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<blockquote data-quote="gone" data-source="post: 312764" data-attributes="member: 5899"><p>As set out above: "<strong>GM...decided to up it to 35% to keep the cars coming here, or GM corporate could ship our cars elsewhere in the world</strong>...".</p><p></p><p>Yes paint me (now) a bitter cynic but keep in mind I'm someone who's driving his second C8 and the only Canadian who took precious vacation time from a busy job and unhappy spouse, to fly to the 2022 Corvette "Bash" in Bowling Green Kentucky all the way from Western Canada to see and learn about the C8 Z06 at the end of April last year...so I was ++ invested and definitely drank the Kool-Aid.</p><p></p><p>However I ++++++ doubt GM will give up on its marketing goal of "world-wide sports car domination" and return Canada's allocations or even keep them the same merely by making a price increase, as opposed to continuing to market them to Japan, Australia and (moreso the "home" of Porsche, a HUGE target) Europe. GM's plans to cut Canada's allocations and enter these other markets, were made years ago and included producing the right-hand drive Corvette to better capture interest in those other markets by convincing their buyers that GM is committed to them. GM will not reduce the percentage of US allocations (its loyal Corvette "home crowd" second only to what <strong>used to be</strong> its "loyal" Canadian crowd) since it won't risk incurring the wrath of that market, so as usual, that leaves Canada as the "who gives a s**t" target for the already reduced allocations and (now) massive price increases and I fully expect, more reduced allocations as GM looks to capture even more of the overseas market share. No doubt GM is selling another story to its Canadian dealerships to try and explain/placate the Canadian market as much as possible (how to you spell PR "d-a-m-a-g-e-c-o-n-t-r-o-l"?), however as always, actions speak louder than words and with the "General" steering its ship towards these overseas markets in its never-ending thirst for better shareholder profit, it won't slow down or change the direction of that ship. And why not in the meantime, squeeze whatever price increases and profit it can out of the lowly Canadian market, while the demand and hype is there for the Z06 and E-Ray (especially)...</p><p></p><p>My 2 cents, as usual, but the more I consider the history and what's now happening in Canada, the more I think of giving up on the Z06, much to the joy of my spouse who (some might say surprisingly) I value far more than any vehicle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gone, post: 312764, member: 5899"] As set out above: "[B]GM...decided to up it to 35% to keep the cars coming here, or GM corporate could ship our cars elsewhere in the world[/B]...". Yes paint me (now) a bitter cynic but keep in mind I'm someone who's driving his second C8 and the only Canadian who took precious vacation time from a busy job and unhappy spouse, to fly to the 2022 Corvette "Bash" in Bowling Green Kentucky all the way from Western Canada to see and learn about the C8 Z06 at the end of April last year...so I was ++ invested and definitely drank the Kool-Aid. However I ++++++ doubt GM will give up on its marketing goal of "world-wide sports car domination" and return Canada's allocations or even keep them the same merely by making a price increase, as opposed to continuing to market them to Japan, Australia and (moreso the "home" of Porsche, a HUGE target) Europe. GM's plans to cut Canada's allocations and enter these other markets, were made years ago and included producing the right-hand drive Corvette to better capture interest in those other markets by convincing their buyers that GM is committed to them. GM will not reduce the percentage of US allocations (its loyal Corvette "home crowd" second only to what [B]used to be[/B] its "loyal" Canadian crowd) since it won't risk incurring the wrath of that market, so as usual, that leaves Canada as the "who gives a s**t" target for the already reduced allocations and (now) massive price increases and I fully expect, more reduced allocations as GM looks to capture even more of the overseas market share. No doubt GM is selling another story to its Canadian dealerships to try and explain/placate the Canadian market as much as possible (how to you spell PR "d-a-m-a-g-e-c-o-n-t-r-o-l"?), however as always, actions speak louder than words and with the "General" steering its ship towards these overseas markets in its never-ending thirst for better shareholder profit, it won't slow down or change the direction of that ship. And why not in the meantime, squeeze whatever price increases and profit it can out of the lowly Canadian market, while the demand and hype is there for the Z06 and E-Ray (especially)... My 2 cents, as usual, but the more I consider the history and what's now happening in Canada, the more I think of giving up on the Z06, much to the joy of my spouse who (some might say surprisingly) I value far more than any vehicle. [/QUOTE]
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