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Corvette Has Outsold Chevy Camaro For The Last Three Years

Late last month, we asked if GM even needs a next-gen Chevy Camaro, posing the question in response to the recent discontinuation of the sixth-generation muscle-turned-sports car after the 2024 model year. And while fans will no doubt bristle at the idea, there are actually quite a few reasons why GM doesn’t need a next-gen Camaro, at least from a business perspective. One of those reasons, as we listed, is the Chevy Corvette C8. In fact, looking over the latest sales figures, we find that the Corvette has actually outsold the Camaro for the last three years.

The front end of the Chevy Corvette C8.

Chevy Corvette C8

Chevy Camaro

Placing annual U.S. Corvette sales figures alongside annual Chevy Camaro sales figures, we find that the Vette outsold the Camaro in the 2021, 2022, and 2023 calendar years by 11,148 units, 9,858 units, and 3,325 units, respectively.

Corvette vs. Camaro Sales - USA
Camaro Corvette + / – Corvette
2023 31,028 34,353 +3,325
2022 24,652 34,510 +9,858
2021 21,893 33,041 +11,148
2020 29,775 21,626 -8,149
2019 48,265 17,988 -30,277
2018 50,963 18,791 -32,172
2017 67,940 25,079 -42,861
2016 72,705 29,995 -42,710
2015 77,502 33,329 -44,173
2014 86,297 34,839 -51,458
2013 80,567 17,291 -63,276

All things considered, that’s quite impressive. After all, the Vette has a starting price that’s roughly double that of the Camaro. Since (almost) no one buys base cars, transaction prices for the C8 are currently exceeding the six-figure mark, meaning that more people are paying more for the mid-engine Corvette than for the Camaro.

Viewed from this perspective, the strength and popularity of the C8 Corvette is underlined even further, adding yet more evidence to fact that the mid-engine sports car is nothing less than a runaway success. To that end, the lackluster sales figures of the past few years provide further justification for GM’s decision to axe the sixth-generation Chevy Camaro without a clear successor on deck to take its place, as sad as that may be to hear for enthusiasts, including us here at GMA.

Indeed, as we covered previously, most mainstream car brands are lucky to have one sports car in their lineup, the majority of which barely break even when it comes to recovering their investment. So, when Chevy has something as good as the C8 Vette, which outsold the Chevy Camaro for the last three years, well – the decision to axe the latter explains itself.

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Jonathan is an automotive journalist based out of Southern California. He loves anything and everything on four wheels.

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  1. The Camaro has a lot of issues, including packaging, design, manufacturer support, etc., that doomed it. Nothing to do with the Corvette. And I will say the Corvette customer is not a Camaro customer, so the Camaro customer was handed off to Ford and Dodge by gm’s incompetence in dealing with an iconic legacy product, which the Camaro is and always will be.

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  2. Prediction : Performance variants of Gen 6 Camaro will, in 10-15 years, bring more money at auctions than C8 Vettes( excluding ZO6). Reasons ? Lower production numbers, small % of manual trans, and true soft top convertibles. 1967-74 performance variations of Camaro bringing more at auctions than C3 Vettes; (excluding L-78s , LT-1, ZR-1 and ZR-2). BTW, I’m a Corvette aficionado- have owned three C3s and love C1 and C2s.

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  3. What do you expect to happen when you hype, advertise and update one (Corvette), and completely ignore the other one (Camaro), leaving it to be outdone by the competition (where the customers went)? An EV Camaro won’t bring me back either. They are not MY future! Good luck with your EVs Mary! You ruined a once great company!

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  4. I wonder, does GM finance GM Authority to do their PR work?

    When I ordered my ‘22 Camaro 2SS, there were only 3 new V8 Camaros within 500 miles of me. There were over 20 Corvettes. In the 13 months it took GM to build my Camaro and deliver it to the dealer, the dealer sold and delivered 4 Corvettes and ZERO Camaros to customers. Hard to sell a car, if you don’t produce them.
    I was at the dealer for some warranty work last week, they had 1 new 2SS Camaro and 3 new Corvettes (1 was a Z06!). Sales manager told me they couldn’t get Camaros, even though they have customers that want them. They’ve sold several V8 Camaros in the past year, but they have bought those from other dealers up north, because Chevrolet wouldn’t build/ fulfill orders they had placed for the Camaros they ordered, even though they had allocations.

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    1. “I wonder, does GM finance GM Authority to do their PR work?”

      No. We’ve never received, been offered, or sought so much as a penny from GM.

      Wonder no more.

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      1. Good to know Alex!

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  5. Sadly GM paid zero attention to the Camaro program for the last several years as they developed the C8. While Ford and Dodge were rolling out model variants, GM sat on their hands and did little to no marketing of the Camaro. As evidenced by all the Challengers selling for 6 figures on BAT. The kicker is that the Gen 6 models were arguably the best GM had ever produced. It’s all about profits. I’m sure their margin on Vette’s is much better than Camaro. I’m going to hold onto my ‘14 z28.

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  6. donovan962, I agree, from what I could find online, for the 2022 model year, mine is:
    1 of 940 2SS convertibles
    1 of 117 2SS convertibles w/ a 6spd
    1 of 42 2SS convertibles in Shadow Gray Metallic
    I think I’ll hold onto her and enjoy rowing through the gears!

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  7. This is what happens when the company is run by bean counters instead of car people. Bottom line is everything. the Camaros would sell if they produced any number of them, instead there was allocations and constraints when it came to ordering . Many Camaro orders are suiting in salesmen’s desks never to be ordered or built. RIP Camaro!

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  8. You build more, you sell more! How many more C8’s were built than camaro’s?
    If your going to give comparisons at least give the BIG picture.

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  9. The single issue with the Camaro is that it is a cheaply outfitted vehicle. The interior where the driver lives is a pathetic jumble of cheapness. Hard plastics everywhere. Even in the upper price range models this doesn’t change. There is no version of the Camaro that screams Quality/ Value, buy me, I’m worth the money. Elon Musk stated on numerous occasions, if your resume has MBA in it don’t bother to apply. GM would do well to heed this philosophy.

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    1. Untrue. Maybe you looked only at base 1 LT? My 2024 2SS Vert has the nicest two tone leather interior, lighting, Bose sound, and other enhancements than any other new car that I’ve owned- and I owned dozens since 1968. The chassis cribbed from Cadillac is world class as is the handling. The manual trans butter smooth. The 6.2 V8 with dual mode very fast and loud. Zero cowl shake. I’ve owned a Mustang GT and a Bullitt- both fun, but talk about cheap. As far as outward vision, no problem either. Each of my C3 Vette’s had less.

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  10. Cannot sale what has not been produced & available for purchase. Our 2022 SS Camaro has been flawless, regardless of what others claim are issues. The last 3 years, it has seemed like gm has intentionally let the Camaro die off for various reasons, but that is going to cost them both loyal past customers & potential future customers.

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  11. From what I’m told about my 2022 2SS is it was the only one in Riverside blue with the pearl white rally stripe with the metallic ground effects pkg all around with the silver rims, I get a ton of looks and thumbs up with this car and as far as people saying negative things about sights blind spots in it I say you get used to it and it’s a sports car go buy a mini van and as far as GM killing it ya I know why the profit margin on a vette is better its like my 3/4 ton 2500 HD big money is made on those that’s to help pay Mary’s big salary.

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    1. Smyles my brother had a 2022 LT1 in Riverside Blue with the pearl white rally stripes, the silver 5 split spoke wheels, and the RS package. Beautiful car, but he sold it to focus on his ’70 Camaro and ’73 Vega!

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  12. Wanted something different, looked for a Base Camaro with 2 options, Vivid Orange Metallic, Automatic. Took 1 Year to Find a Dealer that did not want to Add all kinds of Dealer Add Ons that I REALLY DID NOT WANT! Five Star Chevrolet in DFW took care of me & delivered to house with No Charge. 2.0L Turbo, Love this car!! Have a 6-71 Blown 468 68 Pro Street on the other end of the Spectrum, Also 69 RS Z28, 68 & 69SS, & some 93 Indy Z’28s.(pace cars) . But Really Like my New Camaro. Started out with a 62 Impala SS 327, tortured a bunch of Camaros on the street, then Built my 1st Camaro from a Junkyard Shell, Good Times!

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  13. The camaro used to be the working man’s sports car.but at 50-70k it is out of reach.

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    1. Espo’s, My New 2023 Camaro in August was 32K

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      1. Wow less than a nice Malibu? I had no idea things had gotten so bad for Camaro.

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  14. My 2016 Camaro automatic with 30,000 mile had a failed transmission. It was a badly constructed 8 speed and impossible to find a new trans anywhere in the United states. My car sat at the dealer for 8 weeks while I was renting a car. I would have been happy to buy a new 2022 convertible but there were none to be found in the Chicago area. I did find one hardtop for 3000 over list. It is my opinion that GM and its delear
    ‘s didn’t support the Camaro. There were very few in stock and the ones they had they were asking list. This was the second Camaro that I owned. I finally traded it in for an Equinox to stop the cost of a car rental.JJust for the record I own two Corvettes but I loved the Camaro Convertible.

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  15. Yeah, Lets ignore the other 8 years on the comaprison. Sarcasm aside, for what I paid for my 2023 2ss 1LE, a C8 Stingray wasn’t out of reach. However, I wouldn’t even look at a C8 because of it’s lack of even the option of a Manual Transmission.

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