Rinaldo Catria

Just for kicks this morning I tried looking up production numbers for the previous generation ZR1 Vettes. Here’s what I found online: C3. ~60, C4.. ~6922, C6.. ~4684. I’d appreciate a “genuine Corvette historian’s” input here. Thanks.

range96

Sounds about right.

My '95 ZR1 was #442, '10 ZR1 was #1254, '19 ZR1 is #1623.

Gary '09 C6

Rinaldo,

I'm not a historian, but I believe the Corvette Action Center C6) ZR1 registry lists 4,684 produced for m-y 2009--2013.

Gary

https://www.corvetteactioncenter.com...-zr1-registry/

Rinaldo Catria

Thanks guys... it just crossed my mind that should the C7 ZR1 be a one and done.... only the C3 would have a fewer number..(obviously by a lot).. but the C7 numbers are still only about 2x the latest Ford GT.. and fewer than many sought after Porsche “track oriented” models. Kills me that GM is keeping this such a secret. Really don’t see the value of it at this point.... and I would think a real headache for Corvette salespeople.

Rinaldo Catria

I haven’t read that there has been any “pushback” from existing Ford GT owners over the announcement to increase total production from 1000 to 1350.. I’d be interested to know if any of you have. My original take was that Ford would be lucky break even on the car at $1/2 mil with such a low production run and all the sunk costs assiciated with it. But of course, its being written off to the racing program and thr “halo effect” as advertising costs. It will be interesting to me if the 1350 is the final number or if its bumped up again.

MustOBeenYellow2015Z

So should we not be driving our cars?

Rinaldo Catria

you guys are driving your cars?

rob62

I don't think its G.M.'s intent to be secretive with future ZR1 production. Given the C-8's unexpected problems and delays it would be unprofessional to give an exact timeline that would more than likely be incorrect . I say when the C8 gets sorted, it will be announced and be immediately followed by C7 shut down date. If you were hoping for 2000 or less Z's it's time to up it to 2500.

Rinaldo Catria

.. as I said in a recent post..my guess is 2500 now... “GUESS”.. I suppose if they announced no 2020 or ‘21 ZR1 it would pretty much confirm the yet to be announced C8...

RedZ4me

Are you bored? You keep harping on the same one year production bs - who cares!

Mikec7z

ive heard there is going to be short production run on c7's for 2020, and just heard this today. Sorry i cant say who told me, they can lose their job quickly.

I cant guarantee a 2020, but i trust the person enough that if i could stake a wager on it, i would.

USMC 0802

Oooh, Secret Squirrel....

MarkP

Yep. 2009 - 2013 Corvette ZR1 Registry: https://www.corvetteactioncenter.com...-zr1-registry/

MustOBeenYellow2015Z

If you don't like it, go else where. All you do is post negativity. Go kick rocks..

MustOBeenYellow2015Z

I've only got about 800 miles on my car. I didn't get her till November..

Vernon

Sure hope my Canadian dealer gets more allocations from GM so my order gets filled...

Rinaldo Catria

. I actually put 3700 miles on mine between July and Nov when she got tucked away for a miserable U.P. winter.

serpent

lol, you already put too many miles. If youre really serious about making yours a collector and hope to see its value sky rocket, should have never driven it. Actually, should have bought 2. One to drive and one to store.

Also, this has been beaten to death. It doesnt matter how many Ford GT's Ford makes. They will always be rare compared to a corvette. Theres like 4 variant C7 corvettes and only 1 variant Ford GT.

Rinaldo Catria

I bought it to drive it. Actually I’d be happier if I had had a chance to put 15,000 miles on it by now. While the Ford GT is totally different animal from a collectibility point of view, it is erronious to state emphatically “it doesn’t matter how many Ford makes”. Scarcity affects every collectable. In the unlikely event Ford announces they will build 2500 GT’s instead of the already raised production number of 1350, I’d bet my last $ that there would be more than a few gripes coming from existing owners. Vettes are bought as drivers. GT’s are bought more with collectability in mind. You pay big bucks up front for that. That money has an opportunity cost as it could be doing something somewhere else.

serpent

Someone will always complain, like you complaining about the GT. Ford made over 4000 05/06 GT. 2500 is not that much.
Who knows, maybe GM will make 3000 ZR1s. Theres already over 100k c7 corvettes made.