The interesting reason why GM cuts brand-new Corvettes in half, the internet has also been split in two

Did you know GM cuts some of their brand-new Chevy Corvettes in half – on purpose?

Imagine spending years building the most iconic American sports car, then slicing it clean down the middle with a Sawzall.

That’s exactly what happens in some cases. Straight from the factory. Never sold. Never driven. Just… sliced.

A dismantler named Brandon posted the photos to Facebook and broke the internet clean down the middle.

Half the crowd was horrified. The other half? Weirdly into it.

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Why GM cuts Corvettes in half

Some Corvettes aren’t cars in the legal sense. They’re test mules, prototypes, crash subjects. Never road-certified. Never meant for public hands.

So when they’ve served their purpose, they get chopped – usually before a customer ever lays eyes on them.

Brandon, the dismantler, says it takes about three minutes per car. VINs are removed – if assigned at all – and there’s no coming back.

This isn’t just GM being overly cautious either.

It’s about liability – if someone rebuilt a half-junked prototype and hit the road, the brand would be on the hook.

Safer to slice, sell the parts, and leave no wiggle room.

Even the saw they use has become part of the legend: a metal-bladed Sawzall.

It’s basically a factory-endorsed executioner.

Cue the online debate

Brandon’s post didn’t just show a Corvette getting the Sawzall treatment. It cracked open a debate.

Some people couldn’t believe GM would destroy something that looked showroom-ready.

“I wonder if the stockholders are aware that GM is wasting money like this,” one user wrote.

Another called it ‘a weird day when you can say you destroyed a quarter million worth of cars and got paid to do it.”

Others weren’t surprised.

“They’ve been doing this for years – at least since the ‘40s,” someone said. “Prototype parts can’t go back into inventory once they’ve been scrapped.”

One commenter recalled cutting up Escalades, F-150s, and said it’s ‘just how it works.’

Then came the ideas: calls to turn the cars into trikes, or use them for driving simulations.

A few people suggested what GM used to do: donate unsellable cars to schools.

“Those students have a smile from ear to ear when you drop off a new sports car for them to tear down and put back together,” someone wrote.

“Best part of the job.”

But regardless of what side you’re on, it’s hard to argue with the facts: once GM writes a car out of existence, there’s no bringing it back.

You likely don’t often think about the cars that don’t make it. But now you will – split in two, collecting dust, never to be whole again.

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