2016 Final Corvette Statistics
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They built the **** out of Z06's. 14,275 of them in 2016 and 8,653 of them in 2015, and a bunch or sitting on the dealer's showroom floors, unsold. Now that Tadge has said changes are being made to the 2017's to address the overheating problems, that should make it very difficult for the dealers to get rid of their unsold 2016's without having a fire sale on them.
That won't help the resale value of a 2015 or a 2016; M7 or A8.
That won't help the resale value of a 2015 or a 2016; M7 or A8.
By then might be time for another.
Team Owner
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From: salem OR
Race Director
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From: Southern Indiana
What I find interesting is 1 1/2% of the Corvettes were delivered by the Museum. If they were able to sell the car, they'd be the #3 dealer... I enjoyed the Museum delivery this year, but had no idea it was so popular.
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I assume your car never sees over 5k on the way to cars and coffee. 
I'll have you know I NOW have > 900 miles on it!!
Drifting
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From: South Dennis MA
They built the **** out of Z06's. 14,275 of them in 2016 and 8,653 of them in 2015, and a bunch or sitting on the dealer's showroom floors, unsold. Now that Tadge has said changes are being made to the 2017's to address the overheating problems, that should make it very difficult for the dealers to get rid of their unsold 2016's without having a fire sale on them.
That won't help the resale value of a 2015 or a 2016; M7 or A8.
That won't help the resale value of a 2015 or a 2016; M7 or A8.
Last edited by capecodvette; Jul 26, 2016 at 11:47 AM.
Team Owner
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: salem OR
They built the **** out of Z06's. 14,275 of them in 2016 and 8,653 of them in 2015, and a bunch or sitting on the dealer's showroom floors, unsold. Now that Tadge has said changes are being made to the 2017's to address the overheating problems, that should make it very difficult for the dealers to get rid of their unsold 2016's without having a fire sale on them.
That won't help the resale value of a 2015 or a 2016; M7 or A8.
That won't help the resale value of a 2015 or a 2016; M7 or A8.
Compared to about any mass produced car.
Try instead saying those are low low numbers compared to most other cars. Then the supposed new cooling features only matter to a small few. That will make no difference on sales.
No more fire sale than any other year!
Burning Brakes
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Why?
Because GM finally realized all the potential buyers of their Z06 if they were to provide an automatic, and they've jumped on it.
Not everyone is interested in clutching their way thru city traffic (and I don't want to get into a M7/A8 discussion here), and a lot of the buyers are mature (average age of a corvette owner a couple of years ago was about 50ish).
My last standards were an 88 GTA and a 79 Pontiac Gran Prix (with a factory Hurst) but since then, due to a clutch leg knee injury I've been running automatics.
Depending on your need, either one in these beasts are great!
Because GM finally realized all the potential buyers of their Z06 if they were to provide an automatic, and they've jumped on it.
Not everyone is interested in clutching their way thru city traffic (and I don't want to get into a M7/A8 discussion here), and a lot of the buyers are mature (average age of a corvette owner a couple of years ago was about 50ish).
My last standards were an 88 GTA and a 79 Pontiac Gran Prix (with a factory Hurst) but since then, due to a clutch leg knee injury I've been running automatics.
Depending on your need, either one in these beasts are great!
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Oldtimer
I see one every morning when I go out to my garage. 
Seriously, I haven't seen that many in our area either. I went on a tour of the plant last week in Bowling Green and they mentioned the AW is the #1 color. Pretty amazing place. 
Seriously, I haven't seen that many in our area either. I went on a tour of the plant last week in Bowling Green and they mentioned the AW is the #1 color. Pretty amazing place.
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Out here the #1 color for Vettes historically has been red.
As far as C7s are concerned, I hardly ever see one around town.
Pretty amazing place.
