From the NCM newsletter sent out by Bobbie Jo Lee, below are the numbers for 2004 production. It looks like there were 6,813 Comm. Ed.'s produced, which doesn't seem quite as high as I had originally thought it would be. It appears the breakdown of CE's wasn't that far off what the dealer told me when I bought my CE coupe (3,000 verts, 3,000 Coupes and 1,000 Z06's).


2004 Corvette Production Numbers



A total of 34,064 Corvettes rolled off the end of the Corvette assembly line for the 2004 production model year. Coupes still proved to be the most popular model ordered with 47 percent of total sales. Convertibles held a steady 36 percent with the Z06 claiming the remaining 17 percent. Le Mans Blue, a color named to commemorate the Corvette win in the 24 race, also won the race for most popular color at 20 percent, with Black finishing at a close second at 18 percent. Torch Red came in third at 15 percent. Only one option was chosen by all Corvette owners, air conditioning with auto temperature control was installed in 100 percent of the cars. Automatic transmissions were popular with 63 percent of sales. Excluding Z06s, which were all manual, 20 percent were equipped with the manual six speed transmission.

 

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=885987

 

Guess I'm a bit slow to the punch. Thanks for the link.

 

I for one am sure glad to have one to the CE coupes!!!!

 

Me too!!

Found a little more info on the CE production numbers.

LeMans Commemorative Edition
2170 Coupe
2659 Conv
2025 Z06

 

Me Three

 

Appears that I made the correct decision - Convertible!

 

How many m/yellow auto verts?

 

How many m/yellow auto verts?

 

What about the rest of the colors?

 

Total Cars 34,064
Black 18 percent
Torch Red 15 percent
Silver 14 percent
Magnetic Red 11 percent
Medium Spiral Gray 10 percent
Millenium Yellow 8 percent
Artic White 5 percent

 

Me too.

Thanks for the further breakdown of CE's. Where'd you find it?

Looks like the CE Coupe was almost as limited as the CE Z06. Interesting, but I would have thought the numbers would have been more skewed to the coupes.

I'm glad I got mine when I did.

 

I thought the same thing but if you go back to the 03 Corvette model year and look at the 50ths it was the same trend with the verts being the high seller see below

Corvettes 2003 50th
4,085 50th Anny Coupes
7,547 50th Annv 'verts

I found this info at another forum (CAC) They seems to get their hands on info pretty quick. It was stated that the numbers were released in Bowling Green Performance Press. That was followed with calls to get more info. I'm just passing it along.

 

8 percent! i didnt think yellow would be so low on the list, but im happy. cant wait to see the further breakdown on the color combos!

 

I guess that make Mil. Yellow a rare color.

My 2004 M.Y. coupe has the grey/black interior so it makes it even more rare.

Not to mention, it is fully loaded with every possible option for that model.

Is there a place to find out how many were produced with those options??

 

Just as a comparison with other special edition Corvettes:

1978 Pace Car: 6,502 out of 46,776 total (13.9%)
1978 25th Anniversary: 15,283 out of 46,776 total (32.7%)
1982 Collector Edition: 6,759 out of 25,407 total (26.6%)
1986 Pace Car: 7,315 out of 35,109 total (All convertibles were Pace Car replicas) (20.8%)
1986 Malcom Konner Special Edition coupe: 50 out of 35,109 (0.1%)
1988 35th Anniversary: 2,050 out of 22,789 total (9.0%)
1993 40th Anniversary: 6,749 out of 21,590 total (31.3%)
1995 Pace Car: 527 out of 20,742 total (2.5%)
1996 Collector Edition: 5,412 out of 21,536 total (25.1%)
1996 Grand Sport: 1,000 out of 21,536 total (4.6%)
1998 Pace Car: 1,163 out of 31,084 total (3.7%)
2003 50th Anniversary: 11,632 out of 35,469 total (32.8%)
2004 Commemorative Edition: 6,854 out of 34,064 tota (20.1%)

I've read a few articles that conclude that it is almost never worthwhile to spend the extra money on a special edition car. They say that unless a special edition car is super rare, a buyer will never make back the premium paid for the special edition package.

What will matter most for those cars will be age, mileage and condition. None of the cars above had any extra performance features beyond any other Corvette. Normal people are reluctant to pay extra for badges, paint and seat stitching.

I've just gone through this drill when selling my 40th Anniversary coupe. I thought it was this rare and desirable thing. Turns out - no potential buyers shared my opinion (Reality Check - it had 80,000 miles!!).

I spent the extra cash on the CommEd because I like it. I don't expect it to be super desirable when I sell it.

 

Thanks to all for posting the info. Wonder how many of the 2004 CE coupes are still stock? Not mine

 

I got my CE Coupe because I like color combination, I did not think about the extra money or resale values because I don't plan to sell it any time soon.
The CE package on the coupe retailed for $3,700 and included the 1SB Preferred Equipment Group 1 that cost $1,200 and QG7 the polished aluminum rims for 1,295. Going by the cost for the LaMans Blue metallic paint on the 2005 adds an other $300. That adds up to $2,795 leaving $905 for the special badging, embroidered seats and CE logo on the center caps. In addition you get some exclusivity with the color combo and limited production.

 

Been smiling in mine since June

 

I have one of them