It is quite odd that within the past few weeks that so many people got calls for allocations and at that time there were no 2024 pricing and people just assumed a 2-4k price increase. GM then got a bunch of their usual orders and dealers got deposits. 2 weeks after prices jump 12k. Even this week a a lot of allocations given to Canadian dealers. GM all of a sudden cares about giving allocations to Canada when they can get 12k more. Probably why very limited allocations were given in the past 6 months for 2023 models. GM planned this well in advance.
It does seem that way. It all happened so fast, and caught us all off guard, I'd say?
The scenario you describe could be GM "testing the waters" to see how well or poorly their surprise price increases will affect Canadian sales?
I'm trying to convince myself that some portion of the price increase is justified by the added new high-tech safety features, to some extent. Higher tech is not cheap, and that's been demonstrated in various industries on various products, phones, TVs, power tools, batteries, EVs.
A few years ago, Winnebago/Mercedes-Benz changed their base motorhome (Sprinter) chassis from NCV3 to VS30, and the chassis prices went up, as expected. They (Winnebago) started using the new chassis the next model year 2019, with all the added built in Mercedes-Benz safety technology (much of the same type of technology is now on the new 2024 Corvette) and the base prices of all their motorhomes that used it, went up by as much as $40,000 per unit. I was considering a new motorhome at the time, until I saw the price increase. In hindsight, the VS30 chassis has had more than it's share of recalls, so I felt exonerated for my decision to stand pat. Used was fine for me at that time.
So, used or new? The used prices are on the rise, for now, as predicted. Damn!
I think it comes down to whether you still want one of these toys now, today, or can you justify the price jump, but wait it out for a while?
Decisions, decisions.....what to do, what to do?
