Dracla

"Storage" of built cars at the factory is apparently limited to 1400 units. If your estimates are close to correct, then the first 900 cars will ship by the beginning of August. So I think your estimate of cars available in mid August at a dealer near you is very spot on, as our British neighbors say.

Rich Mickol

Kerbeck in September

Dracla

What is "Kerbeck"?

Tally Ho

The #1 seller of Corvettes.

The first production coupe and first production convertible will go to Hendrick. I have heard from upper level people at the factory that there are close to 30000 pre-orders already. They will be ramping up the number of cars produced per day with the new assembly line. They can build more C7's per day than they could C6's.

msm859

If they make 180 per day, many dealers will get a Corvette built the first day. And presumptively every dealer with an allocation will get at least 1 from the first batch. There is Zero chance of 30,000 pre-orders.

mpuzach

I'm not disputing that someone told you this but I'm not buying for a moment that it's accurate information. If it was true that would have nearly all of the first year's production sold before production even starts.

emmet

I think that dealers have not even submitted orders yet so how can there be 30000 pre-orders at the factory.

speedlink

They don't get cars just to show to people. If they are allocated one, they want and need to sell it!

And it won't be in July. Maybe sometime in September, possibly October.

SCM_Crash

My dealer has 29 allocated. (or was it 39?)

Either way, the salesman said there'd be one early as hell on the showroom to show off. Dunno if that's something official since they're a big dealership or if that's just them sending their first order in for their showroom model.

Sin City

Dealers order their own cars as well as ordering customer cars. And, they put them in whatever priority they decide is best when they submit the build order.

I would not be surprised if dealer cars show up before actual customer ordered cars. The reason: They need the car in the showroom and possibly for test drives to get more sales. I'm sure they will have PR events announcing it's arrival to drive in even more traffic.

Someone who has ordered their car comes second.

SCM_Crash

I can understand them ordering one for the showroom first. But anything else coming before pre-orders would really annoy me.

sharper456

I'd bet Kerbeck will have 1 or 2 at Carlisle in August.

Bill17601

Has Kerbeck taken an order yet? It is strange to me all the cars that are "ordered" when the number one dealer has not taken any orders.

Glenmcp

Their job is to sell. If they believe they need three in the showroom, that is what they will do.

Tally Ho

I never said the 30K preorder number was gospel, only that the number came from someone in the plant management. Could it have been hype? Quite possible.

CRABBYJ

More like 10-12 if history repeats its self like back for the intro of the C6 in 2004.

Maybe even a C7 with a special paint job too!

Dracla

My dealer suggests that they will put in their first 5 orders (of which mine is one) and then the plant builds them according to what they had already scheduled to build. If my order is one of the planned builds, then BG will deliver it quickly to the dealer for sale (presumably to me to fill my order, but it would not surprise me if someone saw it on the floor first and was willing to pay up just to get it quick). Otherwise my early order, not being part of the guesstimate/planning at the plant, is behind the planned builds, but my order is still kind of early and gets entered into the build system. The dealer will NOT say when to expect delivery of my car.

ZZR1200

All speculation. Back to the sewing circles and bingo games ladies.

JoesC5

In the past(and I assume the C7 will be the same), the dealers had to tell GM if the car is ordered for a specific customer(sold order) or is for dealer stock(unsold order).

GM would then accept the "sold" order over an "unsold" order, when the supply was tight.

Magister Ludi

"In the past(and I assume the C7 will be the same), the dealers had to tell GM if the car is ordered for a specific customer(sold order) or is for dealer stock(unsold order).

GM would then accept the "sold" order over an "unsold" order, when the supply was tight."


This comports with what I was told by my (forum) dealer.

My order is in 1100 status, which is essentially meaningless as far as GM is concerned, but tells the dealer I'm serious. He told me to not be surprised if, after consensus, I get a call from GM to verify that this is a bona fide customer order and not just a disguised dealer order.