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2009 would be a watershed year for Corvette with the introduction of the ZR1. It was a watershed all right, as the worldwide economic meltdown brought GM to its knees, culminating in its bankruptcy filing on June 1, 2009. Thanks in no small part to its status as one of GM’s premier products and a proven moneymaker, Corvette has survived. It did take a 48% sales hit, making 2009 the lowest production Corvette since 1997. And 1997 didn’t suffer from lack of demand, but from the late and slow rampup of that all-new model. Excluding 1997, one has to go back to 1962 for lower volume.
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