January 2010 Corvette Sales

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January 2010 Corvette Sales

The first sales report of the new year hit yesterday and the good news is that Corvette sales are up 1.4% over last year. January 2010 deliveries totaled 854 – 12 Corvettes more than the 842 sold in January 2009. Historically, Corvette sales tend to a breather in January anyway so we are okay with this number. The other significant number for the month is the availability of the Corvette ZR1. National inventories of the supercharged ZR1 have grown by 27% to 191 units.

Despite the rising inventories for the ZR1, the numbers for all Corvettes available continues to drop. Applying the principles of supply and demand, we believe the one good thing to come from the automotive recession is how GM took aggressive steps to bring its inventories under tighter control. In January 2009, over 9,058 Corvettes were available at dealers. Today that figure has shrunk to 2,561 Corvettes.


2010 Corvette Delivery Statistics
Month Calendar Year-to-Date
Month 2010 2009 % Change Months 2010 2009 % Change
January 854 842 1.4% Jan-Jan 854 842 1.4%

2009 Corvette Delivery Statistics
Month Calendar Year-to-Date
Month 2009 2008 % Change Months 2009 2008 % Change
January 842 2,015 -58.2% Jan-Jan 842 2,015 -58.2%
February 1,027 2,071 -50.4% Jan-Feb 1,869 4,086 -54.3%
March 1,183 2,692 -56.1% Jan-Mar 3,052 6,778 -55.0%
April 1,407 3,190 -55.9% Jan-Apr 4,459 9,968 -55.3%
May 1,643 2,904 -43.4% Jan-May 6,102 12,872 -52.6%
June 1,396 2,082 -32.9% Jan-Jun 7,498 14,954 -49.9%
July 966 1,870 -48.3% Jan-Jul 8,464 16,824 -49.7%
Aug 746 4,242 -82.4% Jan-Aug 9,210 21,066 -56.3%
Sept 1,585 2,318 -31.6% Jan-Sept 10,795 23,384 -53.8%
Oct 1,154 1,170 -1.4% Jan-Oct 11,949 24,554 -51.3%
Nov 952 1,093 -12.9% Jan-Nov 12,901 25,647 -49.7%
Dec 1,033 1,324 -22.0% Jan-Nov 13,934 26,971 -48.3%


Corvette Stock Report:

A check of Jeff Hardy’s website shows a total of 2,561 Corvettes on the ground. Here is the breakdown by years and models:

  • 2010 Corvettes – 1,685
  • 2009 Corvettes – 831
  • 2008 Corvettes – 72

2010 Corvette Inventory Breakdown:

  • Corvette Coupes – 774
  • Corvette Convertibles – 170
  • Corvette GS Coupes – 308
  • Corvette GS Convertibles – 146
  • Corvette Z06 – 85
  • Corvette ZR1 – 175

2009 Corvette Inventory Breakdown:

  • Corvette Coupes – 264
  • Corvette Convertibles – 170
  • Corvette Z06 – 381
  • Corvette ZR1 – 16

2008 Corvette Inventory Breakdown:

  • Corvette Coupes – 3
  • Corvette Convertibles – 48
  • Corvette Z06 – 21


Bowling Green Production:

GM included a new report to its monthly sales reports that shows production by assembly plant:

January 2010 Production:

  • 2010 Model Year Production in Jan 2010: 1,084
  • 2010 Model Year Through Jan 2010: 4,859


Source:
GM.com
JeffHardy.com

Related:
December 2009 Corvette Sales
November 2009 Corvette Sales

 



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