Keith@VetteFinders

Just posted the monthly Corvette sales numbers at CorvetteBlogger.com.

Quick Facts:

June 2011 - 1,299 Corvettes delivered
2011 Calendar Year Sales: January - June = 6,896 (8.5% increase over CY 2010)
Total 2011 MY Production = 13,596 (11.5% increase over 2010 MY)
Corvette Plant built 701 2012 Corvettes in June

Vette_DD

Good news.

Thanks for the post.

peter pan

Nice to se an increase in Vette sales

dvilin

A bit better but still way off from the peak sale years.

Davelt1coupe2010

Is the number posted how many sold or how many built? I think the lattter.

I love the Corvette...but do not see sales really increasing until the C7.

laconiajack

GM certainly got aggressive on sales promotions in the January to June period, which obviously helped. With the introduction of Carlisle Blue and no base black available for 2012 it will be interesting to see what the new model year sales will be. One very positive thing GM has done however, is to start seriously advertising the C6 in the last month; I think this could really pay off if they keep it up!

HalfMoon

Technically, when the build order is placed they are sold. Retail sales is another issue, but that falls on the purchasing dealership's shoulders.

Atomic Punk

Corvette Plant built 701 2012 Corvettes in June...


and i ordered mine in may yet i still don't have a tpw.
whats up with that?

Vettin08

I did my part

HalfMoon

That can't bring themselves to build your color choice.


Just kidding, hopefully you get yours soon!

JCtx

They don't even show up on GM's website yet .

JoesC5

Yes they have.

In June GM built 823 2011's and 616 2012's, for a June total of 1439. Total year to date for 2012's is 701(they built 85 2012's pryor to June). Total 2011 production was 13,596.

The dealers sold 1299 Corvettes in June 2011 compared to 1405 Corvettes sold in June 2010.

On July 2, 2010, the dealers had 4342 unsold 2010 Corvettes sitting on their lots.

On July 2, 2011, the dealers have 2668 unsold 2011 Corvettes sitting on their lots.

VET4LES

Good news. Looking foreword to more increases.

mpuzach

Did you order from a dealer that doesn't sell many new Corvettes? Allocation could be the problem. Unless Carlisle Blue is still on constraint, you should be well past 1102 by now.

Frank's C6

Good news.That's great.

R&L's C6

I don't understand the allocation thing. If production is down and sales slow why don't they let any dealer order anything they want?

jschindler

When a manufacturer reports sales they mean sold units - not to the dealer, but to the end buyer. When they report cars produced they mean just that.

jack5hd

When i was at the factory on june 15th i seen the last 2011 vette being built.........#14,444

JoesC5

GM classifies cars as "produced" and "delivered".

"Produced" means just that. That's the number of cars built during the reported time period.

"Delivered" means cars that have been delivered to the retail customer during the reported time period. In other words, "Delivered" = "sold".

If you read my post #12, I explain in detail, from information GM supplies to "Inverstors" each month, the number produced and the number sold("Delivered") for the month of June and YTD. Notice that even though the 2012's "formally" went into production in June, 2011, 85 2012's were built pryor to June. I also showed the breakdown between 2011 & 2012's built in June 2011.

JoesC5

According to GM's figures they give to "Investors" they produced 13,596 2011 model year C6's. That includes all models; base, GS, Z06 & ZR1.