ChrisFrez

Chevrolet is pleased to announce the current quality assessment on the 2012 Camaro ZL1 has been completed. The 2012 Camaro ZL1 models that were on hold at Oshawa are now available to be shipped to dealers. 2012 Camaro ZL1 production which was suspended is expected to resume by mid-April, 2012.

For those customers with ZL1 orders produced that were on hold, you should expect your order to arrive at dealerships within two to three weeks depending on your Chevrolet dealerships distance from Oshawa Assembly.

For those customers with ZL1 orders that are in the production system (Event 3000 or higher), we are currently working on assigning new estimated production weeks.

For those customers with ZL1 orders that have not been sent to production or are “on hand” (Event 1100), please be aware your Chevrolet dealer will learn of the status of any remaining 2012 Camaro ZL1 allocation and timing for order submission within two weeks.

We understand the excitement level for the new ZL1 is at a fever pitch. We look forward to the initial deliveries in the coming weeks, and the continuing production of the ZL1 in the weeks and months to follow.

Thank you for your patience.

Camaro Marketing Team

joe603

So what was the "quality assessment" hold for??

Fbodfather

Exactly that: Quality.

Every new model - (and every older model at model-year-changeover...) goes thru a "Quality Assessement" - this is important in that each year, there are hundreds of changes - even on a model that's at the end of its lifecycle (think 2012 Impala) - and because of those changes, we put a fleet of CTF (Captive Test Fleet) vehicles into service. Each driver is required to go over the vehicle with a fine-tooth comb and we must accumulate, as I recall, a minimum of 200,000 CTF miles prior to "STC" (Ship to commerce)

Consider this: --over a quarter of the part numbers on the ZL1 are unique to that model - that's a lot of parts! We may not be happy with the appearance of a trim panel - -or how two parts fit together. In the interior, we may not be happy with the fact that gloss levels on two adjoining parts do not match - or perhaps the graining pattern isn't quite right. (many of the early 2010 Camaros in the late winter of 2009 sat awaiting replacement inserts for the interior doors - ) Keep in mind that there are thousands of vendors that produce these parts - so it's an 'orchestration' to ensure that 'all is as it should be' (...I think I've posted those last 6 words at least a couple of hundred of times in the past month....)

So......quality assessment is nothing new. Far from it!

What IS new: The internet and the ability for people to get a lot of information "today' that they could not have gotten a few years ago.....and many expect that we should ship the cars RIGHT NOW.

That's a noble goal....BUT - quality must be the guiding light in all we do.......and thus, we do not ship the cars unless manufacturing, engineering, and marketing all sign-off -- and only then will we "ship to commerce" --

In fact, it could be argued that perhaps we 'over-scrutinize' -- and, as one of our team members put it "...we can only ship them once - so we have to get it right!...."

Sooooo....."Quality Assessment" is really a good thing (albeit a bit of a wait....) - because we want you to experience "Perma-Grin" from the time you first see your beloved Camaro in person - and for many years after that......

94LightningGal

I thought you said it was the flux capacitor that caused the problem??

Ed 2001 SS

Well, I think in this post, Scott merely explained the process used by GM which resulted in the holding of the cars in order to address that pesky flux capacitor problem.

hydromo

I have seen a flux capacitor fail in a Delorean it was catastrophic good thing they got it fixed