vertigogo

I sometimes see people quoting production numbers for certain color and/or option combinations. For example, someone might say that only 123 (made-up number) convertibles were made with Machine Silver and red interior and black top in 2005.

Is there a website that allows you to find such combination numbers? I know there are many sites that give production numbers for paint color and interior color, but those don't show the number of cars that used a certain combination for exterior and interior. And you can't just multiply the percentages, because they overlap.

Vette_DD

No.

BWF07

You can find the number of coupes, convertibles, GS, Z06 and ZR1'a in the different colors and available RPO's, but there is no data kept that I am aware of the will give you the exterior color and the interior for a specific model or year, except of course the 1953.

JKbride

You could interpolate the numbers.

For example say you have a red convertible with tan interior. Using made up numbers, if there were 100 red convertibles made and 5% of the corvettes had tan interior you could guess that appox 5 convertibles were made as Red exterior and tan interior.

This would be a best guess and would put you in the ballpark with the data available.

owc6

Pretty sure it was Blade Silver in 2005.

Just sayin'


lisa

Iconic

If you're correct, then his 05 machine silver would be 1 of 1

owc6

Easy, peasy, then!


lisa

eta: I lied. I didn't mean to, but I did, according to Google.

*Trip*

seems like I saw some data base that showed the number of each color per year on coupes & verts, but don't think there was any interior or tranny info.......

all I know is I've never seen another one (in person)the same color as mine....Inferno Orange....So I'm guessing they are either all on the other side of the country or there just weren't that many produced...

vertigogo

Such interpolation could be far off the mark. For example, 19.5% of 2005 convertibles came in Machine Silver, and 5.2% of convertibles came with a red interior, but I think it would be wrong to say that only 0.975% of silver convertibles came with red interior because it is almost certain that the red interior was chosen far more often by silver car buyers than by, say, Velocity Yellow car buyers. Therefore, the percentage of silver/red cars would be much closer to the 19.5% figure than the 0.975% figure (such as 15%, for example), but it's very difficult to guess the actual percentage.

I guess the people I've seen talking about exact numbers of cars made with three or more particular options didn't understand the above, and were just multiplying percentages or making unfounded guesses.

Thanks to all who replied!

BWF07

You are correct. They do keep records as to how many coupes, convertibles, GS, Z06 and ZR1's are painted in each available color and also the RPO codes, but they just list the interior colors available for each exterior color, but not how many of each were produced each production year.

As for your color, you most likely will not see that many running around. Inferno Orange was only available from 2011 - 2013. and there were not a lot order in any of thoxe three years. 2011 had a total of 790, 2012 it dropped to 471 and in 2013 there were only 156 for a total of 1,417 which is just 3.5% of all the Corvette's produced for those three years.

Vette_DD

Machine Silver 2005 - 2008, Blade Silver 2009 - 2013

Blade Silver Metallic 2014

JKbride

I understand your point, and given the data is not available for each exterior and interior combo then interpolating is an accepted method of estimation. There is no claim of precision and it could be way off, but given the over all build data available, I think it a good method to help you make an educated guess.

There were very few yellow/red combos, if any, so you would have to apply this to accepted color combos. For example I have a black 2005 convertible, with red interior. There were 2,528 black convertibles made, and 5.2% convertibles with red interior. Using interpolation 2,528 x .052 = 131.

Were there a 131 black and red 2005 convertibles made? I don't know, but as an educated guess it would be fair to say that appox 130 +/- were made. In the end it's a guess, and could be way off, but given data, and the low deviation for non-standard color combos, I suspect it's in the ballpark.

rado63

I know that GM does release some of the numbers, but I have not seen the exterior/interior color combinations totals for a C6.

Google : "final 20xx Corvette production statistics" you can find, they list among other things, exterior color, and interior color totals, but not the combinations. Where I put 20xx, you put the year you are interested. I have seen this information on a different Corvette site.

Also the Corvette Black book by Mike Antonick, gives some of this production data.

eddie44

I saw an Inferno orange GS this afternoon on the freeway here in Phx. I took note because like my Carlisle blue it's a great looking but rare color.

Too-Fast

Corvette Action Center has all of the production numbers, RPO codes, colors, by year and model.

richsteele

Apparently someone at the factory can figure it out:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...post1586092163

vertigogo

Your interpolation makes the assumption that the red interior was spread equally among silver, white, black, and red exteriors, but there is very probably a skewed distribution among those four colors.

By the way, nice color combo. It's a close second favorite, after my own silver/red.

Thanks, but if you read my first message carefully, you'll see that that isn't what I'm asking about.

Thank you! I'll contact Betty and see if she can help.