the reliability I am hoping for with this car. It's not so much the uniforms they are not wearing but watching a 22 year old kid in jeans and a T-shirt screwing together my 70k sports car is an image I'm going to have to forget. This is what has kept American car quality in the low ranks for decades. And I'm from Detroit saying this.
My home town. I live about 10 miles, from this plant. The city has Corvette reunions, a couple of times each year. Bowling Green gets filled with Corvettes. They are everywhere, during these events.
I'd love to work in a place like this, precise movements, hand-control, tedious but expert, so many details and moving parts!
these are some of the most highly skilled workers I have ever seen
Thats what the omish say !
There is no skill involved! This is an unskilled trade. That is why it pisses me off to think how much these factory workers are making. It is an insult to skilled trades. Every single thing is engineered and set up ahead of time. The engineering and organization of the assembly line is impressive. A worker does one repetitive thing all day. It would drive me insane.
That's why they make the big bucks.
I work at a Chevy Dealership As a Tech. Ive driven quite a bit of these newer vehicles. They are truly amazing, very well crafted, the owners dont seem to use them though, the most ive seen is 30k miles on a c7 stingray.
Its fascinating to watch them build a car, especially a cool car like the Corvette!
we're filming tomorrow, don't forget to wear you union shirts!
I'm a uaw worker. We have so many stinking uaw shirts that theres no occasion to wear them except for red shirt wednesdays. So this was probably just a normal day, it's better to get those work clothes dirty rather than your regular clothes. :)
I retire in 3 years....I am buying a vette. I have said it to my wife and family. I have wanted one since 1964.....I will get a new one. I only wish I was 25 years old.
Buy something worth your money. Get a Porche.
He is, that's why he's buying the Corvette.
Do your thing Mike, just go easy on the gas at first! You don't want to wind up a youtube star for the wrong reason!
You deserve it!!! Good for you man.
Mike Rieck Good luck! You will absolutely enjoy your Vette! What a awesome car!
I remember taking tours years ago at car assembly plants. You could hear all the pneumatic drivers buzzing along, now they are all almost completely silent. Quite a change from the past.
The tooling is insane!!. Nice job UAW and manufacturing/production/industrial engineering teams!!
Quality happens not because of unions but in spite of unions & that's the TRUTH!
Work here and build your dream car. This is how I like assembly videos, no loud mouth commentary
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Keep up the good work guys and gals !!!!!!!
My dad ordered one of these cars in March, and we got told they are building it as we speak, Interesting video I can watch to see what goes into building my dad's new car.
The Government is building ur dad's car!
I visited there in '86 and was shocked to see a line worker smoking a big 'ol stogey around those beautiful cars.
So we really can still make things in America! We need more of this throughout the nation.
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@Ronald McFondle , And it beats all the exotics in price and Performance. Always has. That's why the Europeans dont like the Chevrolet Corvette
@Howie Feltersnatch will building jet engines be good enough for you to talk to you, or is that too freaking low for you, your Highness?
@@tmkatx6497 I've been fearful of the number of stupid people out there for years, but it really came into focus with the recent election. You can't fix stupid. Stupid may get that jackass jerry-rigged into the White House!
Don't hate on this video. These people are doing God's work!
No they are doing Government work get it straight!
@@DELL473
Many people together producing for the benefit of many others?..
@MrChad97Z
Yes but what is your point?
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Opinion..
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A lean clean gov does God's work
Right on keep up the quality workmanship
Nice! Got to love a Corvette!
Took the tour of the plant this past week. Pretty impressive!
Corvettes are built per order. Typical wait period is like 3 months.
You are even invited to come in and help build the engine that will go into your car!
BTW. It may seem like people have a lot of time in the video to do nothing. But if you take the tour. You realize the car keeps moving, and that they only have a few minutes at each station to complete their tasks. Some tasks may not take as long as other tasks to complete.
Matt Swinehart few minutes???? here in fiat, we have 42s for operation!!!!
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AMGV Media it's "Fix It Again Tony" .
chewing gum and working on a super car with any car is awesome ✌😭✌
Love the box fans hanging from the ceiling lol
Travelling on I-75 Northbound near Ocala, Florida and saw a whole truckload of C-8 going southbound on the other side, Someone is going to be happy.
Very Interesting. Thanks! 👍
They look like they are doing a good job to me. They are ALL TAXPAYERS!!!!! Thank you Bowling Green UAW Workers.
If it weren't for Henry, Billy & Walter there'd be no UAW - and dumbass unions nearly destroyed the industry that provides their livelihoods - talk about STUPIDITY!
@@bobby33x97 agree 100%
@@mikeh.8155You can't spell COMMUNISM w/out UNIONISM! If unions are so good, why do they try to get laws passed making membership COMPULSORY? Something worth thinking about...
are you refering to the robots?
@@phantomstratocasterWho are you addressing?
What i‘m saying is weird but i like how they don‘t wear uniforms, it makes the car somehow cooler for me and it looks like they work with passion. Looks like a chilled atmosphere, i‘d love to own a corvette build in America one time.
Back a couple years ago I applied to work at this plant. Turns out once you turn 50, no need to bother. They offered me a position on the ground maintenance crew. Too bad they also refused to let me take my shirt off. Some of us older men and women still have it.
Well that was easy now to put one in my garage 😍
I toured the factory 2 years ago. Now I have to have one......
C7s are the sweetest Corvettes yet! I plan on buying one as soon as I retire.
I wanna drive my 78 to Bowling Green just to visit the birthplace. 21 is a little young for a Vette but I put it in the budget and have been told these are cars you wanna enjoy at a young age.
Excellent video. Nice to see those union workers getting the job done.!
PRECISION, QUALITY, DEDICATION. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND CHEVROLET.
Three reasons the Detroit Three AND M-B & BMW HAD TO improve quality: 1) Toyota, 2) NISSAN, 3) Honde aka: 'Free Trade.'
@@bobby33x97. You're exactly right.
@@youngestson6537 I believe the world's most efficient Assembly Plant in 2018 was NISSAN's Smyrna Plant (TN), which assembled more than 495,000 vehicles 0r 1,720 vehicles/day based on a 288 day work schedule.
Capitalism! Ain't it grand!!!
@@bobby33x97 . Yes sir.
America's first real sports car evolved over the years, and the UAW workers keep making them roll along. I assume the Bowling Green Plant has almost done the retooling for the new 2020 mid-engine Corvette to be built end of 2019. The guys and gals will be busy for sure once they start selling the end of this year. Keep up the good work guys and gals.
Parabéns pelo belíssimo trabalho, meu sonho de carro
Damn, what a sweet-ass looking car! Great job GM!
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It’s so awesome GM let’s their employees wear comfortable clothes while working... it makes such a difference. All the fools saying they need uniforms must be hated at their jobs if in a leadership position. Employees want to be comfortable. They will also work better that way.
Wife beater t shirts and shorts....Where is the pride?
BicycleBob in the work they do
Amazing the machines and technology for building cars.
these workers have a great union job! i would love that job if i lived in the area..
why are people bitching about not having uniforms? uniforms suck, and the general public dont even see these people working, aside from this video, so why tf would they need a uniform?? I work for a Company Called Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and we produce the vast majority of police, military, and sporting ammunition and we dont have to wear uniforms. It's the best part about the job. you just go to work, no worrying if your uniform is cleaned, or ironed, or any of that BS, and the workers are generally happier about it. I sure as hell am. I couldn't imagine going back to a job that required a uniform now.
In a car plant, a uniform has advantages. Jeans with rivets, large metal belt buckles and the like, can scratch paint and interior trim pieces. Most car companies provide uniforms for this reason. I'm kind of shocked they are not used here.
Yup. it removes the elements of danger to the employee as well (loose clothing equals danger, and depending on what they wear, it might get them hurt if metal pieces pinch or jab). I'm surprised you don't demand your company to supply uniforms. I hate to get my clothes worn/dirty while at work. Company should pay to clean them as well. Then you wouldn't have to worry about cleaning or ironing your clothes and you would have less stress at work :)
I work with highly explosive mix that has green dye in it and i dont worry about my clothes. We have a dress code- no baggy clothes, must be at least 60% cotton to reduce static, and we have to wear the supplied denim aprons. I love being able to wear my own clothes to work. Uniforms suck. And there has never been an incident due to someones clothing...
BMW Guy
The last time I was at the BMW plant in Spartenburg, they were wearing uniforms.. But you'd know that, being a BMW guy and all.
***** lol, what are you even doing with that comment? The only reason my name is BMW Guy is because I had to link with google + and put in a "Real" name. I've owned 1 bmw, the E30 in my profile pic. I have never stated that I was a BMW know-it-all. I just like the car. But go ahead and keep trying to rustle my jimmies...
I think working in a place like this is fun but really really hard work.
They should be proud of working in an assembly line for the real American Super car the Corvette!!!!!!
It is hard and it's hard on your hands, feet, knees and legs too!
Aguynamed Ricky yes indeed
The Dodge Viper ACR was the only true American super car !!
Corvettes are literally a dime a dozen !!
Drive the Arc in the curve then see who's the King
@@bryanh9695 Drive the arc into a curve ?? What does that even mean ???
The Chevrolet is a great production conglatulation for the vídeo!
Back when I was a automotive supplier in 1979, the original Corvette plant ( 8 JPH) was part of the mammoth GMAD St. Louis, MO assembly complex. The Corvette plant was the smallest building next to the large assembly plant building Pickups (50 JPH) and Chevy Caprices (70 JPH) (AKA: B car). This was GM's biggest production plant in the North America at that time. GM moved Corvette production to an all new assembly plant Bowling Green, KY only because the St. Louis city government refused to help and provide a Tax break to GM for a new plant in St Louis. so GM closed the old plant down and left town. Now look at that part of the city in St, Louis, it's a big open eye sore for the city. BTW, when the new plant opened, all Corvette employees were offered a chance to transfer to Bowling Green, all expenses paid by GM. That was a best decision GM made.
Anybody have a big lunchbox and building a 'Vette one piece at a time" ala Johnny Cash? Something to aspire to.....
I work for a Japanese auto manufacturer and I'm so jealous of these guys being able to wear t-shirts & shorts. It's mid 90's outside & we gotta have long pants on & our long sleeves all the way down and in some areas Kevlar sleeves on top of that oh and now stage 4 cut resistance gloves which are really hot 😪
who do you work for? I'm Intrigued
change jobs....choice is yours...big country. MAGA
If I hadn't seen that this is a new Corvette (2013 model year), I would have thought this was the mid 90s seeing the line workers' dress and hair styles. I am shocked that they are allowed to dress like this. Total trash!
@@SteveWhiteEEAMPS Only used his first and middle name. Anyone want to guess the last?
Hydroboy35th, I worked for a third party offshore crane service company. They furnished us with very good quality jeans and shirts but we did not wear them as they were treated with a 'fire-retardent process, they simply were hot as all get out cause the material could not 'breathe'....
Esse carro é top
Não é a toa que é o carro madrinha da fórmula Indy nas 500 milhas de Indianápolis
Na minha modesta opinião é o melhor carro da montadora e eu como sou fã da GM para mim é o melhor do mundo.
Amazing workers.....😊👍
Seeing that guy at the end of the line gapping the hood fitment reminded me of seeing a, then, new 1975 Ford LTD with a trunk lid that didn't line up and was kittywompus from side to side. Couldn't believe it. Nice to see now the attention taken to a detail such as hood fitment.
Three reasons the Detroit Three AND M-B & BMW HAD TO improve quality: 1) Toyota, 2) NISSAN, 3) Honde aka: 'Free Trade.'
So strange how negative comments have become the norm, people can't find any real issues to complain about so they resort to comments about lack of uniforms or the slow speed of the line.. Try doing that slow speed for 12 hours straight as opposed to watching a 8 minute video.
Electric Caddi on 22's And they want to bash on the one company that really keeps the hot Rod spirit alive with their engines. They still build an engine that the average man can understand and hot rod or swap. And computers that can be custom program very easily I’m pretty sure they do that stuff for a reason. If they ever start building 32 valve double overhead cam over complicated junk like the ticking exploding coyote 5.0s they will loose my respect. Keep up the good work guys.
@@theaveragejoestinkeringand4407 yup the heart beat of china!
Its funny when they make 40,000 corvettes a year but over at Dodge in the Vipers 25 years the total run was 34,000 for 25 years!!! The Corvette is the fastest produced sports car in the world. No other manufacturers build half as many of their hi performance types than GM does with the Vette.
Electric Caddi on 22's j
The internet is full of losers that don't work and Bitch about everyone else.
I love my 1964 Corvette Coupe.
Good to see a lot of people involved.
I worked on the assembly line in different capacities for 35 years to break up the monotony of doing the same thing over and over. Having a dress code is rediculous it doesn't help to build a better car. It helps to think positive and not be so negative like some of the people making comments on here.
thats why you work on assembly not in engineering apartment. just cont to screw things on to body, and dont think.
@118183191667495357028 Obviously by your remark I would say its you who doesn't think. Engineering has made as many problems as they correct. I didn't say what I did on the assembly line so don't assume my intelligence Mr. engineer. In a lot of cases I have seen the assembler on the floor pointing out a problem to an engineer and then they correct it and get the glory.
Ron K thank u for ur hard work. God bless u
"ridiculas"? "inteligent"?
...... keep gettin that union representation, buddy.
apparently Spelling was not a needed talent for inserting bolts into holes
I wish i could work here or the camaro factory . Love chevy
Set your sights higher my man. Manufacturing is dying. All these factories are on borrowed time.
I just watched a video of the Fort Wayne GM truck plant and read almost nothing but negative comments. They are junk trucks, built by robots and so on. Now I watch the Corvette plant that doesn't appear much different in processing and the comments are almost all positive. Oh the proud UAW craftsman. The production is poetry in motion. The Corvette an amazing machine. People sure have interesting perceptions of things.
Looks like a lot of professionalism and pride in their work to me. Great video.
The best all around sports car in the world. BRAVO GM FOLKS!
I had a tour of the assembly plant in Kentucky. The first thing I noticed was a man about 30 years old, high top sneakers, flower print pants that he purchased on the boardwalk in Wildwood, NJ., a sleeveless untucked t-shirt and a butt hanging out of his mouth. We asked the guide, “how is this possible?” He replied “The UAW. Negotiated it” So there you have it! And more robots to do the work that was once done by people. If you ever watched “A Bronx Tale” Sonny says “Nobody Cares”! And that my friends is why we will become a third world country. And BTW I had 5 Corvettes, 1989, 1995, 1995 ZR-1, 1996 Grand Sport, and a 2000 with A Caravaggio interior and a car on Vette Magazine cover. The new Stingray is the best looking car on the road today. I hope GM can keep it all together. Reports show the auto industry is heading for the crapper!
Biggest fan of chevy love the chevy corvette stringary assembly factory
I have stayed down that way before to see my kids but I never know about y'all so cool 😎 Chevy game 👏👏👏
I've only had very good results with my GM autos .. unlike the German brands I used to own. I'll never, ever, ever .. buy another foreign car .. and no one paid me to say this. Cheers ... hava grt day ~b
Just to prove that everything is anecdotal, I've never had any major issues with my German cars (currently on my third) but my North American cars were garbage and I'll never, ever, ever buy a domestic car.:)
wow xenophobia
@@jasonk9779 it doesnt matter where it comes from what matters is the model and brand
I have to agree with you. I'm on my 2nd Chevy Silverado. However, I also drive a Mustang V-6. It gets better gas mileage--ha ha.
i would love to work there...
this is so cool i heard about this last night and i wanted to see it :)
Love this video can't wait for thee c8 versions of it!!!
That's the C8 in the video
@@johndoe2852 no this the C7 Corvette in the video. The C8 didn't come out until 2019
Coffee container to hold stuff in Corvette factory lol 1:04
My dream car
I've just watched the same kind of video, but for the Porsche plant. It totally feels like this is from another planet...
Acho o carro mais bonito de todos.
corvette plant cooled with walmart fans. great
Those huge yellow fans look like they came from Wally World? Besides....when working like they are doing I never wanted AC,just keep air moving with a box fan and you'll be fine.
7:43
Wish that truck was headed to my house to drop off every single car in my driveway.
That's a big driveway u got
that was over 1 million dollars worth of product there
most awesome video ever!!!!
Mondern manufacturing. A site to behold. Makes one appreciate how complex vehicles are today