Per credible source, for 2021 Corvette orders, dealers are not subjected to a set # of allocations, they can get as many allocations as they can depending upon # of orders they lockin with deposit. Some dealers aren't conforming to MSRP, they may leave as Market dependent orders at the point of vehicle delivery. So get in writing on PO at MSRP with the options you choose may be a wise idea.

Found this post on a FB Corvette site. My dealer won’t even take a deposit until GM picks up the order. Been at 1100 since early August.

 

I don’t think there’s just about any chance that is going to happen....

 

You are too optimistic. There is a -1,000,000% chance of the OP's scenario happening. Allocations are here to stay.

 

Your source sucks.

 

But ......... but ............ It's gotta be true. Mark Zuckerberg said so.

 

to the OP.....YOU HAVE BEEN DRINKING THE KOOL-AID.

 

Unlimited allocations would require unlimited production capacity, and we know they don’t have unlimited production capacity. So it can’t be true.

 

Your "credible source" has not a clue or the whole concept got lost in the telling. I dealt with allocations for decades and they were not invented for any Corvette. It is fundamental to the entire distribution system whether the vehicle is in demand or not.

 

So that would mean if you didn't order from Kerbeck, MacMulkin, or Criswell, you will never get a car... the little dealers would be soooo ticked off. I am sure that is one of the many reasons they have allocations.

 

Fake news. Can’t see GM doing away with allocations.

 

 

In the wake of being Corvette centric, people here fail to sometimes understand the bigger picture. Allocations are a hugely complicated process and far transcend the Corvette model. While C8 fans look at getting an allocation as the Holy Grail, that situation happens once every ten years or so on average.

It all starts with the projection of every car to be built of every model with the assembly lines moving. GM then needs to find a taker for these produced models as they do not build for their own inventory. This becomes the distribution system to the dealer body and is based on allocations and getting the dealers to actually accept these allocations whether the dealer currently needs more of a particular model or not.

Along with this comes the contractural obligation with their dealers to distribute these vehicles fairly and based on past sales...not orders real or imagined. It is far more important to get dealers to take new trucks in volume than to take what is less than one percent of total volume in the Corvette. Hence comes the allocation system and the dance between parties of constantly trading back and forth with the manufacturer wishing to keep the lines moving and the dealers looking for the right product to sell.

Do not be confused thinking that what you read on this forum always has anything to do with actual processes in a dealership. There are roughly 3,000 Chevy dealers and maybe a handful of these are in a position to thrive concentrating on Corvette sales. This is a choice the dealers make and a marketing decision that sometimes is successful and other times an abject failure.

 

While I agree that the '21 is not going to suffer a free-for-all (but not a free car to anyone), there is/can be a time when allocations are somewhat satisfied. And this can result in dealers that want more than their allocation to place orders. It occurs only when demand has slowed, cars are being made for current orders, and demand is lower than production can be. In other words, supply and demand. This happens for both small and large dealers to increase their orders when demand is running lower than the ability to supply.

Maybe this won't happen for the C8, but I doubt it. There will come a year, 4th, 5th, etc., when supply is running all out, and demand is trending below that capacity to produce. Then, orders above the original allocation can be accepted. Original allocations however are very thought out; it's not throwing darts at a board. That's just fundamental to the production and sales process.

NOte: while writing this, I wish I'd seen jallen4's later post just above. It is a good summation of the process for GM and the thousands of Chev dealers. Note especially the contribution of Corvettes to a dealer's bottom line, all Chev dealers' bottom lines, and GM's bottom line. It's an important point to consider-the big (ger) picture.

 

My vote goes to .................

 

Could be an "interpretation" buy a dealer who wants to get nonrefundable deposits! Yep ANY Dealer can place all the Event Code 1100 orders they would like, get a piece of official looking paper and give it to the "Potential Customer." Does NOT need an allocation! BUT that order means little until the Dealer is told just how many cars they can place that will be accepted by GM in any "Build Order" period. That has not happened yet and probably won't for a few months!

 

Just like if the Electorial College is eliminated.Only the big liberal most populous states will have a vote.

 

I use that instead of "hand sanitizer". You can lick your fingers after you use it.

 

OP, your source is 100% WRONG.

 

 

I read through the thread and everyone is saying there is no way this is the case, but what the OP is saying is actually what my dealer told me. They described it as a sell one get one system for their allocations in 21. They would technically have unlimited allocations but only to the point of being able to sell the cars.

I'm sure my dealer could could be wrong and or confused, just putting it out there that maybe it isn't entirely impossible.