General Motors reported their October 2014 vehicle sales yesterday morning and it shows that 2,959 Corvettes were delivered during the month. According to the report, sales are down year to year by -24.7% but don’t think for a minute that sales of the Stingray are starting to cool. We’ll be back to explain in a […]
2014 Corvette Stingray Statistics
How many Corvettes were built for the 2014 model year, in which colors, and where were they distributed?
The National Corvette Museum originally posted those production numbers last week, which probably were supplied by a GM source, on its website. The museum’s post was removed, but those numbers were reposted by Digital Corvettes and GM Authority.
General Stats
• Corvettes built for the 2014 model year: 37,288
• Built with the Z51 performance package: 21,105
• Built with automatic transmission: 24,088
• Corvettes The National Corvette Museum delivered: 1,231
Colors
• Torch Red: 7,197
• Arctic White: 6,153
• Black: 5,929
• Cyber Gray: 4,064
• Laguna Blue: 3,281
• Crystal Red: 3,020
• Velocity Yellow: 2,125
• Blade Silver: 2,088
• Nightrace Blue: 1,827
• Lime Rock Green: 1,566
Interior
• Jet Black Leather: 14,580
• Kalahari Leather: 5,369
• Black/Red Leather: 4,512
• Red Leather: 3,468
• Jet Black Suede: 2,983
• Gray Leather Suede: 2,835
• Brownstone Suede: 1,492
• Kalahari Suede: 1,044
• Gray Suede: 559
• Brownstone Leather: 485
• 93 percent of cars were equipped with GT seats
• 5,108 cars built with suede-wrapped upper interior trim
Wheels
• Built with chrome wheels: 10,291
• Built with black wheels: 10,142
• Built with Z51 chrome wheels: 7,197
• Built with silver wheels: 4,586
• Built with Z51 Sterling Silver wheels: 2,834
• Wheels were machine-faced: 1,156
See the full list of statistics at GM Authority.
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