Senecagreen

2014 34,839 this includes the first Z06's in December

2013 17,291
2012. 14,132
2011. 13,164
2010. 12,624
2009. 13,934
2008. 26,971
2007. 33,685
2006. 35,518

bapd77

Seems to be on par with the early years of the C6.

Senecagreen

1984. 51,547 I think the "lowly" C4 might have had the most successful introduction

Supermassive

I wonder how many people stroked out over the square taillights

Vetteman Jack

Great to see the sales of Vettes rebound last year.

davidtcpa

The first C4's had round taillights.

C7 Laguna Blue

How many did Kerbeck sell last year?

op z

This may have had something to do with pent up demand as there was no 1983 Vette

dvilin

Great rebound from the dying years of the C6.

1SG_Ret

Had more to do (IMO) with the modern design, Buck Rogers dash, and superior integrity of the C4 body and track performance stats. The C3 to C4 was like the C6 to C7 in design change. HUGH! Something most never expected.

I jumped on an 85 with the Fuel Injection and more HP. Going for a C3 (I loved my SA 78), was huge. no rattles when slamming door, cockpit was cocoon-like in comparison. Car drove like a rocket on wheels in comparison to the 78 (and the 84 based on all car mag reviews). Like driving a fighter jet.

The 84 initially got sterling reviews in all the mags and when the 85 came out most said that any gripes they had in 84 were addressed. (better dash graphics, smoother ride, and much better performance).

Arguably, the 84 was the quantum leap forward from all previous Corvettes.

The high sales numbers certainly tend to bear this out.

Koufax

This tells me to expect sales to fall off in 2017. Maybe then the market will start to be saturated and I can think about picking up a '14 model at a price that I can afford.

JoesC5

You could say the same thing for the 2014 vs the 2013. Pent up demand. With the economy gone sour, people still wanted an expensive Corvette, but the economic situation in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 caused them to wait for better times to actually buy.

C7-Beast

True, but keep in mind there was no 83 so the 84 model year extended further than any other model year. That may account for the high number.

JoesC5

Lets look at the numbers for the C3.

1968-28,566
1969-38,762
1970-17,316
1971-21,801
1972-27,004
1973-30,464
1974-37.502
1975-40,606
1976-46,558
1977-49,213
1978-46,776
1979-53,807
1980-40,614
1981-40,606
1982-25,407

1983-0

As you can see the C3's sales were very strong in it's declining years. Of course, people were well aware in 1982(25,407) that the next generation corvette was scheduled for 1983 and they held off buying in 1982 to see what the next generation would offer; and then there was nothing to buy in 1983.

Some 55,000 Corvettes were not purchased in 1982 and 1983 and that is the reason for the great kick off sales for the 1984. Pent up demand. Sure, after a 15 year run, people were ready for something new, but it wasn't the new that boosted the 1984 sales as much as people with money to burn, just wanting a new Corvette.

The C4 started off strong, but sales fell off quite a bit and in 1992, GM was ready to pull the plug on the Corvette, unlike the sales of the C3 that got better with age.

The C5 started off strong and was selling just as many in 2004(even though people knew the C6 was coming) as they did when the C5 was first released. The C5 saved the Corvette.

The C6 started off strong and held it for a while, but the economy killed it, not people waiting for the C7.

The C7 has started off strong, but it will take 4-5 years of production to see if it can maintain those numbers. Looking at the discounts offered just a year and a half into production on the C7 vs the discounts offered on the C5 and C6 a year and a half after production commenced, doesn't bode well for continued high sales of the C7.

I was driving a 1969 when the C4 was released, and it was a rocket compared to the 1984 C4. And it was very tight(construction, not interior size), as is my all original 1964 with only 64,000 miles.

C7-Beast

They don't supply numbers to the public. I asked them when I bought my 2008 about how many per year they sell. They claimed that was confidential but they could say they were the worlds largest Corvette dealer (at least at that time)

My best guess would be if they made 30k Corvettes in total, Kerbeck sold ~3k

JoesC5

Based on prior years sales, I would guess around 1300-1500 sold.

red2012

Goes to show you that the mags praise anything that is a new design. The '84 was a piece of ****.

thrilled

The one day that I was there to get mine they had sold 7 c7's that day.

Senecagreen

Yes and in the C3 the motors were simple and many were comfortable modding their own engines.
You can definitely tell when the recession hit in 2008 in the sales numbers. And people are so accustomed to a discount now that the mindset is to never pay full price on anything. Once the first pizza coupons came out, everyone had to offer a coupon or a deal if they wanted to compete and that continues today.

Red08

Are those numbers documented retail sales, or factory production numbers?