Duck916

The numbers come out every month in Automotive News and other sources. You need to look at the inventory number--this is measured by taking the inventory against recent sales, yielding a x-day supply. Standard in the industry is a 60 day supply. If the Vette number is below that, it's selling better than normal.

For comparison, the Mini Cooper is running around an 8 day supply and the Pontiac GTO has been around 200 days(!).

John George

Thanks for the information. Do you think this is an accurate measurement for the C6 today?

_Nomad_

Yeah, but for how long? Kerbeck is also one of the largest Vette dealers in the country so their allocation is HUGE!

HARVEY T.GLUCK

Looking for address & phone # of New Rochelle Chevrolet???? HTG39@AOL.COM

John George

NEW ROCHELLE CHEVROLET CO
291 MAIN ST
NEW ROCHELLE NY 10801
914 632 6400

Lazerwolfe

Hey, you took what I was gonna say!

Bertsvette

My dealer has gotten 4, I bought the second one and 2 more sold 1 day after being put in the showroom, I got the PR I feel lucky because their will only be a few around.

BuckyThreadkiller

One of my favorite indicators of sales was the fact that Forum dealer Ken Fichtner had sold his entire allocation of 2005s before the plant even stopped making the 2004s.

It isn't often a dealer sells out the whole year upfront. I'd say demand is fairly strong.

Zeppelin

The fact that there are cars selling for above MSRP suggests that demand is high.

sorka

A window sticker above MSRP does not mean they are selling for that.

S2K

Not when you are selling your S2K and buying a C6 vert!

Bobby J

I've seen post where people got their C6s for $500 below MSRP. That did not happen anywhere close to this early with the C5. Definitely not the hot ticket that the C5 was. The internet and a poorer economy are also contributing factors. And those headlights probably aren't helping either.

Duck916

Monthend is in a few days and the numbers will probably be published next Monday. I'd guess the inventory number will be very low, probably around a 10 day supply. It's early yet, though, so no number will mean much for a few months.

JoesC5

No, you are dead wrong. I just ran an inventory check on 6 locations in the US. Within 220 miles radius of Springfield, MO, 26 in stock vettes. Within 240 mile radius of Jacsonville, FL, 41 in stock vettes. Within 70 mile radius of Tustin, CA, 50 in stock vettes. Within 190 mile radius of Austin, TX, 50 in stock vettes. Within 210 miles radius of Pittsburgh, PA, 50 in stock vettes. Within 150 mile radius of Chicago, IL, 50 instock vettes. Get out your atlas and you will see that none of the areas noted overlap so no vettes are counted twice. This is just six locations I checked which covers approx 5% of the land area of the US.
I found 267 C6 vettes sitting in dealers showrooms out of approx 3500 shipped to dealers. I doubt if I located more then 20% of the number of vettes that are unsold. You couldn't find hardly any C5's unsold, sitting in dealers showrooms, within 2 months of their shipping from BG in 1997.

Lazerwolfe

And there are people that have paid above.

The C6 is a plenty hot ticket.

Vette_DD

How many vettes were made in MY 1997? How many vettes does GM plan to make in MY 2005? Do you suppose the relationship of those two numbers means anything?

What should we be comparing, total units sold or percentage of available stock sold?

VettXPert

When C5 first came out there was up to a THREE MONTH wait just to get an ordering slot. FORGET dealer lot (stock) cars they were usually sold before they ever hit the ground and most Dealers were selling them over sticker. It was a good 3 model years before things settled to normal and Dealers had some lot inventory to sell. My Dealer has had 3 yes 3 C6s sitting on the lot for a good 2 weeks now and one even used already. Nope the C6 is not at all at the same demand level as C5 was when new. You can walk in today and order one right now with no waiting unless your order has a dual top or Nav system.

richbell

There is another factor to consider. Not everyone is a Vette fanatic like most of us. The 97's once seen on the road brought more people into the buyers market after seeing them on the road.

We will see if the C6 attracts the correct amount of attention from the non Vette customer that wants to be a new future buyer.

DudeWheresMyVette

Very true.... not many people have been waiting on edge like we were for the c6 intro so give it some time. Damn it's only been what? A month and change? Many of the Vette guys just paid alot for their 03-04 C5s, and have taken a huge hit. Magazine press saying its a "c5 1/2" hasnt helped much eigther.

Duck916

According to Automotive news, about 3600 C6s had been built by 9/25/04. I am not sure, but I think C5 initial production ramped up much more slowly.

I wouldn't expect C6s to be quite as hard to get or a expensive to buy as the initial C5s were, for several reasons. C5 followed a very long run of C4s, C5 was a more radical departure than the C6 is, and the world of car marketing has changed. When the C5 came out you only saw rebates on slow sellers. Now the domestics give rebates on just about everything and then add 0% financing. We've become accustomed to discounts and therefore I think fewer people are willing to pay over sticker than before.