C7 is one very hot selling car !

[C7Driver]

I saw this on one of the U.S forums, not just difficult to get the 'Vette in Canada but not so easy in the U.S either.... Kerbeck is the largest Corvette dealer in the world (well nothing matters outside of the U.S much if you ask GM) , anyways Dave posted this yesterday....I take it all those positive magazine reviews and automotive shows are pushing up demand even more although we are now into the second year of production. Glad I got in line early last year and saved some money to boot !


We actually sold out of stock Stingrays and Z06s. I think this is the first time in my almost 22 years at Kerbeck that I've seen this other than when a new model is coming out.

We sold 184 new Vettes last month and should ge over 100 this month. The drop is only because the factory can't keep up with us.

 

[JB08]

And so they should... what this car does at this price point is nothing short of phenomenal. Glad to see the public and enthusiasts recognize that.

 

[blue_bomber697]

Yup. Double edged sword in my eyes.

The Stingray is incredible and I am very lucky to own one. GM made one hell of a car.

But... because it is so amazing and so affordable, they are starting to pop up everywhere haha. My tiny city of 100,000 has about 12 now (that I know of). I'm glad I have made mine quite unique.

 

[Keith Tedford]

GM may just be kicking themselves for not putting on a second shift. The designers and engineers come up with a real winner and the marketing people shoot everyone in the foot.

 

[EZERUSS]

I have to disagree about a second shift and increasing production.
There are many factors that go into a second shift and I think that Quality Control could take a serious hit if they were to increase production too much.
I am glad the C7 is in demand and that GM is having challenges keeping up. That means they should be running the line profitably and the quality is the highest possible especially the week mine is being built. LOL

Eight more weeks.!!!!
about 56 sleeps!!

 

[C7Driver]

I am starting to see more, I'm in London, last year there were two of us and a used one sitting with 9k miles on it on a lot here, brought up from the U.S. (asking $10k over new list). Today I went for a 45 min drive and saw three new ones, 2 torch red and a grey, last week I saw a black one. I know another forum member just picked his up in London on Friday so expect there will quite a few more around this year. Good, more the merrier , it's a great car.

 

[Simpleman]

I'm guessing the real issue is the shortage of parts... especially the removable tops in carbon fibre... and various parts for Z51's.
I'm thinking that around 42000 units is all they can produce.
So a 2nd shift wouldn't be of any value.
At least until the supply chain gets improved.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

I'd love to hear the suppliers side of the argument but I don't believe it for a minute.

This whole order procedure is so screwed up how could GM possibly order parts from suppliers when customers can't even determine when their cars will be built. If they can't for certain GM can't either.

I suspect suppliers keep GM on a tight rein with credit as well. I know from experience this is not a great company to be a supplier to.

 

[Keith Tedford]

I am starting to see more, I'm in London, last year there were two of us and a used one sitting with 9k miles on it on a lot here, brought up from the U.S. (asking $10k over new list). Today I went for a 45 min drive and saw three new ones, 2 torch red and a grey, last week I saw a black one. I know another forum member just picked his up in London on Friday so expect there will quite a few more around this year. Good, more the merrier , it's a great car.

There was a time when the Oshawa truck plant was running three shifts, turning out on average, 1335 trucks a day and were still leaders in the corporation when it came to corporate audits. Corvette production isn't even remotely close to that number so I don't see where a second shift is going to hurt quality other than perhaps first start up of the second shift but that gets done at a slow start up rate with repairs done in station and quality really isn't affected much at all. Add to that the fact that an awful lot of the work is done by the same robots regardless of shift so there isn't all that much chance for man caused mistakes to creep in. I'd be curious to know how many sales have been lost because possible customers simply move on to something they can buy.
Black 03 Z06 is probably closer to the problem than GM would ever admit, especially after so many suppliers got burned during the restructuring a few years ago. Once bitten, twice shy.