How could this be true, that the 2020+ Corvettes will not offer any chrome wheels? The 2020+ ME's will, just like not allowing a manual transmission, not offering a soft top convertible, not having the capacity for two golf bags, and, lastly, not provide a chrome wheel option.
Historical Facts/Trends:
When the C6 generation ended in 2013, 52 % of its wheels were chrome.
One of the two.1.13.13 C7 “reveal Stingrays” had chrome wheels.
The percentage of chrome wheels ordered kept falling throughout the C7 generation. The last year that full production Corvette stats were released, 2018, had chrome wheels being ordered only on 19.8% of Corvettes.
No OEM, on their ME, offers chrome as a standard wheel, nor even as a factory listed option.
This “no chrome wheel on the ME news” was provided to “spinkick” by his friend who is a ME test driver. As GM is going to position the Corvette ME as a world class exotic , why would GM uniquely offer chrome wheels -- especially with the further compounding factors of significant warranty replacement costs on C7 chrome wheels (I have three friends who had every one of their chrome wheels replaced under warranty for chrome failure their first year), chrome wheels now being less than 1 in 5 Corvettes ordered, and of course, environmentally no matter how much some like chrome, it is an ecological nightmare.
If later verified at the time of the reveal, that chrome Corvettes wheels are not OEM offered, I wonder how soon aftermarket ME chrome wheels become available?
Certainly interesting times in “Corvette rumor city.” However, less than 175 days to get to “GM official fact” information.
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