Corvette Sales Slow Down for the First Month of 2016

[Rob]

This morning, General Motors released news that Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac dealers in the United States delivered 203,745 vehicles in January 2016, and last month was the company’s best January sales performance in eight years. GM’s retail sales increased 9 percent year over year with total sales up 0.5 percent. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Corvette brand.

Last month, 1,501 Corvettes were delivered from the Bowling Green Corvette Assembly Plant. That's a 39% drop in production from the 2,453 units built in December 2015 and a 29.4% drop in production from the 2,127 units built in January 2015.

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006

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[TH="colspan: 14"]Monthly Corvette Delivery Statistics[/TH]

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[TD="align: right"]1,501[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]NA[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]NA[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]NA[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]NA[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]NA[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]NA[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]NA[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]NA[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]NA[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]NA[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]NA[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]NA[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]2,127[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,605[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,785[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,469[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,514[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,807[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,794[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,725[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,572[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,526[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,952[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,453[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]30,876[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]2,261[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,438[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,480[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,514[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,328[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,723[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,060[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,679[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,467[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,959[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,378[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,552[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]34,839[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]908[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]980[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,053[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]974[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]905[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]853[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]671[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]655[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]831[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,929[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,527[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,005[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17,291[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]629[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]927[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,376[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,396[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,219[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,475[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]987[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,210[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,351[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,167[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,104[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,291[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]14,132[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]721[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]955[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,163[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,454[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,304[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,299[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,291[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]936[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,147[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]946[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]910[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,038[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]13,164[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]854[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]624[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]955[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,089[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,428[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,405[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,199[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,135[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,109[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,011[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]836[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]979[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]12,624[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]842[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,027[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,183[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,407[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,643[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,396[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]966[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]746[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,585[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,154[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]952[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,033[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]13,934[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]2,015[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,071[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,692[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,190[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,904[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,082[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,870[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4,242[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,318[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,170[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,093[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1,324[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]26,971[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]2,234[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,784[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,158[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,227[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,300[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,377[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,377[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,877[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,837[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,484[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,438[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,914[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]33,685[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]2,579[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,058[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,655[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,516[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,317[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,938[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,794[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,990[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,056[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,761[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2,773[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3,081[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]36,518[/TD]

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Given the time of year and the strong winter weather conditions experience through much of heartland this season, it's safe to assume that this could be the reason behind these sluggish sales numbers.

Source: General Motors