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Corvette
C8 Z06
Z06 C8 Waiting List in Canada?
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<blockquote data-quote="gone" data-source="post: 252101" data-attributes="member: 5899"><p>GM makes all sorts of automobiles and Canada is a good market for them. So they know from a marketing perspective, they must promote their product, maintain customer PR and foster brand loyalty. Those who buy Corvettes also buy other GM vehicles and using Alberta as an example, GM trucks readily come to mind. I suspect GM is always mindful of "the big picture" so choking off their Corvette supply (Stingrays, Z06's, the E-Rays, ZR1 and even the mighty Zora) to Canadian purchasers will likely be a poor marketing move. However Canada of course has a much smaller population base (almost 10 times smaller) so it's not surprising that more Corvettes (and automobiles in general) go to the States.</p><p></p><p>According to the NCM final stats for 2020: of the 20,368 C8's produced 91.2% (18,577) went to the States, 7.3% (1,490) went to Canada, and 1.5% (301 combined) went to Mexico and the Middle East. So we received about 8% of the C8's that the USA got, meaning it's somewhat lower than our pro-rata share based upon the populations of each country. But that may not be a useful comparison, since there may be more people in the States on a pro-rata basis who wanted to buy a C8...compared to us in Canada. Or using stats from 2014 (dated, I know), 96.3% of the driving-age population in the States owned a vehicle compared to only 77.8% in Canada, so that could also account for the difference assuming those same or similar stats apply to 2020. Only GM knows the stats and stats can be manipulated in many different ways. But I doubt GM bases its sales on where it receives the most "bang for its buck" otherwise with the US/Can. exchange rate in place for some time now, we'd see a much more marked decrease in vehicles sold to Canada. Having said that, I agree the Z06 will be limited and harder to get than a Stingray, both here and in the States.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gone, post: 252101, member: 5899"] GM makes all sorts of automobiles and Canada is a good market for them. So they know from a marketing perspective, they must promote their product, maintain customer PR and foster brand loyalty. Those who buy Corvettes also buy other GM vehicles and using Alberta as an example, GM trucks readily come to mind. I suspect GM is always mindful of "the big picture" so choking off their Corvette supply (Stingrays, Z06's, the E-Rays, ZR1 and even the mighty Zora) to Canadian purchasers will likely be a poor marketing move. However Canada of course has a much smaller population base (almost 10 times smaller) so it's not surprising that more Corvettes (and automobiles in general) go to the States. According to the NCM final stats for 2020: of the 20,368 C8's produced 91.2% (18,577) went to the States, 7.3% (1,490) went to Canada, and 1.5% (301 combined) went to Mexico and the Middle East. So we received about 8% of the C8's that the USA got, meaning it's somewhat lower than our pro-rata share based upon the populations of each country. But that may not be a useful comparison, since there may be more people in the States on a pro-rata basis who wanted to buy a C8...compared to us in Canada. Or using stats from 2014 (dated, I know), 96.3% of the driving-age population in the States owned a vehicle compared to only 77.8% in Canada, so that could also account for the difference assuming those same or similar stats apply to 2020. Only GM knows the stats and stats can be manipulated in many different ways. But I doubt GM bases its sales on where it receives the most "bang for its buck" otherwise with the US/Can. exchange rate in place for some time now, we'd see a much more marked decrease in vehicles sold to Canada. Having said that, I agree the Z06 will be limited and harder to get than a Stingray, both here and in the States. [/QUOTE]
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