[Moderator note: The '83 Corvette discussion is closed. This message was approved on the merits of the editorial in the second paragraph.] It wasn't that GM was so savvy about the market, the reason there was No 1983 production corvette (the only year a corvette was not produced since it inception in 1953)was because with the radical modifications and complete redesign they were not able to get it into production in time. If a company like GM lost a whole model year of it 's high end sports car because they couldn't get it into production in time I think that it once again shows what an accomplishment JZD did in producing the DeLorean in the time frame he did, starting with nothing more than a dream to build a great car Just my 2 cents again. Mike D. [duplicate quote snipped by moderator]