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10-04-2025
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Police Bodycam Footage Shows Corvette Factory Theft Suspect Arrest
Read the full story on The Auto Wire We covered before how on March 22 eight 2025 Corvettes were stolen from Bowling Green Assembly, but now we have police bodycam footage of one suspect being arrested. Police were able to recover Corvettes taken from the factory, but it seems the other suspects have gotten away, for bodycam footage, which was just released by Bowling Green Police Department on April 8, shows an officer chase the suspect, 21-year-old Deantae Walker as he ran away in a Lowe's parking lot. Walker and some other men called a car transport service to have a 2017 Corvette shipped to the Detroit area. However, when the driver showed up at the Low's parking lot, he found the men were waiting with three brand new C8 Corvettes. Thinking it was weird, the guy still started loading the sports cars. The men began pressuring him to work faster, and that coupled with undercarriage damage on one of the vehicles prompted the driver to reach out to police. When officers arrived, Walker started running through the parking lot, calling out to another man in a Jeep with Ohio license plates. His friend seemed to have ditched him as Walker was chased down, handcuffed, and arrested. Cops not only were able to recover the three stolen C8 Corvettes being loaded for transport, they found the other five the same day in two other locations. Sadly, we know those sports cars won't be delivered to customers and might even end up as scrap, all thanks to their being stolen. Walker's fate remains to be seen. We hope his accomplices are also caught before they can do another auto factory heist. Image via They Live/YouTube, Bowling Green Police Department Join our Newsletter, subscribe to our YouTube page, and follow us on Facebook.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Automotive
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8 Corvettes, Including A ZR1, Stolen During Bowling Green Factory Heist
Read the full story on The Auto Wire On March 22, authorities say a total of eight brand new Corvettes, including a ZR1, were stolen from Bowling Green Assembly in Kentucky. We don't hear of many heists from the Corvette factory, unlike other facilities and their storage lots in states like Michigan and Ohio, so this was a little good news is all the Corvettes were recovered, although at least one suffered damage to its undercarriage. Ironically, the damage along with some other details helped blow apart the whole plot to try getting the mid-engine sports cars out of Bowling Green unnoticed. According to local news station WDRB, a car transport was called to a Lowe's parking lot in Bowling Green with the request to transport a 2018 Corvette. However, when the driver arrived on the afternoon of March 22 he found two guys waiting with three new 2025 Corvettes instead. They asked him to take all three cars to Detroit and seemed anxious for him to get them loaded up quickly. While he was working, the driver noticed the damage on the one Chevy and decided he should call police because everything felt off. Once police showed up, both suspects ran off on foot. Officers were able to chase down 21-year-old Deantae Walker as he was yelling for a guy driving a Jeep with Ohio license plates. That vehicle likely was stolen as well, which is probably why police don't know who he is. Hopefully authorities track down the other suspects involved in the heist. Our other hope is GM figures out how these guys stole the Corvettes and tightens up security at Bowling Green Assembly so it doesn't happen again. We don't have information about how the other five C8 Corvettes were recovered or what kind of condition they're in. But we're assuming they were all destined for Detroit since that's where the one transport driver was told. Image via Chevrolet Join our Newsletter, subscribe to our YouTube page, and follow us on Facebook.
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26-02-2025
- Automotive
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Corvette Production Pauses Spark Intense Speculation
Read the full story on The Auto Wire Production pauses are nothing unusual in the automotive industry, even at Bowling Green Assembly, but several planned pauses for Corvette production are still sparking all kinds of speculation. In fact, some of the theories being thrown around are a little out there, maybe even borderline tinfoil hat type don't know if this is a product of boredom or what. But this all started with a post on Mid Engine Corvette Forum by co-founder/admin John. He claims to have confirmed Bowling Green Assembly will close the weeks of February 24, March 17, March 24, and May 19. One member on the forum immediately conjectured the four pauses are for 'inventory control.' It's no secret automakers have been struggling to move new cars as dealers can't find buyers. Blame a slowing economy, inflation biting into people's budgets, or whatever else, this has caused some downscaling, which a production pause would achieve. But John claims that's only partially the reason. He says with many UAW workers retiring from the plant, GM doesn't plan on replacing them. Instead, it will have line workers performing more tasks at their stations, requiring training, which will take place during the production pauses. John also says physical changes to the production facility as well as components for 2026 C8 Corvettes have also made the pauses necessary. Naturally, people are theorizing all kinds of different things are coming down the pipeline. Among them is a much-anticipated C8 Corvette Grand Sport or the introduction of GM's Gen VI Small Block to the C8 lineup. Some are even saying this has to be thanks to a tariff war they see brewing internationally. During the covid pandemic, Bowling Green shut down repeatedly thanks to what GM said was supply shortages. The automaker never disclosed what component(s) triggered the production pauses. Some believe that might be what's happening again, although there's zero evidence to back up that speculation. Which is true of pretty much all the other theories. Whatever the reasons for the production pauses in Bowling Green, the C8 Corvette still remains popular enough, for now. Undoubtedly, GM has some surprises planned to keep the mid-engine sports car interesting, including the range-topping Zora, before introducing the C9 generation. Image via Chevrolet Join our Newsletter, subscribe to our YouTube page, and follow us on Facebook.
