[Hameister]

What?? You've been cheating on us?? We're calling a lawyer! :laughing:

That's it!

Start a class action lawsuit for "forum malfeasance", ha!

 

[OldVetteFan]

Something I haven't seen mentioned is the fact that the last year of a model run is usually lower than the others as people anticipate the new model. If they are in the buying mood, many wait out that last year wanting to jump on the new model bandwagon. In Oct 2012 when I bought my 2013, I thought long and hard about it, but decided to go ahead and buy the C6.

Good question ....

Production Volumes:
2005 37.3k
2006 34.0k
2007 40.6k
2008 35.3k
2009 17.0k
2010 12.2k
2011 13.6k
2012 11.6k
2013 13.5k

Corvette sales/production dropped off just as dramatically as the sales of all cars/trucks in the US market after 2008.

I think its a good sign for the C7 that compared to the other cars in the Chevy stable, it's showing significantly better improvement than the others. As others have pointed out, one data point does not a trend make. We'll have to see if there's any staying power in this design.

Steven

 

[94vettedrm]

Taking the first two months sale of a new model, where idiots are paying WAY over sticker to obtain a car, and forecasting the sales to stay that high is asinine.

It's like expecting to **** your wife as much throughout your entire marriage as you did the first year.

sad and funny all at the same time, but true!

 

[rdevaux2007]

I don't think anyone is making that forecast - I just annualized the sales figures to have a basis for comparison.

And as for the issue you're having with your wife, maybe that happened with you, but that's not something you should generalize across the board. It's about as asinine as forecasting annual sales numbers from a small initial data set.

Steven

what a sense of humor you have there steven.

 

[OldVetteFan]

what a sense of humor you have there steven.

Yeah, ain't it great?

Like I tell my kids ... you can't get this kind of humor just anywhere. And I seem to get the same kind of appreciative rolleyes from them, too!

Steven

 

[dobrenyr]

Good question ....

Production Volumes:
2005 37.3k
2006 34.0k
2007 40.6k
2008 35.3k
2009 17.0k
2010 12.2k
2011 13.6k
2012 11.6k
2013 13.5k

Corvette sales/production dropped off just as dramatically as the sales of all cars/trucks in the US market after 2008.

I think its a good sign for the C7 that compared to the other cars in the Chevy stable, it's showing significantly better improvement than the others. As others have pointed out, one data point does not a trend make. We'll have to see if there's any staying power in this design.

Steven

You have a winner if it exceed 37,000 units ( first year ) but note how sales continued to RISE to 40,000 in 2007 and 2008 is probably the highest, until the crap out mid-way through the year... It will be years 2 and 3 that will worry GM if the sales start to tail off from the start...

 

[Longtimer]

I don't care how many they sell, but to say the car is targeted to younger folks is not correct. 65% of corvette buyers are over age 50 with the largest slice of that, 12%, being 61-63. The only way to target younger buyers is to lower the price and that's not possible for GM.

What they've really done is target the younger editors / reviewers of car magazines. They are gushing all over the C7, but I haven't read a single line saying they intend to actually buy one.

Regarding the title of this thread. Wow. Two months into the generation and you are posting this type of "information." Posting threads of this "caliber" begs everyone to step up and challenge the "logic" demonstrated.

All I can say is that at no time during the first six months of the C5 or the C6 year 1, we did not see any dealer advertising discounts like we are seeing on the C7.

The C6 averaged 36.8k units over the first FOUR years of production - before the depression ...er the recession hit. "They" say we are mostly out of that economic grand canyon now, so we'll see how the C7 does over the next four years. Shipping them out of BG at a big pace to fill sales fevered dealer orders during the first year or so is one thing. How many are still on the lots next year end, that's another. If the economy stays healthy C7 lovers need to step up and put their money where their mouth is.

 

[Junkman2008]

... If the economy stays healthy C7 lovers need to step up and put their money where their mouth is.

Yea, especially you YOUNG guys. That way, there will be a C8.

 

[92Z28JG]

I was thinking of that example... which reminds me of why I ain't trying to get married.

I was just drinking my drink when i read that.....now its all over my screen!

 

[KennyGS]

You know what happens when you get too excited too soon. :smack

 

[Junkman2008]

I was just drinking my drink when i read that.....now its all over my screen!

:laughing: :laughing:

I am NOT marriage material. At least I am honest with the women I deal with.

 

[Hameister]

:laughing: :laughing:

I am NOT marriage material. At least I am honest with the women I deal with.

That was my sentiment exactly, for many years....until the right woman came my way.

 

[Junkman2008]

That was my sentiment exactly, for many years....until the right woman came my way.

:thumbsup:

 

[Roadkillz]

The problem here is what defines "younger" some of you guys who are probably in their 60s may define "younger" as being 18 year olds.

Everything is relative and in this case "younger" is probably the 30-50 year old demographic (yes 50 years old is younger when compared to recent Corvette sales).

 

[Longtimer]

Sorry, but I really don't give a crap if the new target demographics is 5, 10, 15, or 20 years younger than the current average age. In the end, it really is irrelevant. Only the number of C7 units sold over the next few years is relevant.

C7 lovers, regardless of age: you like it you, you buy it - this year, next year, the next year, etc.

 

[92Z28JG]

:laughing: :laughing:

I am NOT marriage material. At least I am honest with the women I deal with.

Some rationalization going on there...lol jp junk. Do you view marriage as surrendering?

 

[Junkman2008]

Not at all. I'm just too damn demanding for most women. I'm high maintenance. :laughing:

 

[stinger430]

A high maintenance Marine?....yeah right....l:smack

 

[dobrenyr]

What they've really done is target the younger editors / reviewers of car magazines. They are gushing all over the C7, but I haven't read a single line saying they intend to actually buy one.

Regarding the title of this thread. Wow. Two months into the generation and you are posting this type of "information." Posting threads of this "caliber" begs everyone to step up and challenge the "logic" demonstrated.

All I can say is that at no time during the first six months of the C5 or the C6 year 1, we did not see any dealer advertising discounts like we are seeing on the C7.

The C6 averaged 36.8k units over the first FOUR years of production - before the depression ...er the recession hit. "They" say we are mostly out of that economic grand canyon now, so we'll see how the C7 does over the next four years. Shipping them out of BG at a big pace to fill sales fevered dealer orders during the first year or so is one thing. How many are still on the lots next year end, that's another. If the economy stays healthy C7 lovers need to step up and put their money where their mouth is.

Yes, that's it, they are targeting the younger editors of the current car mags... most if not all the older guys are retired... and those would have been the guys that would have called a spade... a spade...:laughing:

 

[92Z28JG]

Not at all. I'm just too damn demanding for most women. I'm high maintenance. :laughing:

Lmao I thought you were a Mack Daddy Junk!So do you make them pay for everything?And how do you get them to do it?