in action? And so after driving for 6 hours I got out in Bowling
Green to do the Corvette Factory tour. All of the Corvettes and the Cadilac XLR are born here. They put out over 130 Corvettes and 8 Cadilac XLR/day. Unfortunately, I wasn't allowed to bring a camera or cell phone on the tour otherwise I'd have a money shot of the "marriage" between the top half of the car with the drive train (transmission, engine, etc.), the most exciting part! You actually get to walk around a good portion of the assembly line while every step takes place.
Here's briefly how it works: The line is constant and runs at 1.5 mph while workers and their robot colleagues work on each car as it passes
thru their station. The whole thing comes to fruition when the tires
go on, the car is lowered down to the ground, and the engine is
started for the first time. After a ton of computer diagnostic checks,
wheel realignment, paint inspections, etc. someone gets in, revs the
engine and pulls the car into a rain room where they check for leaks.
Only then after passing a million other spot checks does it go out
onto the track for a test drive and then to the dealership.
It was cool to see an actual car assembly line, especially the Corvette.
I think it says a lot that the general look of the car has stayed the same for such a long time.
