Back in 1979 when Corvettes were still being produced at the St. Louis factory, workers set a record for production by assembling 53,807 Corvettes for the model year. Now that we have the official stats for the 2023 model year, we can officially tell you that 1979 still owns the Corvette production record, while the 2023 model year is now second all-time with 53,785 cars produced. That’s a margin of just 22 cars to tie the all-time record and 23 to beat it.
We’ve been waiting a while for these numbers to come out, and as we have previously discussed, they were somewhat in dispute as Chevy was building the 2023 Corvettes without all the parts, and then retrofitting them as they became available. It wasn’t the best of circumstances for sure, but it kept the line moving and as far as we know, all who ordered a 2023 and had one built did receive their cars.
Corvette owners love to know about the 2023 production numbers so as to ascertain just how rare their cars are. For those bragging rights, we suggest going through the Library and Archives of the National Corvette Museum and paying the fee so they can compare your build to all the other 2023 Corvettes. These raw numbers though are great, and they contain all the info for the Stingrays, Z06s, and the 70th Anniversary models.
Of the total 53,785 cars, a total of 46,865 (87%) were delivered to customers in the United States, while Canada was second with 3,179 (6%) and Europe third with 2,195 (4%). Japan ended up with 575 RHD Corvettes while Australia and New Zealand received 492.
When it comes to the four models the Stingray Coupe led the way with 24,834 units produced (46.2%), followed by the Stingray Convertible at 22,538 (41.9%). Interestingly, the Z06 Convertible outsold the Z06 Coupe with 3,304 convertibles (6.1%) vs 3,109 coupes (5.8%) produced. A total of 47,372 Stingrays were produced vs 6,413 Z06s.
The 70th Anniversary models could be ordered four different ways and a total of 5,601 were produced for the model year. Overall, the 70th Anniversary models represented 10.4% of total 2023 production. They can be broken down as follows:
• 70th Anniversary Stingray Coupe: 1,569
• 70th Anniversary Stingray Convertible: 3,010
• 70th Anniversary Z06 Coupe 389
• 70th Anniversary Z06 Convertible 633
And finally, everyone loves to know about the exterior and interior color combos and Chevrolet/NCM offers a great spreadsheet showing the various combinations. Overall, the top three colors are once again Torch Red (7,895), Arctic White (7,216), and Black (6,403) while the least produced color was Caffeine with just 536.
We saved the spreadsheets at PDFs so you can download and view all the information at your leisure:
• 2023 Corvette – Final Production Stats
• 2023 Corvette – Final Color Combinations
Source:
Chevrolet
Related:
Final Production Statistics for the 2021 Corvette Model Year
Final Production Statistics for the 2020 Corvette Model Year
A Final Look at the Production Statistics for the C7 Corvette
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There’s only one guy that has a Red Mist C8 with Twilight interior.
Yes, I suppose all those that ordered a 2023 Corvette got theirs eventually but what a cluster f—. My Z06 was built August 9 and sat in the Bowling Green Assembly Plant parked for over 2 months. When I finally picked it up at Tonkin Chevrolet Hillsboro Oregon options were missing (carbon fiber), body panels were poorly aligned, the gas tank was empty, and the exterior was a complete dirty mess!!! They said take it or leave it. See ya.
I’ve owned eight through the years. All were good handling cars given the other models in production at time. I recently bought an Allante and drove one for the first time. Corvettes got nothing on this car as far as handling. Acceleration is not quite as responsive but will break the tires loose. Rear suspension is C4 and with front wheel drive, very impressive. Find one and drive it, you’ll wonder why this car never made it to the top of the heap.
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