Tuesday, 26 December 2017

Four Egregious Cases of Automaker Flim-Flammery Uncovered by C/D

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From the December 2017 issue

1985 Chevrolet Corvette

The ’85 Vette represented a major upgrade for the fourth-gen (C4) model. It got more power and a suspension that worked nearly as well on the street as it did on the track. We immediately ordered a long-term tester and dispatched then associate editor Rich Ceppos to collect it as it rolled off the line at GM’s Bowling Green factory. It was not a happy 30,000 miles (the length of our long-term tests at the time). The transmission, air conditioner, heater, ignition system, windshield wipers, and windows all misbehaved. Then it got worse. At the end of the test, we found a sheaf of work orders inside the car. After it was built in Bowling Green, Kentucky, our “factory-fresh” Corvette had been trucked to GM’s proving grounds in Milford, Michigan, where the Corvette group scrutinized it and replaced any questionable components, such as its transmission, and returned it to Bowling Green to await Ceppos. In other words, the abysmal quality we experienced with the car was likely far better than what typical customers experienced.

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