Speed Model "Gift"
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Speed Model "Gift"
Can anyone help me??
I purchased a c8 over a year ago and just got my z06 about five-six months back. They were both custom orders and I should have received the Speed Model for each, but have yet to receive either!
I emailed and chatted with the Corvette Concierge three times now over a span of a few months and each time they tell me their, "looking into it." Does anyone know if this can be escalated or am I just SOL?
I purchased a c8 over a year ago and just got my z06 about five-six months back. They were both custom orders and I should have received the Speed Model for each, but have yet to receive either!
I emailed and chatted with the Corvette Concierge three times now over a span of a few months and each time they tell me their, "looking into it." Does anyone know if this can be escalated or am I just SOL?
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I purchased a 2024 C8 in August and received my model last week. I had no idea I was supposed to get a model so it was a pleasant surprise. Hopefully they are going to work through any backlog and get you yours soon. Good luck!
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There have been reports of buyers waiting two years or more to receive the model. Hard to say why the variation in timeframes, but it is just something that happens.
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This program is a good example of how GM Marketing is dysfunctional. This is taught in basic marketing that you make sure any action taken to further good will not be allowed to do the opposite which clearly this promo is doing. There have many posts for years here of people not receiving or having to go asking many months later "where is my model". The point is this has been going on for almost five years and they could care less about correcting the matter. So sad to say the least. They would have been much better off to not do anything.
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A couple of mine came in pretty quick actually and then the others will come in hopefully soon for the other Vettes I picked up. If they don't come in, then no big deal to me. GM already has my respect and appreciation for making an attainable and very cool vehicle like the C8.
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It seems they do these in color runs. The more common colors get model runs more often whereas less common colors take a bit longer. I got my ELB model in about 8 mos after build. My buddy who had Yellow took 2 mos less to get model, yet his was built 2 mos after my car. I feel sorry for the Cacti Green guys...may take years.
