Last week we had mentioned that the Chevrolet Live Inventory Tracker was showing 67 new Corvette ZR1s that were “In Transit” from the factory to dealers for delivery. We’ve been watching the production numbers daily and as we said last week, we are really beginning to see a production breakout for the new King of Hill. For those waiting until the ADMs drop (additional dealer markups), your wait may be shorter than initially believed.
Thanks to Roger Kiel’s C8 Production Tracker on Facebook, we’ve been watching the numbers of ZR1s completed with great interest. Last week, we counted 51 new ZR1s complted at the Corvette Assembly Plant during the five-day work week which is the highest weekly total we’ve seen to date. For the month, we are at 165 new ZR1s completed, and the total now stands at 248 ZR1s completed for the entire 2026 model year which just kicked off on July 30th.
I think that most enthusiasts would be happy to see 200 or so new Corvette ZR1s being built monthly, and at that rate we should be able to move through those dealer customer lists fairly quickly. That is also good news as I believe we’ll see allocations for the upcoming ZR1X with the next order cycle in October, especially if GM wants to make their deadline for having the car available “at the end of 2025” as they stated during the reveal back in June.
And finally, we do have concerns over the dropping production numbers of the E-Ray, which last year accounted for approximately 12% of all Corvettes completed. With the ZR1 numbers continually moving upward, E-Ray production for 2026 is running only at a paltry 4% of total production.
Based on the slower sales rates of the E-Ray and the fact that there are still 604 E-Rays from 2025 left over on dealer lots which represents approximately 20% of E-Rays produced during the 2025 model year, we really can’t blame Chevrolet for shifting E-Ray production to the ZR1 if that is indeed what is happening. The ZR1 is the hot new model with customers paying full MSRP and then some, and so it’s time for this model to shine…at least until the ZR1X starts production later this year.
Source:
Roger Kiel’s C8 Production Tracker / Facebook
Related:
Chevrolet Live Inventory Tracker Shows 67 New 2026 Corvette ZR1s Shipping to Dealers
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If they had 310 units for 2025 with status 3000 and cancelled 200 units. Can we say that they already had the parts for 300 cars? Which mean that the 200 produced as 2026 models are only the 2025 they did not have assembled for july 31, 2025? If yes, the current production would not be indicative that parts have started raining for mass production. If they produce another 200 units next months, i think it will be more indicative of an increase in production
The E-Ray is an amazing car delivering thrills that don’t require high revs. Chevy is producing more ZR1s so dealers can enjoy ripping off customers for a while.
The number of existing ER’s on the market is really not that much. Not compared to what we’ve seen with SR’s and Z06’s. GM ran into this problem by underproducing ZR1’s..and then compounded it with a stop sale. This is just a way for GM to catch up with a backlog. It does not in any way mean that ER is not in demand. I would guess that GM is still having teething problems with the hybrid drive, and they are trying to keep it under wraps–hoping they can fix everything before the ZR1X starts having a huge backlog of orders.
Seems to me that it’s probably simpler than that. There are order reservation lists that stretch out a year or two at dealerships for ZR1. My guess is that the demand for e-Ray is not nearly as great – perhaps has no waiting at all…
The more expensive a car is, the more profit for both the corporation and dealership – even when selling a car at MSRP. I don’t know why it would make any business sense to ignore the current customer demand trend. So I think Chevy is doing the right thing.
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