Motorama Returns to Detroit

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National Corvette Museum Historic Motorama II Logo
2008

When GM celebrated the beginning of its next 100 years on September 16th 2008, 55 Corvettes were displayed outside its World Headquarters at Detroit’s Renaissance Center. The Corvettes are in fact the Historic Motorama II, a caravan from the National Corvette Museum (NCM) which was comprised of one example from each of the 55 years of Corvette production. The Historic Motorama II owners/drivers represented a cross-section of Corvette enthusiasts from across the country. The caravan departed from the NCM on September 10th with stops along the way. GM’s Heritage Center has been working with the NCM for several months to make the Historic Motorama II part of this important GM event.

The National Corvette Museum is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky across the road from GM’s Bowling Green Corvette Assembly Plant. Many Corvette owners participating in the Historic Motorama II took deliver of their special car through the NCM’s Delivery Program. The program is available to anyone who purchases a Corvette. Since it’s opening in 1994, the NCM has become the center of the Corvette culture in America. The now famous 68,000 sq ft facility houses a large number of significant and historic Corvettes, as well as exhibits and displays which depict important aspects of the Corvette’s history.

People attending the GMnext Day activities on September 16th were able to view the Corvettes before and after the official program. It was very appropriate that the Corvettes join in the GMnext Day program because the Corvette owners and enthusiasts comprise one of the most passionate of all the automotive cultures. Since its launch in 1953, the Corvette has grown to become one of the key symbolic vehicles that expresses America’s love affair with the automobile.

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Below is a list of vehicles and the owner(s) featured in the National Corvette Museum 2008 Historic Motorama II. If you click on a specific vehicle’s name you can see a picture of the vehicle and read vehicle stories, as told by their owner(s).



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