Sonny71

Generation: Total Units: Average Per year:
C3 542861 36,190.73
C4 358180 27,552.31
C5 248715 31,089.38
C6 215123 23,902.56
C2 117966 23,593.20
C1 69015 6,901.50

Note: Average per year is the total number of units divided by the number of years in production.

Vette_DD

C6 figure is off just a little. There was a total of 215,375 C6s built instead of the frequently quoted figure of 215,123. The Corvette Black Book did not include the 252 Z06 Carbon Ed Ltd 1LZ.

The average then becomes 23,930.56.

Sonny71

Thanks for the update Vette DD

Vette_DD

Joe1968ny

Amazing how many C3's were built. Growing up in the 70's it was the one that turned my head and got me hooked on the vette

RagTop69

I came of age in the early 60s, and the '61-'62 C1s and the C2s were always the definition of "Corvette" in my head. The C3 was the most built Corvette thus far and it was also the highest average production Vette despite the fact that it spanned 15 model years and some of the puniest Corvettes since the '53-'54 Blue Flame 6 powerglide cars. Even my L36 BB '69 was, at best, a mediocre performer. I was amazed to see how few C6s were built in the 9 model years that they represent. In my opinion, they're the best Corvettes built up to that time.

Sonny71

The last 5 years the highest production was 16,956 units in 2009.

Vette_DD

The economy was in a depression in 2008. That's why 2009 was as high as it was. 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 were each over 30,000 Corvettes built.

dr_gallup

I agree, the C3 to me has always been a caricature Vette, more show than go for most of the later years of it's production. Still think the C6 is the best looking model but of course we are biased in this forum. C6 production the last 5 years was definitely hurt by the economy but also the fact that there was very little "new and improved" to sell. Which of course was due to the economy and consequent GM bankruptcy.

So our rare C6's should be becoming collector items just like those C1's & C2's, right?

cadyshac

Surprised to see where the C6 ranks here, I too thought it would have been much higher in production numbers.

Vette_DD

Did you miss post no. 8, above?

cadyshac

Did you miss your meds? I was just making a comment.

Lighten up Francis!

dmk0210

I think the main reason is C3 knocked it out of the park as far as styling is concerned. From 1968 to 1982, there was just no other mass produced car on the market that came close to the exotic looks of the C3 (especially for the price). Performance waned, but people didn't care. Some of the biggest sales years happened when performance was at its lowest.

There were some pretenders like the Opel GT and the Fiero, but the C3 had the race history, lineage and presence to push them aside.

With the C6 generation, there are more options on the market in both performance and styling. The C6 and certainly C7 do extremely well to hold their edge, but it's just a better buyers market today. There are many more great cars out there today than there were in the 70s.

Vette_DD

I guess nothing you post from now on will surprise us. Your comment didn't have much effect or purpose.

Keep reading instead of posting, maybe you'll catch on.