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The Corvette Z06 will be featured on the National Geographic Channel on November 29th.  The show will air at 10:00 pm this Thursday.

More than 50,000 people a year visit the Bowling Green facility to see Corvettes being built, but “the “Ultimate Factories” crew was able to capture a lot of the behind-the-scenes work that goes into making this great vehicle,” said plant manager Wil Cooksey Jr.

Building the Z06 requires attention to detail. For example, each 505-horsepower, LS7 V-8 engine is hand built and autographed by the worker who assembled it.

The 2008 Corvette Z06 has a starting price of $71,000. Estimated fuel economy is 15 mpg city and 24 highway.

If you do not get the National Geographic channel you can view the trailer for this show on the Internet at http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid192889067/bctid1309638525

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work has started on preparing the location for a 47,000-square-foot expansion of the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green.  Preps are scheduled to be complete in the spring, with construction of the facility expected to start shortly there after.

The expansion will add 47,000 square feet to the existing 69,000 square feet and will include a library-archives, an expanded gift store and a conference center with a seating capacity of 400. The center also can be used to display 50 additional cars.

It also will add a dedicated area for inspection, display and pickup of special-delivery Corvettes people order from the General Motors Bowling Green Assembly Plant.

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