Mike Furman@Criswell

http://www.corvetteonline.com/news/s...ing-the-new-c7

As many of you know I sell Corvette's and have done so for 34+ years. Criswell Chevrolet will have the allocation for the NEW 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. Criswell is the 3rd largest Corvette dealer in the Country and the bulk of the allocations will go to the top selling Corvette dealers. Please don't leave your deposit with a Corvette dealer that states "Allocation will be no problem", chances are they will not get nearly as much allocation. There are 3,000 Chevrolet dealerships in the Country so why should you order from me?...I can drop ship, enclose trailer, Corvette Museum Delivery or you can take delivery the old fashioned way-at Criswell Chevrolet. I will not mark up from MSRP and plenty of dealers will. Call 301 212 4420 which is my desk direct phone line...I have over 2,500 Corvette customers in my book of business after 34+ years of selling Corvette's. I am a Corvette enthusiast selling Corvette's and I make it FUN and seamless as it should be.

Best Regards,

Mike Furman "Ambassador for the Corvette Museum"
301 212 4420
Criswell Chevrolet
Gaithersburg, MD
http://criswellcorvette.com/mike_furman.aspx

RC000E

I'll be lookin at you come "Z06" time...

BAD_TCR

Mike Furman@Criswell

I look forward to it Damian. I have many customers that come down from the Pittsburgh area!!

Mike Furman
301 212 4420
Criswell Chevrolet
Gaithersburg, Maryland

Mike Furman@Criswell

I have had alot of customers recently from the Great State of Texas. Our selection usually overwhelms them a bit. I have 75 new Corvettes on the ground and another 100 inbound over the next 90 days.

Al from Southlake,TX is flying up Tuesday eve to pick up his new 2013 Corvette Grand Sport cpe Wednesday morning.

Mike Furman
301 212 4420
Criswell Chevrolet
Gaithersburg, MD

KILR-RYD

Hi mike can you pm me or email me your email and cell. I would like to know more in detail. Thanks Ankur

Mike Furman@Criswell

email sent.

Mike Furman
301 212 4420
Criswell Chevrolet

rsmitchell10

Mike...San Antonio, TX here. Would like to talk about getting one of your allocation. Need to discuss my particular situation. Please send your email. Thanks.

Mike Furman@Criswell

email: mfurman@criswellauto.com

desk direct 301 212 4420

I am in Tuesday 9am-5pm EST I can take a credit card deposit to hold your spot.

http://criswellcorvette.com/mike_furman.aspx

Mike Furman
301 212 4420

Mike Furman@Criswell

The Corvette factory will be producing the Stingray at the rate of 18 per hour...the last few years of the C6 had a production rate of 8 per hr. Criswell Chevrolet is the 3rd largest Corvette dealer in the Country so we will have the allocations. I am not marking them up from MSRP.

http://criswellcorvette.com/mike_furman.aspx

Mike Furman "Ambassador for the Corvette Museum."
301 212 4420~desk direct
Criswell Chevrolet
"I ship Nationwide!"
OFF Fridays and Sundays

BlueOx

So do you have any idea what their sales goals are in the first year?

Mike Furman@Criswell

40k+

Mike Furman
301 212 4420
Criswell Chevrolet

JoesC5

I find it hard to believe that people so hate the C6 that sales of the C7 will triple.

Mike Furman@Criswell

It has nothing to do with the "hate"...Its about the history of sales.
2005 Corvette sales-37,372
2006 Corvette sales- 34,021
2007 Corvette sales- 40,561
2008 Corvette sales- 35,310

Those are the numbers GM looks at...not the final yrs of a generation.

Mike Furman
301 212 4420

JoesC5

I agree that at first the sales of the C6 were great, and that the economy is the reason for the huge downturn in the C6's sales numbers. But, I see no sign that the economy has turned around so what is the reason GM is forecasting C7's sales tripling those of the C6?

My saying the "hate" of the C6 was sarcasm, but nothing else shows me that the sales of C7's will be that much better then the past few years of C6's sales.

Are the sales of Porsches, BMW, M-B, Jaguar, Ferrari, etc going to fall to zero for the 2014 model year and those people will buy C7's?

I just don't see the size of the 2014 C7 market suddenly tripling in size over the market for 2013 C6's. Some sales increase, sure, as the C7 is the latest, but 300% over the outgoing C6 is hard for me to swallow.

Mike Furman@Criswell

I have been thru 4 generation changes now(C7) since I started selling Corvettes. What I see happening is that many people that have never owned a Corvette get into the frenzy of a truly "Next" generation Corvette. The best true example I can quote accurate figures for was 1984. The 1984 back in its day was the "Next" all of it had to have it great thing Corvette wise. So many people that had never owned a Corvette got in line. 1984 Corvette sales totaled 51,547. Trust me, I could be all wrong but as I stated in the beginning I am just going by history and my first hand knowledge of selling Corvette's for 35 yrs. I still feel barring any major hiccups that the 2014 Corvette sales numbers will be North of 35k.

Mike Furman
301 212 4420
Criswell Chevrolet

ShagVette

good info Mike, thanks

Allan Gibbs

Would you happen to know what shipping costs to Phoenix or Los Angeles would be?

Also, how much of a deposit would you require? Thanks.

(By the way, is Dan Drayton still there. He used to post on the Lotus forums when Criswell had the franchise)

BlueOx

Really? That would be awesome and about 25k more than I am would guess/predict.

Mike Furman@Criswell

Yes Lotus Dan is still here.
I would need an exact zip code to quote a shipping cost from Maryland to AZ/LA but a good guess is $1600 for enclosed trailer fully insured.
$1,000 deposit for C7 order...refundable.

Mike Furman
301 212 4420
Criswell Chevrolet