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Nobody I have messaged knows the coupe/vert split. Several reports on the web do credit the convertible as one of the "hot" passenger cars along with the Regal and CTS I believe.
I'm gonna do I math problem and then go to bed, I am rounding to the nearest whole because I am tired.
I see a bump in production from Dec to Jan of about 3000 units. GM had been riding pretty low through the last half of the year so I can honestly say that the additional units were most definitely verts. It's hard to tell how many coupes are not being produced now to make room for the verts, but if coupe sales had lingered at a rough average of 5000 per month for the last 4 months, that's what i'm gonna use
In January, the coupe sold 4800, without the vert available because production starts soon. I see 6200 sold in Feb and I believe verts were starting to appear mid-Feb if i'm not mistaken. This month 9,000 were sold as GM retained the 10,000 production run of the Camaro. I see a 3000 unit increase in December, I see 4500 more Camaro's being sold in March than in Jan.
I can say that a possible 45/55 split (vert/coupe) sounds decent off the top of my head. This would be high volume share but sales at first would are expected to be high. We seen a 30% sales increase over last month (some verts were sold in Feb), Sales doubled from Jan when the vert was not available but the production numbers stay the same.
Sales only increased from last year by 60 cars, which means the coupe's sales are starting to slide a bit. If sales were sustained from last year, March would have been close to 14,000 (which is over Oshawa's regular duty). Convertibles usually sell very well in April and throughout the summer. Coupe sales should see a nice bump in July after the 2012's are readily available.
Heres the sales plan though, as coupe sale decrease, the vert will stabilize sales throughout the spring and into summer. The coupe should be receiving updates or a slight refresh/interior and should bring some sales until winter. Sales will naturally start to slump, as there have been about 175k Camaro's sold since 2009. The 6 month special models and ZR1 is great free advertising that translates into real sales.
need to sleep
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