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So Who Bought a 2015 Corvette in Canada?
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<blockquote data-quote="ToVetteFan" data-source="post: 68683" data-attributes="member: 2201"><p>The problem is that each dealership is an independent business, and so GM has only limited control over how they conduct their business, and no control over how the allocate their inventory. So they cannot make promises or assurances re delivery on Stingray, because the dealer determines the order the cars are built, not GM.. Not right, but reality.... </p><p></p><p>The challenge for 2015 is that GM did not give a complete allocation number to their dealers, only an initial allotment number, so it leaves dealers unsure what they can or cannot guarantee. That said, if you have 12 allotments and 6 sales, you can be pretty confident in your guarantee of delivery. If you have 12 allotments and 16 sales, you can be reasonably sure that you will get them all, but cannot guarantee it. If you have 12 allotments and 30 orders, you can be very sure that you won't get them all, and better be clear about that risk to the last 15 or so that you take deposits from. </p><p></p><p>The problem for the consumer is that many of the salespeople they talk to have no idea of their allotment situation, how many they are getting or even how many they have sold, and so get misled, or, in a lot of cases, don't even know to ask the right questions until it is too late. </p><p></p><p>Solution 1, not every GM dealer should be able to sell Corvettes. Cadillac is a restricted brand, that not every dealer can sell, Corvette should be no different. You should need sales and service proficiency and experience, and an investment in both, to earn the RIGHT to sell GM's flagship car. </p><p></p><p>Solution 2, not every salesperson at a CORVETTE dealer should be able to sell them, or speak to customers about them. You should need training and experience to earn the RIGHT to sell GM's flagship car.</p><p></p><p>Solution 3, GM should end the manual allotment process that allows dealers to determine which car they build with an available allotment, and just build them based on the order in which they were submitted to GM. This eliminates the games, whereby the dealers' buddy, without a deposit, can walk in and bump all of the other orders back, or where MR Highroller can walk in and say I want the next one, and will give you 10K over MSRP to get... Car ordered first should be built first, if it is a buildable car(no constraints). </p><p></p><p>Solution 4, buyers should do their due diligence in advance of their purchase, in terms of delivery and dealership, and then be realistic about what is going on. I see/hear many buyers on the forums that start their posts with something like "I placed my order on August 14th, no build date yet! GM sucks!!!" This is an unrealistic expectation for a purchasing situation like the Stingray, and if you didn't know that going in, shame on you... You want the car yesterday, because it is an awesome car, and a terrific value, and GM should be saluted for building it. Unfortunately, you are neither the only, or even first, person in North America to figure that out, and so the Stingray is a "wait-list" car, and the word "wait" comes first.. ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ToVetteFan, post: 68683, member: 2201"] The problem is that each dealership is an independent business, and so GM has only limited control over how they conduct their business, and no control over how the allocate their inventory. So they cannot make promises or assurances re delivery on Stingray, because the dealer determines the order the cars are built, not GM.. Not right, but reality.... The challenge for 2015 is that GM did not give a complete allocation number to their dealers, only an initial allotment number, so it leaves dealers unsure what they can or cannot guarantee. That said, if you have 12 allotments and 6 sales, you can be pretty confident in your guarantee of delivery. If you have 12 allotments and 16 sales, you can be reasonably sure that you will get them all, but cannot guarantee it. If you have 12 allotments and 30 orders, you can be very sure that you won't get them all, and better be clear about that risk to the last 15 or so that you take deposits from. The problem for the consumer is that many of the salespeople they talk to have no idea of their allotment situation, how many they are getting or even how many they have sold, and so get misled, or, in a lot of cases, don't even know to ask the right questions until it is too late. Solution 1, not every GM dealer should be able to sell Corvettes. Cadillac is a restricted brand, that not every dealer can sell, Corvette should be no different. You should need sales and service proficiency and experience, and an investment in both, to earn the RIGHT to sell GM's flagship car. Solution 2, not every salesperson at a CORVETTE dealer should be able to sell them, or speak to customers about them. You should need training and experience to earn the RIGHT to sell GM's flagship car. Solution 3, GM should end the manual allotment process that allows dealers to determine which car they build with an available allotment, and just build them based on the order in which they were submitted to GM. This eliminates the games, whereby the dealers' buddy, without a deposit, can walk in and bump all of the other orders back, or where MR Highroller can walk in and say I want the next one, and will give you 10K over MSRP to get... Car ordered first should be built first, if it is a buildable car(no constraints). Solution 4, buyers should do their due diligence in advance of their purchase, in terms of delivery and dealership, and then be realistic about what is going on. I see/hear many buyers on the forums that start their posts with something like "I placed my order on August 14th, no build date yet! GM sucks!!!" This is an unrealistic expectation for a purchasing situation like the Stingray, and if you didn't know that going in, shame on you... You want the car yesterday, because it is an awesome car, and a terrific value, and GM should be saluted for building it. Unfortunately, you are neither the only, or even first, person in North America to figure that out, and so the Stingray is a "wait-list" car, and the word "wait" comes first.. ;-) [/QUOTE]
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