Next allocation timeline?
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I think if there was going to be another allocation cycle in January we would have heard about it by now. GM had planned for one DSOP per month before the strike, it looks like they are sticking to that plan. I suspect the remaining allocations that the dealers had hoped for in January will be "lost". Hopefully the February allocation cycle will be next week and the dealers receive what they expect for the month.
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If this is true, I am hoping the large volume dealers will be transparent with those that have no chance of getting a 2020. Transparent and communicative in the next week or two!
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April will be the last time Chevy will accept orders for the 2020 Model Year. That is the last time dealers will be able to match a 2020 MY order to allocations given that month. Subsequent consensus cycles will be for 2021 MY. 2021 production starts Sep 1.
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If MacMulkin continues getting 70 per allocation like they did the first three they will end up getting 70 more for Feb, Mar and April for a total of 420 allocations out of their 1172 original expected # for 2020. That is a drastic reduction. Either they and others will get more than they have gotten in the first three allocations for the next three or then they are cutting allocations by more than 50%.
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Today GM released all of the 2020 build out dates and 2021 strat up dates. For Corvette it shows the last consensus month cycle is April and build out date and final DOSP cycle TBD. For 2021 Corvette start up, initial consensus month and DOSP cycle is all TBD (To be determined)
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If MacMulkin continues getting 70 per allocation like they did the first three they will end up getting 70 more for Feb, Mar and April for a total of 420 allocations out of their 1172 original expected # for 2020. That is a drastic reduction. Either they and others will get more than they have or then they are cutting allocations by more than 50%.
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Any idea if dealers should expect to get approximately the same number of allocations per month for the next three as they did for the first three? A chance they get more?
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Zymurgy...thank you for that. If I could follow up with a real life example would be great. My dealer was allocated 200 corvettes. So far they got 38 allocations matched Sept to January. If we assume one cycle per month at same rate they end up with a total of 76 allocations. If we assume that starting in February there are two cycles per month then they end up with 110 cars versus a 200 car allocation. What am I missing? Very much appreciated.
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It just seems strange that they will stop giving allocations for a 2020 four months before they start building 2021's.
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Not really. Remember that the MY2020 is now only a 7 month production run. If April is the last consensus for MY2020 that would make six monthly consensuses for seven months of production. It kinda lines up. Especially if allocations increase somewhat in the next few cycles. I don't think anyone knows at this point what allocations will look like in relation to the previous three consensus at this stage. We all would like to know if anyone has any insight. The latest TPW so far that I've seen in 5/4 so it does look like the first three DSOP accounted for roughly three months of production.