The Corvette C8 (the first with a mid-engine) may have been unveiled a few months ago, however, that does not mean that the previous generation has disappeared from the stands of the North American brand and the numbers that prove it to you are we talk today.
According to a survey carried out by the Corvetteblogger website, on November 15th, the total number of Chevrolet Corvette C7 awaiting a new owner was of 5025 units , that is, the equivalent of a stock for about 122 days.
The data, taken from the einventorynow.com website, is likely to reflect a “problem” we told you about a few months ago when we launched the Corvette C8. It seems that there are customers who chose to wait for the unprecedented mid-engine Corvette, something that led to a drop in sales of the Corvette C7.
strike can help
Interestingly, if there's anything that can help “shipping” some of the Corvette C7s currently in stock, it's the 40-day strike by the UAW union that led to the start of production on the Corvette C8 being pushed back to February 20 — it was supposed to have already started.
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Now, given the delay in arriving at the stands of the new Corvette C8, we would not be surprised if we saw some more “impatient” customers opting for copies of the previous generation.
In any case, if there is a unit of the Corvette C7 that is no longer available, it is the last unit of all, a Corvette C7 Z06 that was auctioned by the Barret-Jackson company for 2.7 million dollars (about 2.4 million dollars). euros), which was donated to a charity.