I mentioned this fantastic production statistic on this week’s CORVETTE TODAY Podcast but wanted to make sure to let everyone know about it. While it seems like production for the 2023 Corvette has been slow, with production stops due to supply chain issues, weather events, and other interruptions, the truth is that the assembly plant has been firing on all eight cylinders this model year and shows no signs of slowing down.
According to the production counts that we get from Roger Kiel on Facebook, Chevrolet has just surpassed the 40,000 mark for Corvettes produced for the 2023 model year. In fact, by Roger’s count, we ended on Friday with 40,454 Corvettes produced. Here are those numbers:
Regular Stingrays: 33,786
70th Anniversary Stingrays: 3,593
Regular Z06s: 2,572
70th Anniversary Z06s: 503
Total: 40,454
That figure is nearly double the 20,368 Corvettes produced during the 2020 model year, the first year of production for the C8 Corvette, and it’s the best number since 2016 when 40,689 Corvettes were completed.
These numbers are just for customer-produced cars and do not account for any pre-production or captured test fleet cars like the 150 E-Rays just built last week.
During the NCM Bash, the Corvette team showed that as of March 2023, they had 40,562 Corvettes that were either produced or scheduled, and Harlan Charles even mentioned that the record year was 1979 with 53,807 produced. With just over three months to go, and production averaging roughly 4,000 cars per month, we could finish over 50,000 units for the model year and be within striking distance of that record set so long ago.
Related:
Corvette Assembly Plant Built Nearly 150 E-Rays Last Week with Saleable VINs
2023 Corvette Production Update from the NCM Bash
New Record for Production of the 2023 Corvette Z06 Set on Wednesday
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And I sit approaching month 22 still waiting for a regular Stingray and the only thing I get from my local dealers is their hands up in the air.
Unless you are a top dealer, allocations are still horrible for the average dealer. At this point, I should have just paid for the shipping and ordered from one of the big dealers even though it doesn’t support any of my local dealers.
That’s awesome but maybe production needs to slow down as we still see 23 with transmission issues 🤷♂️
I have a minimal deposit from one of the big dealers on a ’24, but I read almost daily people who are having major mechanical problems almost out-of-the-box (152 miles on a transmission; failed fuel injector at 800 miles; another transmission failure at 200 miles; fobs won’t open frunk). Come on! Unacceptable by any yardstick. Get this stuff handled, GM. It’s enough to give me serious pause and possibly get my deposit back.
But the 23 MY is now 15 months old. So a little streeeeeeetched out. 🙂
I ve owned 11 corvettes. With 2 engine replacements on this C8 and now it’s been sitting waiting for a headlight replacement .
Chevrolet talks numbers BUT can’t and doesn’t support existing production cars.
Why do they never post how many were z07s?
Took delivery of 2023 VIN #548 one year ago today. Have had a blast; worth the 11 month wait, zero issues in 3,000 miles of driving. Purchased MSRP from Hertrich Chevrolet-Cadillac in Salisbury, Maryland!
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