I was having seatbelts done at the dealership and a service tech said he had not seen a vert in there yet. He said that he didn't think they made many, and said he heard only 50 were made in '09. Does anyone know if that is true? I wonder how many are really out there...

 

He's way wrong.
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About 2400 verts produced in 2009 of which about 6% were MT. Included in this figure are 300 Bloomies edition cars that were the earliest available in ealry June 2009 (all were AT).