April 2010 Corvette Sales

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April 2010 Corvette Sales

GM’s monthly sales report shows 1,089 Corvettes delivered in the month of April. That’s the largest amount of sales in five months and the first time this year that sales have broken the one thousand mark. The number is down from last year’s 1,407 by -22.6%. Year to date, Corvettes sales are down -21% with 3,522 deliveries in 2010 vs 4,459 in 2009.

Checking national inventories, we see that the number of Corvettes available has grown to 4,571 (2008-2010 models) from last month’s 4,187. Although this is the highest amount of inventory since June of 2009, to keep it in perspective, on May 5, 2009 there were 6,416 Corvettes available. Since then, all but 435 have been sold. As we close out the 2010 model year, look for GM to start offering financing incentives and rebates to help shrink up some of this excess inventory.

I’ve been commenting on the growing ZR1 inventory the last few reports and yet again we see an increase. There are 406 2010 Corvette ZR1s and 11 still from 2009. Last month, the ZR1 inventory stood at 374.

2010 Corvette Delivery Statistics
Month Calendar Year-to-Date
Month 2010 2009 % Change Months 2010 2009 % Change
Jan 854 842 1.4% Jan-Jan 854 842 1.4%
Feb 624 1,027 -39.2% Jan-Feb 1,478 1,869 -20.9%
Mar 955 1,183 -19.3% Jan-Mar 2,433 3,052 -20.3%
Apr 1,089 1,407 -22.6% Jan-Apr 3,522 4,459 -21.0%

2009 Corvette Delivery Statistics
Month Calendar Year-to-Date
Month 2009 2008 % Change Months 2009 2008 % Change
Jan 842 2,015 -58.2% Jan-Jan 842 2,015 -58.2%
Feb 1,027 2,071 -50.4% Jan-Feb 1,869 4,086 -54.3%
Mar 1,183 2,692 -56.1% Jan-Mar 3,052 6,778 -55.0%
Apr 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 4,571 Corvettes on the ground. Here is the breakdown by years and models:

  • 2010 Corvettes – 4,136
  • 2009 Corvettes – 394
  • 2008 Corvettes – 41

2010 Corvette Inventory Breakdown:

  • Corvette Coupes – 1,474
  • Corvette Convertibles – 367
  • Corvette GS Coupes – 1,111
  • Corvette GS Convertibles – 616
  • Corvette Z06 – 162
  • Corvette ZR1 – 406

2009 Corvette Inventory Breakdown:

  • Corvette Coupes – 77
  • Corvette Convertibles – 79
  • Corvette Z06 – 227
  • Corvette ZR1 – 11

2008 Corvette Inventory Breakdown:

  • Corvette Coupes – 2
  • Corvette Convertibles – 28
  • Corvette Z06 – 11


Bowling Green Production:

GM included these figures in its monthly sales reports that shows production by assembly plant. Here they are for the Bowling Green Assembly Plant:

  • 2010 Model Year Production in April 2010: 1,609
  • 2010 Model Year To Date Through Apr 2010: 9,899
  • 2010 Calendar Year to Date through Apr 2010: 6,124


Source:
GM.com
JeffHardy.com

Related:
March 2010 Corvette Sales
February 2010 Corvette Sales

 



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