s'noJob

The C5 Corvette was produced from 1997-2004 and came in more than twenty standard colors over its production run.

It should surprise nobody that the three most popular colors, making up nearly 75% of all C5s made, were red (Torch Red and other Reds,) followed by a silver/pewter/grey color, followed by black.

The following table shows how the colors were generally distributed by color group:


Color----------Total---Pct.-----Codes

Red............80606---32.41%---70U 53U 86U 94U
Slvr/pew/gry...56849---22.85%---11U 12U 13U 67U 88U
Black..........47941---19.27%---41U
Blue...........25808---10.37%---19U 21U 23U 28U
Yellow.........18046----7.26%---79U
White..........16070----6.46%---10U 40U
Green...........2960----1.19%---87U 91U
Purple/Gold......396----0.16%---95U 58U


Here's a closer look at the data by specific color and years of production:


Code--Color-----------------Years---------Total---Pct.

70U - Torch Red...........'97-04.........51136---20.56%
41U - Black...............'97-04.........47941---19.28%
11U - Light Pewter........'98-02.........20677----8.31%
79U - Millennium Yellow...'00-04.........18046----7.26%
86U - Magnetic Red (II)...'99-02 ('04)...15890----6.39%
13U - Sebring Silver......'97-00.........13094----5.26%
12U - Quicksilver.........'01-03.........11827----4.76%
94U - Anniversary Red.....'03............11632----4.67%
10U - Arctic White........'97-00, '04....11163----4.49%
21U - Electron Blue.......'02-03..........8177----3.28%
19U - LeMans Blue.........'04.............6899----2.77%
88U - Medium Spiral Gray..'03-04..........6585----2.65%
28U - Navy Blue...........'98-01..........6294----2.53%
40U - Speedway White......'01-03..........4907----1.97%
67U - Machine Silver......'04.............4666----1.88%
23U - Nassau Blue.........'97-00..........3275----1.32%
91U - Dark Bowling Green..'00-01..........2582----1.04%
53U - Light Carmine Red...'97-98..........1948----0.78%
21U - Pace Car Purple.....'98.............1163----0.47%
95U - Medium Purple.......'98..............381----0.15%
87U - Fairway Green.......'97-98...........378----0.15%
58U - Aztec Gold..........'98...............15----0.006%


You can find the color code as one of the last entries on the sticker in your glovebox.

What Color is Your C5?

s'noJob


Notes:

1. Data came from established Corvette statistics sites such as Corvette Action Center, C5 Registry, etc.
2. The total number of vehicles in the tables in this post do not include the single JD Power & Asso Platinum Purple C5.
3. Also, mysteriously missing are thirty-eight 1999 C5s that are unaccounted for in the statistics pages, which show 33270 total cars for that year, but the color figures only add up to 33232.

chuck1026

Torch Red

DrChronik

79U - Millennium Yellow...'00-04.........18046----7.26%

peter pan

Arctic White

JeepTJ

Torch Red

zphase

19u

renegad44

00-Metallic Pewter...
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silverbird

Black

s'noJob

Guess what, folks! I just spent the entire weekend putting this together, including a poll with all the colors, and after copying and pasting all those entries into the poll, the thread timed out and didn't let me post the poll.

Thanks for the five minute time out, Moderators. Really appreciate it.

s'noJob

Rans03

Electron Blue

SUNNYD 95

Lite carmine red

Pro Street

79U - Millennium Yellow...'00-04.........18046----7.26%

Floridasky

WetteVette

Mine too, just like yours.

Have owned it one year today.

And that's quite a list of statistics you posted. Thanks.

C5R USA

41U Black

vertstr

99 pewter vert

vertstr

99 pewter vert

McLeod

28u.:d

PewtVette

I wouldn't lump pewter or Spiral Gray in with silver so my top 5 would look like this:

1. Red (mostly Torch Red)
2. Black
3. Silver (Sebring Silver Metallic,Quicksilver Metallic,Machine Silver)
4. Light Pewter Metallic
5. Millennium Yellow

Some kind of Red, Black, and Silver were available all 8 years.
Pewter and Millennium Yellow were only available for 5 years.

Cocked and Locked

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