Something Wrong Here!!
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Racer
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: Hertford NC
I checked with some of the forum dealers and the problem is that they will not take a trade-in or give me a resonable price for my 2006 Corvette. The point is that Corvette sales are declining and Chevy is rejecting firm orders due to this allocation system. When I oprdered the car, the dealer told me he had five allocations left for the year. None current alocations. The dealer has been up frount with me. How can Chevy turn down firm orders with declining sales? I bet BMW will be happy to get me a car.
Burning Brakes
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From: Baltimore MD
St. Jude Donor '08
Kerbeck in NJ isn't too far from NC. My neighbor's boss just bought one there this past weekend.
http://www.kerbeck.com/
Fly in, pick up your car, stop by a casino or two and drive home.
http://www.kerbeck.com/
Fly in, pick up your car, stop by a casino or two and drive home.
Burning Brakes
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From: Baltimore MD
St. Jude Donor '08
I checked with some of the forum dealers and the problem is that they will not take a trade-in or give me a resonable price for my 2006 Corvette. The point is that Corvette sales are declining and Chevy is rejecting firm orders due to this allocation system. When I oprdered the car, the dealer told me he had five allocations left for the year. None current alocations. The dealer has been up frount with me. How can Chevy turn down firm orders with declining sales? I bet BMW will be happy to get me a car.
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Anaheim Hills CA
Something is goofy for sure. Your dealer must not sell enough Vettes to get the allocation. I bought mine from Ken Fichtner and got my production date within DAYS of the deal. In fact he gave me a date before he cashed my deposit. I would cancel my deal with your dealer and go to Fichtner Chevy. I pick my Vette up on 4-21-08
Racer
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: New Bern NC
I checked with some of the forum dealers and the problem is that they will not take a trade-in or give me a resonable price for my 2006 Corvette. The point is that Corvette sales are declining and Chevy is rejecting firm orders due to this allocation system. When I oprdered the car, the dealer told me he had five allocations left for the year. None current alocations. The dealer has been up frount with me. How can Chevy turn down firm orders with declining sales? I bet BMW will be happy to get me a car.
Has your dealer (or you) done a search for a new car with your options that has already been built? Surely they could arrange to have a car shipped from another dealer for you. I have had dealers do that for me in the past.
http://www.jeffhardy.com/lookupvette.php
If your list of options is not rare, then this should be a good way to go. In my case, I wanted a CRM with titanium interior and there was only one in the nation at the time I was looking. The dealer who had it wanted close to sticker, so I chose not to go that route.
I just did another search for a car with the options that I wanted and there are none. Fortunately for me, I will pick it up at the Museum on April 7. One week from today! Woot!
Last edited by BuckeyeInNC; Mar 31, 2008 at 04:03 PM.
Racer
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Maine
I had problems with my local dealer all they did was ly to you,take you out of the market so someone else couldnt have a sale, and when you got desperate they sell you something they found.Find a forum dealer...I did
Burning Brakes
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From: Bovina New York "WOOF"
St. Jude Donor '08
once those cars are shipped to the dealership the dealers own them not GM...GM sold them to the dealerships, its the dealerships problems to sell them....if they dont sell them fast enough, meaning whats on their lot too then their allocation gets cut....GM will see that they have say 4 months of inventory on the lot and thats enough untill they move their product....
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Burning Brakes
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From: Long Island NY
Corvette sales are down 25% in February. The factory is running at 100%. Who is stockpilling the cars? Sales are down for the year to date and I can't get a new Corvette built! My car has been on order for three months and I still do not have a production date. I know all about current allocations but something is wrong with the system when sales are depressed but customers can't get the cars.
Race Director
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Corvette sales are down 25% in February. The factory is running at 100%. Who is stockpilling the cars? Sales are down for the year to date and I can't get a new Corvette built! My car has been on order for three months and I still do not have a production date. I know all about current allocations but something is wrong with the system when sales are depressed but customers can't get the cars.
Race Director
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From: La Center WA
The root of what you're experiencing is that orders of cars that are pre-sold to the retail customer are not given precedence over cars ordered for dealer stock. The system clearly favors the higher-volume Corvette dealers while it gives zero consideration to the retail customers. If you're buying from a high-volume dealer it works great since your order will get picked up immediately; if not, however, you could be in for a very long wait as you're now seeing.
