What Color Is Your Vette?
08-04-2011, 09:27 PM
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I agree even though the Navy Blue Metallic in 1998 only number 14, it was avalible in '99-'01 which raised the total numers way up 5,093. So with the Aztec Gold only offered in 1998 and on 15 produced, it is the rarest. Next might be Fairway Green Metallic which was only available in '97 & '98 with a total of 373.
08-04-2011, 09:42 PM
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In 1998 - there were 14 Navy Blue Metallic cars, 2 convertibles and 12 coupes. In that same year there were 15 Aztec Gold cars produced, 12 coupes and 3 convertibles.
But in 2000, there was 1 Platinum Purple Metallic car - VIN 1G1YY22G8Y5113591 that was awarded to a Bowling Green Plant employee, so I'd say that was the rarest color.
But in 2000, there was 1 Platinum Purple Metallic car - VIN 1G1YY22G8Y5113591 that was awarded to a Bowling Green Plant employee, so I'd say that was the rarest color.
08-04-2011, 10:29 PM
#63
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Speedway White is not rare, but not overly plentiful.
Wife's '01 with custom interior.
I also have a Torch Red '99...
Wife's '01 with custom interior.
I also have a Torch Red '99...
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08-04-2011, 11:09 PM
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Melting Slicks
From the initial post of What Color is Your C5 'Vette?
The C5 Corvette was produced from 1997-2004 and came in more than twenty standard colors over its production run.
It should surprise nobody that the three most popular colors, making up nearly 75% of all C5s made, were red (Torch Red and other Reds,) followed by a silver/pewter/grey color, followed by black.
The following table shows how the colors were generally distributed by color group:
Color----------Total---Pct.-----Codes
Red............80606---32.41%---70U 53U 86U 94U
Slvr/pew/gry...56849---22.85%---11U 12U 13U 67U 88U
Black..........47941---19.27%---41U
Blue...........25808---10.37%---19U 21U 23U 28U
Yellow.........18046----7.26%---79U
White..........16070----6.46%---10U 40U
Green...........2960----1.19%---87U 91U
Purple/Gold......396----0.16%---95U 58U
Here's a closer look at the data by specific color and years of production:
Code--Color-----------------Years---------Total---Pct.
70U - Torch Red...........'97-04.........51136---20.56%
41U - Black...............'97-04.........47941---19.28%
11U - Light Pewter........'98-02.........20677----8.31%
79U - Millennium Yellow...'00-04.........18046----7.26%
86U - Magnetic Red (II)...'99-02 ('04)...15890----6.39%
13U - Sebring Silver......'97-00.........13094----5.26%
12U - Quicksilver.........'01-03.........11827----4.76%
94U - Anniversary Red.....'03............11632----4.67%
10U - Arctic White........'97-00, '04....11163----4.49%
21U - Electron Blue.......'02-03..........8177----3.28%
19U - LeMans Blue.........'04.............6899----2.77%
88U - Medium Spiral Gray..'03-04..........6585----2.65%
28U - Navy Blue...........'98-01..........6294----2.53%
40U - Speedway White......'01-03..........4907----1.97%
67U - Machine Silver......'04.............4666----1.88%
23U - Nassau Blue.........'97-00..........3275----1.32%
91U - Dark Bowling Green..'00-01..........2582----1.04%
53U - Light Carmine Red...'97-98..........1948----0.78%
21U - Pace Car Purple.....'98.............1163----0.47%
95U - Medium Purple.......'98..............381----0.15%
87U - Fairway Green.......'97-98...........378----0.15%
58U - Aztec Gold..........'98...............15----0.006%
You can find the color code as one of the last entries on the sticker in your glovebox.
What Color is Your C5?
s'noJob
Notes:
1. Data came from established Corvette statistics sites such as Corvette Action Center, C5 Registry, etc.
2. The total number of vehicles in the tables in this post do not include the single JD Power & Asso Platinum Purple C5.
3. Also, mysteriously missing are thirty-eight 1999 C5s that are unaccounted for in the statistics pages, which show 33270 total cars for that year, but the color figures only add up to 33232.
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The C5 Corvette was produced from 1997-2004 and came in more than twenty standard colors over its production run.
It should surprise nobody that the three most popular colors, making up nearly 75% of all C5s made, were red (Torch Red and other Reds,) followed by a silver/pewter/grey color, followed by black.
The following table shows how the colors were generally distributed by color group:
Color----------Total---Pct.-----Codes
Red............80606---32.41%---70U 53U 86U 94U
Slvr/pew/gry...56849---22.85%---11U 12U 13U 67U 88U
Black..........47941---19.27%---41U
Blue...........25808---10.37%---19U 21U 23U 28U
Yellow.........18046----7.26%---79U
White..........16070----6.46%---10U 40U
Green...........2960----1.19%---87U 91U
Purple/Gold......396----0.16%---95U 58U
Here's a closer look at the data by specific color and years of production:
Code--Color-----------------Years---------Total---Pct.
70U - Torch Red...........'97-04.........51136---20.56%
41U - Black...............'97-04.........47941---19.28%
11U - Light Pewter........'98-02.........20677----8.31%
79U - Millennium Yellow...'00-04.........18046----7.26%
86U - Magnetic Red (II)...'99-02 ('04)...15890----6.39%
13U - Sebring Silver......'97-00.........13094----5.26%
12U - Quicksilver.........'01-03.........11827----4.76%
94U - Anniversary Red.....'03............11632----4.67%
10U - Arctic White........'97-00, '04....11163----4.49%
21U - Electron Blue.......'02-03..........8177----3.28%
19U - LeMans Blue.........'04.............6899----2.77%
88U - Medium Spiral Gray..'03-04..........6585----2.65%
28U - Navy Blue...........'98-01..........6294----2.53%
40U - Speedway White......'01-03..........4907----1.97%
67U - Machine Silver......'04.............4666----1.88%
23U - Nassau Blue.........'97-00..........3275----1.32%
91U - Dark Bowling Green..'00-01..........2582----1.04%
53U - Light Carmine Red...'97-98..........1948----0.78%
21U - Pace Car Purple.....'98.............1163----0.47%
95U - Medium Purple.......'98..............381----0.15%
87U - Fairway Green.......'97-98...........378----0.15%
58U - Aztec Gold..........'98...............15----0.006%
You can find the color code as one of the last entries on the sticker in your glovebox.
What Color is Your C5?
s'noJob
Notes:
1. Data came from established Corvette statistics sites such as Corvette Action Center, C5 Registry, etc.
2. The total number of vehicles in the tables in this post do not include the single JD Power & Asso Platinum Purple C5.
3. Also, mysteriously missing are thirty-eight 1999 C5s that are unaccounted for in the statistics pages, which show 33270 total cars for that year, but the color figures only add up to 33232.
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08-04-2011, 11:34 PM
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08-05-2011, 12:43 PM
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1998 medium purple pearl metalic coupe (only 381 total production)235 coupes and 146 conv mine is 1 of 2 with the options it came with.
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