benplace

A friend of mine told me that dealers are required order a certain amount of cars for inventory for the lots. Is this true? Would it be possible this year to drive to a dealer and buy a new one off the lot?

C8Jake

yes

jcapps

My butchers friend told me, no, thats not true.

C_8

It will be really unlikely to see a 2020 Corvette for sale on a lot (especially at MSRP). Depending on the price increase for the 2021 model and how those with current preorders react to the hike, I think you could see new inventory on the lot late fall/early winter at the earliest.

Raz0r

Sure it is possible. It is unlikely that you will find them at a decent price though. Likely the reason the dealer hasn't pre-sold them is because they are asking too much. Though I am sure some dealers are not selling all their allocations up front so that it will drive traffic to their dealership when they have one in the showroom. Just my thoughts on it as there is no way to really know, but I think cars on lots will be a minimum compared to previous years.

919cw313

Your friend sounds like a real insider.

Mr Snappy!

Money always talks....how much you willing to spend? How far you willing to travel? Are you willing to pay a huge mark-up on a fully loaded 3LT? If you answered yes to those questions, you will be able to buy off a lot.

Phil1098

No they are not, your friend is wrong.

breakskeet

No, it's not true.

I know that the dealer I buy from has all his allocations spoken for this year (over 80) all at MSRP and none are for retail stock. He has a few CTF cars that might be coming so they may end up on the show room floor for about 10K over MSRP. Some cars may also come from people that place orders and then may back out for various reasons. These may end up in the dealer show room as well. It is not unreasonable to expect anything on the showroom floor to be marked up above MSRP for at least the first year.

Zymurgy

Your friend does not know what he/she is talking about. Dealers are NOT required to order any number of Corvettes for their inventory. They can if they wish, but they are certainly not required to.

Yes, there will be new C8's on dealers lots. Highly unlikely any will have them at or below MSRP. They will be charging a markup, likely $5000-$10000 or more.

virginia23320

I think you will see something similar to what happened in 2014. On the front end of the delivery cycle you couldn't get your hands on a car. Towards the end of the delivery cycle as the next model year started coming up, you started seeing a few cars pop up on dealer lots. Not sure if that was because of extra allocations that weren't expected or people backing out, but I bought my 2014 a month before the 2015's were coming out and that was the 1st chance I had to purchase a 2014.

musicman425

Mine is already built waiting to be shipped..... you can buy mine right off the front lot in my yard

You can get anything for the right price...

ShagVette

I heard ebay is the best place to source one

CorvetteAJ

It won't be like 2014. I've never seen this many Corvettes being presold before.

papillion

For all the early adopter here, supply is tighter than a well digger's....... But end of the day, there are only so many butts that fit the seat of a sunny Sunday driver at $80-100 grand. A big allotment dealer I just visited with has 75 people on his list that he says will be pushed back to model year 2021. At 40 cars per month, that dealer now needs 40 more orders to fill out his 4th qtr. And 40 more by Jan and 40 more by Feb and...... Same math but less with money. I'd be surprised not to see dealer inventory by spring 2021. If not sooner. Once the rush and flush is over, its back to business as usual for dealers. Hustlin' a buck.

Red Mist Rulz

Not only are dealers not required to have stock, GM is prioritizing SOLD orders to end purchasers over dealer stock orders.

foreignbishop

MacMulkin still has plenty of allocation left (take that for what it means considering the allocation chopping) so you should be able to walk in and buy one off the floor. Even at MSRP. I highly doubt they will pass by submitting orders so they can remain at #2.

Zymurgy

Highly unlikely that a new order at MacMulkin will make it for 2020 MY. Their waiting list exceeds what they will get in March and April allocations by a wide margin. April is said to be the last 2020 MY consensus.

foreignbishop

Strange...I was in there a month and a half ago putting down my deposit for the C8Z (#49) in person and was told they still had over a couple hundred allocations available from the salesman that sold me my 17GS.

Michael T*

I think it will be different for the first model year of the C8. The 2014’s had a long model year starting in late 2013, the economy is a little stronger (even with the last few days), and the C8 has a bigger buzz than the C7. I would expect later this calendar year as demand equalizes, in part with the passage of time, and a likely MY2021 price increase, at some point, you will see regular dealer stock at MSRP or below.