teejake

07 was the year I bought my C6, unlike this time around with the C7 I did not want to buy the first model year of a car (I know there are many on here that do not want the first year of the C7), the extra year I waited was just personal timing issues. It will be interesting to see if volume builds in the C7 as well once the first model year is over. As for the price increases impating buyers I think for he most part the buyers impacted by it will be those who were currently in the market and got caught by the price change, for the buyers in the future who were not out looking now the price will just be the price.

Hirohawa

First year sales on the 2005 C6 where just shy of 38,000 units.

After all the hype lets see where the numbers are for the C7. Did all those younger buyers and potential Porsche buyers really make this the best selling Vette ever? Or did the "Envelope" pushing design keep people away. We'll know in a few short months.

BlueOx

And here I just assumed nobody was dumb enough to equate today's economy to 2005's economy. And who ever said they thought C7 sales would hit 2005 numbers?

sledmaster

I would like to see sales drop so we can get the huge discounts like the c6 had. Then i will buy.

ATX-C7

Doesn't look like you'll be buying anytime soon

Snorman

We'll know in late-September/early-October, the ~one year anniversary of initial customer deliveries, or...six months from now.
Production should be around ~20,000 by this point, as it was over 18k a few weeks ago. It wouldn't surprise me if they have sold well over 18,000 cars in six months.
S.

Zee51Vert

Agreed...and with 4 months of production left and 20,000 units built to date (almost..) we are looking at low 30,000's for first model year C7.

Add to that crap economy still and late production start (late sept?) this puppy is selling very well thank you...

RJRSW

That huge discount period didn't occur till later in the C6 run, the initial years they were going at MSRP or more.

$5k over was very common in the 2005 model year.

I certainty wouldn't put any money on the big discounts not showing up during the 2014 model run. When the inventory starts to build up on dealers lots and the dealers quit ordering it will start very quickly or BG will be taking some time off.

onthebottom

They had built at least 18453 by March 13th, I know because it's sitting in the garage

Snorman

These are the sales (deliveries) since the C7 became available to customers (only showed August and September to illustrate the level of C6 sales as C7 started):
August 655
September 831
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October 3929
November 2527
December 3005
January 2261
February 2438
Total 14160

I would guess sales started increasing in March as the weather broke in many parts of the country. If you look at historical sales data from the C6, volumes increase through March and April in nearly every year of production. Would not be surprising to see over 3000 in March and more than that in April. It seems like the car is selling quite well.
S.

BigJoe

I helped... Bought mine from stock on 2/1/14. I go to the same dealer once a month for a Corvette Club meeting and I never see the same C7s parked in their lot. They must be turning over pretty quickly.

RJRSW

It would be interesting to know how many of those built or sitting in dealer inventory unsold and how many have actually been delivered to buyers across the entire US. That would be the true picture of how the C7 is doing. I seriously doubt that the bean counters at GM were high fiving each other over around 2400 produced in February.

There are tons of vettes near the area where I live in Tucson and not at all unusual to see 4 or 5 in the parking lot when I go to the grocery store. The last time I went shopping there were 3 other vette converts parked within a 100' of mine including a 60th anniversary edition 427 convert. I did not see the first C7 until a couple of weeks ago and none since then.

BigJoe

But do those numbers include left over C6 sales, especially in Oct - Dec? There was a lot of discounting of C6s going on just after the C7 launch...

Snorman

Who knows. But I am sure there are some who will claim that all of the sales numbers since the C7 has been available include a substantial volume of C6's
S.

2K3Z06

With that many built. There will be tons in the resale market, in a short time. Which might led to a drop in demand.

Who knows

BigJoe

Nah, I'm not one of the (many) C7 haters... It just looks like the Oct to Dec numbers are inflated compared to Jan-Feb. I would guess some is because of C6 sales; they would be winding down by the time Jan rolled around. If so the total C7s sold would be in the 11-12K range, which is still good considering the weather in most of the US. If they have made over 18K units by now the dealer inventory should be picking up. With the weather clearing and more units available for impulse buyers there should be a big jump in Apr-May.

ATX-C7

Can you please define TONS & SHORT TIME.

Also, what are you basing this opinion on?

c6miller

At $2000 base price increase that's an additional $1.2++ million a week for GM. I doubt there is another way for GM to raise prices without loosing sales. As Corvette sales level off they will likely introduce incentives.

Snorman

I wasn't referring to you (but there will be one person in particular who will comment on the remaining C6 being part of those sales).
I would also expect the October numbers to be high because of all the cars that were ordered months prior and delivered throughout October and November.

S.

Sailfun

I don't get your math. At the current rate for Jan and Feb they will be over 28,000 cars for the year. Assuming modestly higher sales in the warmer months they should be close to selling out the planned production of 34,000 a year.