On what date did C8 Corvette production officially begin?

C8 Corvette production officially began on February 3, 2020. The date marked the start of regular production for Chevrolet’s eighth-generation sports car at the Bowling Green Assembly Plant in Kentucky.

The C8 was a historic break from Corvette tradition: its 6.2-liter V8 moved behind the passenger compartment into a rear-mid-engine layout. Chevrolet unveiled the production-design coupe on July 18, 2019, but public debut and production start were separate events.

Production had originally been expected earlier, but the 2019 General Motors strike delayed the launch. That labor disruption is why some timelines list late 2019 events around the C8 while production itself belongs to February 2020.

The first C8 model was the Stingray, offered as a targa-top coupe and later a retractable-hardtop convertible. Its launch model used the naturally aspirated LT2 V8 and established the architecture used by later C8 variants.