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Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter Retires
Juechter will retire this summer after 47 distinguished and dedicated years with General Motors with 31 of those years devoted to the Corvette.
Who has the best job in the world? Many people will claim that distinction but in the hearts and minds of Corvette folks, a likely candidate for the honor would be Tadge Juechter.
Tadges GM career started in 1977 at the Lordstown OH GM plant and in 1993 he joined the Corvette program. In 1999 he became Corvette's Assistant Chief Engineer and in 2006 he became the Corvette Executive Chief Engineer.
Left: Tadge at the introduction of the convertible C7 ZR1 in Los Angeles on November 28, 2017. Click here for a YouTube video of Tadge's talk. I had the chance to chat with Tadge at the event. I told him I am active with the local Vintage Corvette club and showed him a picture of my '68 convertible. I asked him what he thought of older Corvettes. He looked up for a bit and then said "I think the best Corvette is the next Corvette".
I think I kind of put him on the spot as a GM executive since they are supposed to be in favor of the new models but do not want to alienate anybody in the Corvette world. Tadge is clearly a first class act.
2025 Corvette ZR1 Swan Song
An appropriate and well deserved honor
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