Chevrolet Surpasses 50,000 Corvettes Produced for the 2023 Model Year

Last week the Corvette Assembly Plant managed to do something that has only been accomplished twice before in the 70-year history of the Chevrolet Corvette. Workers at the assembly plant have surpassed 50,000 Corvettes for the model year. Our actual count including Monday’s production total now stands at 50,298 for the 2023 model year.

Here’s how the 2023 model year numbers breakdown:

• Corvette Stingrays: 40,657
• 70th Anniversary Stingrays: 4,164
• Corvette Z06s: 4,628
• 70th Anniversary Z06s: 849

Total: 50,298

As we stated, Chevrolet has only reached the 50,000 milestone for Corvette production twice before. The 1979 model year was the first time that production had surpassed 50,000 and that year is still the record holder with 53,807 new Corvettes produced. Second on the leaderboard is the 1984 model year which was extended following the delay and then cancellation of the 1983 models. A total of 51,547 Corvettes were produced for the 1984 model year which was the inaugural year of the C4 generation. And now we have the 2023 Corvette at number three all time and still climbing the charts!

The 2023 model year currently has just 14 days left by our estimation with the final day being September 11th. Full production is generally acknowledged to be around 190 Corvettes built per day. If the plant can average that amount for the next two weeks, that would add an additional 2,660 Corvettes to the total. Even if production drops slightly on some days (Monday’s total was only 170), we are still looking at ending the model year at second all-time, still short of the 1979 record.

The 2023 model year has been a banner year for the assembly plant and the customers who are still lining up to throw their hard-earned money at the car. If we can further eliminate the parts shortages and those few days where weather played a factor, the 2024 model year could see another record-setting total as the 2024 Corvette E-Ray enters the fray.

Source:
Production stats thanks to Roger Kiel via Facebook.

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