28 March 2024

Chevrolet Camaro Yearly Production Numbers (1967-)



The Chev Camaro started life in 1967 as an answer to the Ford Mustang, which was hugely popular. The Camaro was a success and still is today but it never quite knocked the Mustang of its perch. Considering that GM nearly always outperformed Ford in volume, this was not something the General was used to. (Mustang data can be viewed by clicking here).

The Mustang has been in constant production and averaged 184,000 units, the Camaro wasn't manufactured between 2003 and 2008 inclusive. Even so, for all the years it was made, the average was 128,700. That's impressive in its own right, if you don't compare with the Mustang (like I just did).

There have been six generations of the Camaro, made for North America with a few finding homes elsewhere. They are soon to be sold in Australia and NZ with RHD conversions done by HSV. The numbers won't be huge but it shows that there is demand for muscle cars. The Mustang is already a strong selling model in these parts, helping make a business case for this initiative.

The figures below are from more than one source and I found these were not usually consistent. So they should be taken as reasonably accurate and hopefully the swings and roundabouts effect evens out those differences.

Each series is coloured, with a gap for when there was no production. When one model changed over to another, that generally isn't shown here. As the Camaro was made in both the USA and Canada, that when the change of generations becomes evident. 

Picture source: Netcarshow. Last updated 28.03.234


Audi Group Factory Production : 2023











Audi has sixteen plants with seven in Europe, six in China and three elsewhere. The two main ones are Changchun (in the northwest of China, just above Korea) and Ingolstadt (picture above, in Bavaria, north of Munich and its hometown so to speak). Another two plants make Bentley cars, Crewe (northwest England, Cheshire) and Lamborghini cars in Sant'Agata (Bologna, northern Italy). 

Total production for 2023 was nearly 1.94 million units, up 14.5%. Virtually all of that is Audi, of course. The lower picture is from the plant in Brussels, Belgium. 

Data source: Audi.

18 March 2024

Ferrari Regional Sales : 2020-23










Ferrari doesn't release sales by model but it does by region. The total was up 3.3% to 13,663 deliveries. I'm not sure what the ceiling is for this exclusive sports car. Maintaining a balance of supply and demand is important to protect residual values.

The largest is the 'Europe, Middle East and Africa' region with 6,063 deliveries or 44% of the total in 2023. The Americas is next with 3,811 and 28%. China and Taiwan had just under 1,500 sales and 11%. The Rest accounted for 2,300 / 17%.