I understand that there will be no more dealer allocations given out until after the holidays. If my order doesn't get assigned to an allocation this week, when can I expect my dealer might get more?

[Thought I'd posted this question yesterday, but when I went back I couldn't find it.]

 

Great question!! Ordered my Z51 (only z51 constraint) on 11/4. Still no allocation. And it is a very large volume dealer..Went to a large dealer because of allocations. Still have not got one. Maybe this is an issue for all dealers? Constraint report shows that if an allocation is given this week the scheduled TPW might be 1/12....I have heard that allocations are not being given out if a dealer has many unsold on their lot? Don't know if that's true... not seen anyone post with a January TPW yet...but I imagine that's coming soon....

-M

 

I'm still waiting for an allocation for my Z51 coupe since 11/3/14.

Also a larger Corvette dealer.

We shall see.

 

I ordered a base model just before Thanksgiving and still sit at 1100. The only item on constraint on my car was the painted roof.

 

I am in the same boat, ordered mine on 10/29 from a large dealer and Z51 only constraint and still at 1100.

 

I waited 6 weeks for my local dealer to get an allocation and place my order. I was getting very frustrated.

I saw an ad from a Corvette Forum Vendor. I sent an email with my story, what I was looking for and the build from my sheet.

The next day I received an email back, which was very professional.

I called the salesman Patrick Sullivan @ Cable-Dahmer in Independence, Mo., better known here on the forum as KC Corvettes ...a Platinum Supporting Vendor.

Within 24 hours, my order was entered, including matching color removable roof without any constraints.

Richard,
There is no issue with the current constraint on the CFA roof panel, there will be 34 nationwide this cycle and yours is one of them.


I made a $2000 deposit. My price was well below MSRP using the CU program (GM Supplier pricing). The next day the salesman (Patrick Sullivan) provided me with the 6 letter & number order code. The salesman knew exactly how many body colored roofs were available for this order cycle (34%) and my order from this dealer was included in that 34%, which means I will get the exact car that I built and ordered.

Once the car is delivered to the dealer, they will arrange transport and have the C7 Coupe transported to me in NM.

There was no comparison in working by phone and email with Cable-Dahmer and Patrick Sullivan, compared to the 6 week wait for an allocation from my small home town dealer.

If your tired of waiting, and don't mind paying a transporter to ship from the dealer to you, then I HIGHLY SUGGEST, that you consider working at deal with Patrick Sullivan at Cable-Dahmer Chevrolet in MO. The whole process was quite easy, and they are a high volume Corvette Dealer. Pat Sullivan is a Corvette Specialist and very knowledge and professional. He did not leave me hanging on any calls or emails.

It is worth a try to speak with him as I did. It cost nothing to talk.

My frustration with allocations and constraints quickly ended working with Cable-Dahmer in Missouri. If the build process and subsequent transport goes well I will be a very happy camper.

 

FWIW to others here, it's very much possible to avoid the cost of transporting the car from the selling dealer to the buyer when placing a factory order. One need only find a local dealer that's willing to do a "courtesy delivery". In such cases, the selling dealer (the one that orders the car) specifies that after production the car gets shipped directly to the delivering dealer. (The selling dealer never sees the car.) The buyer pays the delivering dealer a pre-agreed upon "courtesy delivery" fee (typically $300-$500) for PDI and that's it.

 

Lots of discussion on this issue of "Courtsey Delivery.

See the following thread....

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...er-dealer.html

 

So does anyone have some insight to why some large volume dealers are not getting allocations? Seems to be quite a secret...even my dealer is skirting the question of when he's going to get an allocation for my order.. I just want the truth...

-M

 

Based on what I saw at the factory a couple of weeks ago he lack of Z51 allocations is more than likely the huge order backlog of Z06s that were on the line. Over 50% of the cars were Z06s and I just read were someone else toured the factory this week and saw the same thing. That should clear out in a few weeks and then the constraints should be back to normal.

 

I talked to my salesman this AM and told him I would add the transparent roof if that would move the order forward. That will tell me if they really have an allocation.

 

I hope that is true, but A8 Z06 allocations are coming up soon....

-M

 

All replies very interesting. But nobody has actually answered my question yet:

"When will new allocations begin again after the holidays? Early January? Late January? Feburary? Anyone got a Date???"

 

It is my understanding that allocations are issued twice per month on Thursdays. Dealer have until Sunday after the Thursday to submit the order, and GM accepts the order by Tuesday of the next week.

Next rotation in January appears to be Jan 8th and 22nd. I am not 100% sure but this is my understanding on how the process works.

Hope this helps and perhaps others can chime in on this request for you.

 

You are asking an unanserable question. The C7 ordering process has been outside of norm since the first orders could be entered. Norm is consensus every two weeks and within consensus the dealer may order every week. This has not been true, for the most part, for the C7 and any answer a month or two in advance would need to be based on the norm.

Laborsmith

 

I don't know where you heard no more consensus cycles till after the holidays. Most dealers are telling Z06 buyers they expect a consensus next week, starting the allocations of A8 Z06s. Last year, they had them every week but Christmas/New Years. At the moment, the plant tries to build 18 cars per hour on a 10 hour shift. Only 7 of those are Z06s, leaving 110 cars per day of Stingray production. No reason to cut back on ordering cycles, as the plant is only closed for two weeks over the holidays, and the TPWs for this week's consensus are already in mid-January.

BTW - all you folks ordering from "big" dealers, what constitutes big? 100 vettes per year doesn't even get you in the top 10. 20 doesn't even get you in the top 100 vette dealers. Kerbeck, the no 1, sells over 1200 per year. My dealer sold 40 last year, and isn't even considered the top vette dealer in the area.

 

My dealer sold over 500 C7's...should be big enough?

-M

 

I ordered my Z51 w/ glass roof on 10/23 from Florida's largest Vette dealer. In talking with my salesman today (43 days later), he told me that they have gotten 10 Z06 and have 7 more built and in transit. Since my order they have only gotten allocations for a few base cars and NO Z51. They expect this to change shortly. Interestingly, they have been selling their inventory quickly, compared to many northern dealers. They had 30 15' Vettes and 7 14' vettes when we stopped on 10/18. Of those there are only 6-7 same cars and many others have come and gone. To date they have 14 - 15's, including 5 base cars in black with glass roofs that recently came in.

They too don't seem to understand the issue of the lack of Z51 allocation, except that because of their large Z06 allocation, they are getting plenty of cars that are sold or will sell quickly.

In my research here and elsewhere, it seems that many large dealers have had the same allocation issues. Guess those of us with 1100 orders will have to just live with it. I want what I ordered and am willing to wait.

 

I know it doesn't answer the question, but just as another data point, I ordered my 2015 C7 Z51 3LT convertible 11/17, was 1100 11/22, and salesman sent me an email 12/6 advising I'm at 3000 with a target production week of 1/12/15. Don't know how large of a corvette dealer Classic Chevy in Grapevine Tx is, but they're a huge Chevy dealership.

And virtually all their corvettes are sold when ordered-none on the lot. i have no idea if that makes a difference.

 

Me too, but have been waiting at 1100 since I placed my order on September 19. My dealer gets lots of allocations but none for Z51s. A bit of a bummer!