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Sorry, but the same allocation issue will remain for Z-51 buyers during the first part of the 2015 model year. EDIT/UPDATE: also for entire 2016 model year![/SIZE]
With the 2015 ordering window expected to "officially open" in one month (starting the June 26th consensus), and with the 2015 Order Guide released last Friday, everyone who has already placed a deposit on a 2015 Z-51, or is about to place an order with a specific dealer, please again closely review your dealer's 2014 Z-51 "delivery record," to insure you get your 2015 Z-51 before fall is over -- for Z-51's will be on restraint at least during the first third of 2015 (personally believe much longer than that). If you do not care when you get your Z-51 next year, or have already worked with a top allocation dealer on your 2015, ignore this thread.
Note that dealers' 2015 allocations (separate again next year for coupes versus convertibles) may be somewhat different than 2014 allocations, and the 2015 allocations are expected to be received by your dealership within the next 3 to 4 weeks. Nevertheless, how well your dealer did in delivering his 2014 Z-51 deposits, will give you significant information on how well your 2015 Z-51 order will progress.
Harlan Charles, Corvette Performance Marketing Manager, recently noted that in spite of all efforts, Z-51 production is only going to slowly increase, percentage point by percentage point. The problem remains supplier production capacity. As announced last month by Tadge Juechter, Executive Chief Corvette Engineer, to mitigate this, GM has invested millions into its Z-51 suppliers. Even so, the Z-51 constraints will be with us for a long, long time.
I expect that hundreds who placed a deposit on a of 2014 Z-51, will not get their 2014 Z-51 (lack of allocation)! Already know of one dealer who told three of their 2014 Z-51 customers that they will not be able to fill their orders, and consequently moved them to the beginning of their 2015 Z-51 prioritized list. Many other dealers will do exactly that. Or, they might tell you that they can get you a 2015 non Z-51 instead. Or might they will place unfilled 2014 Z-51 orders at the bottom of their already-existing 2015 Z-51 priority list?
My hardest part being a moderator on this forum continues to be experiencing "second-hand frustration," sometimes outright anger, of a member not getting their car in a timely manner, or worse yet, that happening because their dealer was not candid, forthright and honest about their allocation. I get at least two private messages every week about this exact situation, asking for help.
Please remember that there is an option to your being deceived, to your not getting your car in a timely manner. Every week I see a positive post and/or receive a positive PM from one of our members getting their car through MacMulkin Chevrolet, our forum's dealership supporting vendor -- who had a 1,000+ 2014 StingRay allocation and will absolutely be able to get you your 2015 Z-51 in a timely manner. In fact, over fifty-five (55) forum members have purchased their StingRay from MacMulkin -- and either have already relieved, or are soon to receive their StingRays.
If you are about to actually place your 2015 Z-51 deposit (or roughly a month from now, your actual order), and are choosing to instead go with another dealership, please, first, sit down with your salesperson, with his/her Sales Manager present, and get specific answers to the following questions, and as you ask these questions, remembering that there will again be separate 2015 coupe versus convertible allocation lists.
Mr. Dealer:
1). How many 2014 Z-51's have you actually received at this dealership, and how many additional Z-51's have you now in the 2014 ordering pipeline that are now "at least at status code 2000"?
2). How many 2014 Z-51 deposits did you take this year that are you not going to be able to transform into actual 2015 deliveries, and of those folks, are you going to move them to the "top of your 2015 priority list"?
3. Where would I be, after you have done that, in terms of the priority of my 2015 Z-51 coupe order (or my convertible order)?
4. If applicable: What assurance do I have as a new buyer from you, that if a repeat buyer comes in next week, that he/she will not jump ahead of me on the list?
5. Will you give me a written document stating that my deposit is fully refundable at any time, solely at my initiation, prior to my order being status 3000?
Having received the above information, you can start to roughly calculate when you will receive your 2015 Z-51, as in the following post.
With the 2015 ordering window expected to "officially open" in one month (starting the June 26th consensus), and with the 2015 Order Guide released last Friday, everyone who has already placed a deposit on a 2015 Z-51, or is about to place an order with a specific dealer, please again closely review your dealer's 2014 Z-51 "delivery record," to insure you get your 2015 Z-51 before fall is over -- for Z-51's will be on restraint at least during the first third of 2015 (personally believe much longer than that). If you do not care when you get your Z-51 next year, or have already worked with a top allocation dealer on your 2015, ignore this thread.
Note that dealers' 2015 allocations (separate again next year for coupes versus convertibles) may be somewhat different than 2014 allocations, and the 2015 allocations are expected to be received by your dealership within the next 3 to 4 weeks. Nevertheless, how well your dealer did in delivering his 2014 Z-51 deposits, will give you significant information on how well your 2015 Z-51 order will progress.
Harlan Charles, Corvette Performance Marketing Manager, recently noted that in spite of all efforts, Z-51 production is only going to slowly increase, percentage point by percentage point. The problem remains supplier production capacity. As announced last month by Tadge Juechter, Executive Chief Corvette Engineer, to mitigate this, GM has invested millions into its Z-51 suppliers. Even so, the Z-51 constraints will be with us for a long, long time.
I expect that hundreds who placed a deposit on a of 2014 Z-51, will not get their 2014 Z-51 (lack of allocation)! Already know of one dealer who told three of their 2014 Z-51 customers that they will not be able to fill their orders, and consequently moved them to the beginning of their 2015 Z-51 prioritized list. Many other dealers will do exactly that. Or, they might tell you that they can get you a 2015 non Z-51 instead. Or might they will place unfilled 2014 Z-51 orders at the bottom of their already-existing 2015 Z-51 priority list?
My hardest part being a moderator on this forum continues to be experiencing "second-hand frustration," sometimes outright anger, of a member not getting their car in a timely manner, or worse yet, that happening because their dealer was not candid, forthright and honest about their allocation. I get at least two private messages every week about this exact situation, asking for help.
Please remember that there is an option to your being deceived, to your not getting your car in a timely manner. Every week I see a positive post and/or receive a positive PM from one of our members getting their car through MacMulkin Chevrolet, our forum's dealership supporting vendor -- who had a 1,000+ 2014 StingRay allocation and will absolutely be able to get you your 2015 Z-51 in a timely manner. In fact, over fifty-five (55) forum members have purchased their StingRay from MacMulkin -- and either have already relieved, or are soon to receive their StingRays.
If you are about to actually place your 2015 Z-51 deposit (or roughly a month from now, your actual order), and are choosing to instead go with another dealership, please, first, sit down with your salesperson, with his/her Sales Manager present, and get specific answers to the following questions, and as you ask these questions, remembering that there will again be separate 2015 coupe versus convertible allocation lists.
Mr. Dealer:
1). How many 2014 Z-51's have you actually received at this dealership, and how many additional Z-51's have you now in the 2014 ordering pipeline that are now "at least at status code 2000"?
2). How many 2014 Z-51 deposits did you take this year that are you not going to be able to transform into actual 2015 deliveries, and of those folks, are you going to move them to the "top of your 2015 priority list"?
3. Where would I be, after you have done that, in terms of the priority of my 2015 Z-51 coupe order (or my convertible order)?
4. If applicable: What assurance do I have as a new buyer from you, that if a repeat buyer comes in next week, that he/she will not jump ahead of me on the list?
5. Will you give me a written document stating that my deposit is fully refundable at any time, solely at my initiation, prior to my order being status 3000?
Having received the above information, you can start to roughly calculate when you will receive your 2015 Z-51, as in the following post.
