I have been trying to find out when GM pulls orders from dealers, but the different dealers I've asked either don't want to be bothered or just don't care to give the information out, even though I have a car ordered with them. The dealer I have a car ordered thru keeps telling me they have allocations, but my order never seems to advance from 1100 after a number of months, and the Corvette Concierge tells me this week, that the dealer is waiting on an allocation which goes against what the dealer GM and salesman tell me. After having both traded in and purchased C8's from them (5 C8's from them in 2023 alone) it just p**** me off to be treated like this.

 

1100 is an entered order but no allocation. It sounds to me like they are stringing you along.

 

They probably have allocations, just not for you. After 5 in 2023 alone, maybe they're allocating their resources elsewhere to serve other customers? Maybe their allocations have constraints you're trying to order?

 

why did you buy 5 C8’s?

 

To long to go into here, PM or email

 

Wow. If you really bought 5 C8's from this dealer last year they should be kissing your *** and washing your feet. I hate stealerships. Would love it if GM would change their business model on Corvette's to sell direct like...well you know who.

Oh, as always, name the dealer so we can choose to avoid.

 

On the business side of things...If I was the dealer and already sold 5 C8s to you I would think you are just flipping them and taking business away from me as a dealer. Thus if you came in again and ordered another, which you did, I'd definitely put you on the back burner.
Now you say there is a long story with the 5 you had so my thinking is no doubt all wrong.

 

Sounds like the dealer is jerking you around. Perhaps it is time to find another dealer with which to place your order.

However, as the poster above mentioned, if you are flipping the cars, I can understand the dealer’s hesitancy to sell you another one.

 

But if he paid MSRP or over why would the dealer care? I doubt the dealer is selling them under MSRP. The market is still not there.

But if there were problems on these cars please elaborate. It may be a long story but the people deserve to know.

 

After 5 C8s from the same dealer I would think there would be an understanding of how the order process works between you and the dealer.

Regardless, being 1100 doesn't mean you've ordered a car. Your build will just sit in workbench until it gets an allocation.

You have to ask the dealer where you are on the waitlist. Allocations go to the people at the front of the line unless there are constraints customers won't budge on and they can move down the list to the next person.

If the dealer says they have allocations (insinuating they have allocations available and nobody on a waitlist) and doesn't match your build to one of those allocations then time to find another dealer.

Even if the allocation has constraints that are on your build they should still be contacting you and asking if you are willing to drop the constrained items. If they don't even do this, they're a terrible dealership.

If they are just giving allocations to whoever they want and don't have a list, time to find another dealer.

Communication is key.


As an FYI allocations come out on Thursdays for GM dealers. This doesn't mean they will get a C8 allocation but this is when they would receive one. If you want to know a good time to call dealers looking for allocations it would be between Thursday and Saturday.

Lots of smaller dealers have empty waitlists now and are ordering C8 Stingrays for stock so it shouldn't be hard to land an allocation of you call around for a Stingray.

 

There was no ordering cycle in December. The next consensus and ordering cycle is January 25th

 

I think the dealer would care because by satisfying ONE customer who is buying multiple only Corvettes he is delaying or loosing a new customer who by marketing profiles may have interested in purchasing other models in the future. And from past purchases you know the Vette guy probably is not buying anything else.

Oh and stating we deserve to know. No we don't. If the poster wants to share that's his business.

 

ALL the purchases and trade ins were at the same dealer...so Flipping is not an issue. They make money on the sale, then make money on the "less then purchase price" trade in and the subsequent sale...and repeat....the last car I bought from them was a 2024 and had 124 miles on it when I traded it back in to them, and ordered another 2024 because the constraints were lifted.

 

If the next "pull" date is in fact January 25th, I understand it is the last time in that cycle to make changes...then will that be enough time to make a change and still get a January order in..??

 

Just so you know about what I buy there...over the past years I've bought more then 11 cars myself, two new Camaros, Equinox (one of which I gave my granddaughter, and even on the last 2023 that I pre-traded in (which I bought from them) I bought another car that day to get home and hold me over until the next Vette came in and that does not count the family members I brought in and they sold cars to...so they make enough money and they even contact me if a customer cancels a deal to see if I want that car which is there

 

Not if 01/25 IS the next ordering cycle you will be locked in on the order at the end of business on 1/29 no changes are allowed past that Monday. Then if the order is deemed buildable by GM you will get acceptance and soon go to 3000 usually later that same week. All of this of course depends if your dealer has allocation for what you want to order.

 

Things are changing. See Ciocca now has ~40 new C8's in stock. Not quote like the "Old C7 and Prior Days" but little doubt with a few more we'll be seeing a discount not their current MSRP offer. Yep was common to see 150 to 200 new Vettes in stock with 10+% discounts. In winter when I bought my Grand Sport (made just for me to my specs in BG as all 6 of my Vettes) with their Internet discounts showing ~15% which is what I got!

 

Actually, there was one DSOP on December 14, 2023, but you're right about the next one being 1/25.

 

I out my order Friday before new year and GM accepted my order that Tuesday in 2000 status from MacMulken. See my previous post. But a week later still no movement. Emailed Shane today and asked for status. He said itll be ready for pick up in ten weeks.

 

Plant has been shut down for the holidays. Thus no movement.