This is unbelievable. Without exaggeration. I have called and emailed just over 20 Chevrolet dealerships in my area (South Florida) Although they have them advertised for sale on their websites. None of them are in stock. Are these just sales pitches to get you in the door? Most of them don’t even call me back once I say I’m looking for a C8. How much longer will it be before I can go to my local dealership and see 10 of them on the floor, pick one out, and drive it home? I never thought it would be so difficult to get someone to take my money

 

I believe those ads are in fact sold orders automagically put on the interwebs.

If you want one your choices is as follows...
1. Find a dealer who has an allocation coming soon, which seems not to be working for you.
2. Pay the premium of one that is in stock. $10-30K over MSRP
3. Order from a large dealer and get the car in your spec at MSRP all it will cost you is time. 9-12 months.
4. Buy a flipped C8 from a private party.

There is a long *** line of people saying "take my money" myself included. My deposit went to MM 8/20 and now I'm still waiting at status 3000. Got a couple more months of waiting to go.

 

Unfortunately the websites for dealerships can be misleading. The websites I believe, are populated by an automated process, which lists the sold orders for the dealership.

So the website is showing cars the dealership had something to do with, but they are already sold orders most likely.

Intuitively one would believe any cars listed would be on the lot, but that is not true.

The dealership though, should mark them sold, or remove them as soon as the process allows.

 

It really is crazy times. In my area its Corvettes, clean boats and houses. Its a sellers market for all 3 and people are paying insane money to get all 3. I sold a boat for stupid money, sold my c7 for almost what I paid for it a little over a year earlier and just sold my house setting a record for the comps in my area in Loudoun County Va. I am cashing in on the action and will buy back in when everyone is vaccinated and market catches up in 2023. 😀👍 THE ONLY THING I WONT SELL IS MY C8! It's that good and should tell you something.

 

Not really just sales pitches. GM's inventory software, which dealers are required to use, automatically adds a car to the dealers' website inventory when the car is invoiced. Dealers have to manually go in and either remove it from inventory or mark it sold, and depending on how busy the dealer is, or how proactive, they may or may not do that very frequently.

How long? A long time. People making deposits with dealers today are likely looking at 12 months or more to take delivery. Depending on the dealer, maybe as long as 18 months. The C8 is the hottest mass production car in America right now, the factory has limited production capability, and COVID has impacted some suppliers' ability to keep up with GM's demand. BGA recently closed for 2 weeks, then later for another week, because of supplier issues. GM has, so far, restricted dealers from ordering for dealer stock, only accepting customer orders because the backlog is so great.

There ARE some dealers who have cars for sale, mostly because a buyer backed out after the car was ordered, OR because the dealer screwed a customer by demanding a large market adjustment over MSRP. So you can pretty much figure any dealer that does have a car in stock, for sale, is going to be asking $10K to $30K over MSRP. Heck, used C8s are selling for more than MSRP.

If you're willing to pay over MSRP, all you can do is keep checking with dealers, but figure any cars shown in inventory at MSRP is already sold. If you don't want to pay over MSRP, choose one of the big forum dealers, put down a deposit, and wait. My deposit was paid in January of 2020, and I'm hoping to get my 2021 C8 by the end of April 2021.

 

The impatient side of me is saying to just settle and get the 650HP 2021 Camaro ZL1 with the 1LE track pack. But I know I truly won't be happy with it. Especially when a C8 drives by.

 

Absolutely sweet car!! But here's why I wouldn't and please don't judge. I am not materialistic by any means. But in my area every other teenager young professional has a base Camaro and maybe an SS. I like that the Vette is rarer and harder to obtain. Not so much from a status perspective but If Im paying ZL1 money I want to differentiate some. 😀

 

No cars on the lots to "browse" until at least late 2023.
Better get in line now if you want one sooner.

 

Camaro's are a dime a dozen here. But I have never seen the ZL1 with the 1LE track pack. Probably one of the most aggressive looking cars on the road. I built both cars online and the C8 was just $2K more than the ZL1 1LE. I'm not ruling out the C8 just yet. But it's damn near impossible to get right now.

 

You're only ever going to see a line-up of C8s on the floor/lot if its a large dealership with a fresh delivery of customer ordered cars waiting pick-up.

Some smaller dealerships may be getting a C8 here, or there, but they are few and far between, and even more scarce now with the shutdowns pushing GM's commitments towards the larger dealers that have bigger allocations. The small guys are losing out, and there's nothing they can do about it while demand has production tapped out through 2022.

You might see something change in 2022 if the z06 does turn out to be put into production. There's plenty of people that plan to dump their Stingrays for it, so the used market should start to show signs of life.

 

Plan B

 

Again I am a boater. You can buy a beautiful Bayliner or a Boston Whaler. Both made by Brunswick corporation. Will a Bayliner get you out on the water and have fun? Absolutely but look at the build quality and features layout etc. as well as resale in later years. You can't find a new 17 BW montaulk right now. But you can find plenty of Bayliner Elements etc. You get my point.

 

I wanna hate you for making sense right now.

 

You could get them to stop advertising automatically--by suing them and lose a bunch of money in the process. You won't get a car any faster, but you might feel less angry.

But you can't get them to take your money until they have an allocation--which they will have few of--on a long list--with you far towards the rear of the line.

 

I live in s fla that’s why I got my c8 from macmulkin no bs no fees just a great dealer experience

 

I would get the Camaro. Then wait for the z06 to come out and either get that or buy a hangar queen base car that someone is selling to get the z.

 

Assuming the economy keeps at the current pace....I’d guess 2 years before cars are in stock.

 

Don’t poo, poo the ZL1. I’m blessed to own both. They’re two different cars for two different markets. The Camaro offers a lot of bang for the buck. If you enjoy the track, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed with the ZL1 1LE. If your only going to use it on the street, the standard ZL1 may be the better choice. Those DSSV shocks on the 1LE give a pretty harsh ride on our wonderful streets.

 

I spoke with my contact at Kerbeck today. The demand for the C8 is unprecedented. They have never seen it like this with no end in sight for the foreseeable future. Orders are for the 2022 models are into the late fall at this point and the line isn't getting any shorter.

My guess is the point where you see 10 of them on the floor at a mid-size dealer or 200 on the lot and showrooms at Kerbeck is most likely late 2022 or even 2023 from how it looks at this point and that's if the factory can start pumping out 40,000 cars per year.

So, if you want one, order one and be prepared to wait at least 9 to 12 months at a dealer with decent allocation and longer at dealers with smaller allocations or be willing to pay additional dealer markup.

 

For what it’s worth GM has not stopped dealers from ordering for their lot. Trust me I’ve got a dealer that sent me two stock build sheets for me to pick which one I wanted to buy.