GM adds 250 jobs at Corvette plant in Ky.

General Motors is putting more muscle into making Corvettes.

The automaker said Wednesday it will invest $131 million - and add about 250 jobs - at the south-central Kentucky assembly plant that produces the classic muscle car.

The investment allows GM to produce the next-generation Corvette at the Bowling Green plant. Work to retrofit the site will begin even as the plant continues to assemble the Corvette for the next two model years, including the 2012 version.

Nearly 400 production workers now assemble Corvettes at the factory, the only GM site that builds the car and home to its production since 1981. About 1,000 people were employed at the plant at its peak in the 1980s, said Chevrolet spokesman David Caldwell.

Source: www.kentucky.com