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Old May 4, 2015 | 01:57 PM
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I am sure there are comments somewhere, but did a search and didn't come up with much. I have seen the order guide, but does anyone know when pricing will be available for the 2016's? Thanks.
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I am sure there are comments somewhere, but did a search and didn't come up with much. I have seen the order guide, but does anyone know when pricing will be available for the 2016's? Thanks.
+1, I am anxiously awaiting pricing as well as I have a deposit down on a 2016.
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Originally Posted by 408sbc
I am sure there are comments somewhere, but did a search and didn't come up with much. I have seen the order guide, but does anyone know when pricing will be available for the 2016's? Thanks.
Figure on a first round of about $1200-$1500 increase on base MSRP. A second one should arrive in the 4th quarter of about the same in the $1200.00 range. I would use this as a guide when ordering. To be safe I would also increase options by about 8% as well.

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Inflation in the U.S. is basically zero. Thus why would they need a price increase?
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Inflation in the U.S. is basically zero. Thus why would they need a price increase?
Mary Barra needs to pay more millions out for killing people with faulty switches, the claims and bodies continue to pile up. You don't think she is going to take it out of her $16M yearly salary? Someone needs to pay for GMs blunders and bad judgments. Now Pony up get your order in and help Mary out, I think I smell another rotting corpse arriving at Mary's door!

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The price increase will come in the form of options.
The last increase was just in March, so I doubt GM will raise it again in just a short period of time.
Last year GM waited until August for the increase, thus resulting in the 1st wave of orders to be exempt from it.
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.....So does anyone know when 2016 pricing will be announced/available?
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I heard from the sales of the MacMulkin Chevrolet that 2016 model will only increase like 1%, so finally I decided to take the 2015 model order by last week because I want my car to be delivered to me by June.
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Originally Posted by ILuvUMan
Inflation in the U.S. is basically zero. Thus why would they need a price increase?
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Originally Posted by ILuvUMan
Inflation in the U.S. is basically zero. Thus why would they need a price increase?
I'm not a shareholder. But if I was, I would want a price increase. I think most would pay more on the base price. I would have easily spent another 5K.
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Originally Posted by ILuvUMan
Inflation in the U.S. is basically zero. Thus why would they need a price increase?
1. Because they can.
2. Union wages go up on a automatic scale.
3. Supplier prices go up.
4. See post 9.

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Originally Posted by Elegant1
Mary Barra needs to pay more millions out for killing people with faulty switches, the claims and bodies continue to pile up. You don't think she is going to take it out of her $16M yearly salary? Someone needs to pay for GMs blunders and bad judgments. Now Pony up get your order in and help Mary out, I think I smell another rotting corpse arriving at Mary's door!
Please take your negative comments someplace else. You can not hang 10# of 'stuff' on your key chain !!
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Please take your negative comments someplace else. You can not hang 10# of 'stuff' on your key chain !!
Everything in that post is 100% true no matter how absurd it sounds. Take it to the bank!
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2. Union wages go up on a automatic scale.


Tier II to a small extent but Tier I wages have been frozen for the past few years.

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Also warranty going to change to 5 years and 60000 on power train not 100000 like now for 2016 model year per GM.
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Originally Posted by ILuvUMan
Inflation in the U.S. is basically zero. Thus why would they need a price increase?
The cost to build the car: components, labor, replacement of tooling, supplier costs, etc. may, or may not, map to the general level of inflation. Caron fiber is scarce, and GM's costs for that may be rising. GM will be negotiating a new contract with the union, which will raise their labor costs to some extent. The cost of aluminum may be rising (or may not be -- these are just examples). Regardless, you can't really use the consumer price index as a guide to the cost of any one specific item.

Aside from that, the cost to build the car isn't the sole determinant of the final price. Supply and demand still matter, and if the demand for the Stingray is higher than Chevy's ability to manufacture them, they may simply choose to increase their profit on a per car basis.

Finally, it looks like there will be more standard equipment, at least in the 2LT and 3LT trim, which will almost certainly raise the price of those versions.
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