July 11th official marked the 64th year of the Corvette as the 2017 Corvette model year began retail production at the Bowling Green Assembly Plant.

The plant has been building the 2017 model year Corvettes for a few months now as those cars get driven and analyzed by engineers as part of GM’s Captured Test Fleet. But for customers waiting on the new 2017 Corvette Grand Sport, this is the day they’ve been waiting for.

The Bowling Green Assembly Plant ended 2016 Corvette production on June 27th and the plant had its first two-week summer break since the start of C7 production. During the last two weeks while the production line was shut down, the time was used to performance routine maintenance and some needed upgrades prior to the 2017 Corvette models starting.

I can tell already that production of the 2017 Corvettes will be anything but routine and here is why.

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Has the rumored mid-engined Corvette been captured on film (well memory card)?

First, the “Zora” trademark filing. Then the spy shots of a mid-engine dressed Holden Commodore hit the internet. Then, glimpses of some clear mid-engine Corvette renderings come out.

Now, General Motors invested $290 million into the Bowling Green assembly for “new processes and technologies.” GM stated it will help the Corvette facility become more flexible. Flexible for what? Bowling Green does only Corvettes.

But now, we get spy shots of a decidedly mid-engined prototype running around GM proving grounds that surely looks like a Corvette. On top of all this, do you really think Chevrolet is going to let their cross-town rival, Ford, have the only mid-engined GT?

When will it be available? The rumor mill has it debuting at the 2018 Detroit auto show for the 2018 or 2019 model year. Price? Well the guesses are between $80,000 and $175,000.