There is no allotment system for Canada. Where we recognize that bigger dealers such as Wilson Niblet will continue to get more cars, these dealerships are also the ones with the longest buyer list. Last year, and this year in fact, GM has broken away from their normal pattern of rewarding those that sell the most Corvettes and we have seen both popular dealerships without allocation, as well as small dealerships stunned that they have received an allocation. I got mine in Quebec City and it was just that case with a single allocation. It really comes down to how much you want a Z06. When I first started looking, I was told there were 28 allocations (Aug 14) and that there may be one or two strays not accounted for. I called every dealership starting from the West and then ending with my find in Quebec City. I still remember their words in a heavy french accent, "I don't know why but nobody wants our Z06". That changed soon after I grabbed that allocation with a local doing everything he could to get the car in his hands,l including making very generous offers to both the dealership and myself.
When you find a dealer that says he has an allocation, you need to ask questions to validate such. "Did you receive word from GM that you are getting an allocation?" "Any idea when it will be activated and built?" "Can we verify this with the District Manager"? "Can we place the order now and in my name?" (WN is the exception) You need to get things on your sales contract when you put the down payment such as "Returnable" and "MSRP at time of deposit" As silly as this sounds, there were probably more that didn't get guaranteed cars the first year than those of us who did, one or two having difficulty getting their deposit returned... Oh ya...make sure it says 2016 and not just the model or they will leave you hanging until next year.
I was very lucky. I found mine and then found a number of others for friends I met along the way simply because I left my name at every dealership I called...and they called back! The GM order process for the Z06, or Corvettes in general, is not one to be envied. We have to take the word of the dealer and be confident in their word for a period of time. There is no validation once you put a down payment down, unless like me, your dealer is nice enough to let you speak with the district Rep. Truly, until you are sitting in that car....don't believe it! Once you sit in it though....not much compares to that moment!