gregm06

I've made some inquiries about factory ordering a new Stingray and was advised by the salesman they will only sell at MSRP. Do any Southern Ontario dealerships offer discounts on 2016 orders?

chelseavette

what are you looking to get?

AllFlash

I have yet to hear of a factory order in Canada under list. There is usually a very healthy waiting list for these cars.

Bob Holinski

There are many new 2015 and 2016 Corvettes sitting on dealer lots in Alberta. I suspect you could get a pretty good deal on one of them if you could find what you are looking for in inventory. Last time I looked at Calgary dealer web sites there were more than 30 new C7s on the ground.

squalo3

I doubt it, the car is popular and the CDN dollar is in the tank, which is why the C7 prices are now back to the levels of the outgoing C6's were, starting at $65,000+

When I ordered my '15 back in '14, the dollar was very strong (over $1.00 u.s) then in 2015 the dollar started to nose dive and the price of the car went up 3 times during the single model year.

When the C7 first appeared in 2014 the price was only about $700 off that of the U.S. and look at it now.
DIFFERENCE = $10,000+

GM CANADA
http://www.gm.ca/gm/english/vehicles...ngray/overview


GM USA

http://www.chevrolet.com/corvette-stingray.html

gregm06

You're right on. Here is a link to Lakewood Chevrolet in Edmonton,
http://www.lakewoodchev.com/new-inve...elections=true advertising new 2015s at $7,000+ off MSRP. I sent an email last night and they responded within minutes, very anxious to clear out the 2015s.

When I spoke with the Ontario salesman he said they price the used C7s high because they can send them to the US, but they cannot sell the new C7s over MSRP or sell to the US. He also said to expect more price increases in Canada to make up for the poor dollar.

Furthermore I spoke with an Alberta friend who works in the oil patch and he told me not to expect oil prices to improve for some time, hence a continuing weak CND.

AllFlash

Welcome to the Vette Club Greg! Hopefully we see you at a few meets this year! That second para makes alot of sense with respect to used pricing...never considered that.

gregm06

Thanks. I'm actually shopping for my dad. He bought a new 2006 coupe back then, sold it to me 3 years latter and got a Nissan 350 Z roadster. He now wants back into a Vette. I currently have the '06 and a 2004 Z16 and enjoy both.

gregm06

Right now I'm looking at in stock 2015 from a price point, but will order a new 2016 and get the preferred options (once we figure that out). Looking at A8 coupes with either 2LT or 3LT trim. Want it for the street only so don't need Z51. Colour is undetermined but leaning toward white or grey. Looking at what's out there to see what works best.

RedZ4me

Very smart of you to shop and not fall into the msrp crap or over msrp - why anyone would give them 10% profit is beyond me.

dankhts

Buddy of mine ordered his back in September from Cullen's in St Catharines..... They had a couple in stock but not what he wanted..... It came in just be fore Christmas btw.... Saw his bill of sale, he got a discount off of list price.....

1500cc

I initially thought GM was really constraining supply to Canada, especially when they sold only 48 Vettes in November. But looking at the sales through the years, we've been getting quite a few C7s (from www.goodcarbadcar.net/)

2004....680
2005....1185
2006....992
2007....787
2008....596
2009....307
2010....364
2011....352
2012....250
2013....324
2014....1181
2015 thru Nov....1676

Patman

While it's true that they have sold more C7s each year than they did for the C6, they still limited the supply so that there were many customers who could not get cars. So the demand was still much higher than the supply. They probably could have sold 3 or 4000 C7s up here if the availability was there.

FivePointFarms

Everything is on sale in Alberta....it will be a long ride down.


If you want reliable info contact forum member THE MONK in Alberta he is a dealer and a stand up guy. A pleasure to deal with. He will hook you up.

BlueFinn

I agree. When I got my 2014, I felt lucky to even get one and gladly payed MSRP without even asking for a discount. I initially ordered one locally. After 3 months with no word if they could get it, I cancelled and telephone ordered one from WN in Richmond Hill, which I got in less than a month. I did get the loyal customer discount since I also have a caddy, but I spent that on the extended warranty.