temoha

I am a new member to the forum, a resident of Houston, Texas. I am interested to purchase a 2024 Stingray 1LT, the basic entry level corvette. Tried to understand the buying process by doing a factory order. My local dealer says that it is $3000 more than MSRP and it will be available in three to four months. I see that multiple dealers outside Texas are advertising to sell it with MSRP. There are so many conflicting messages in different forums that I am totally lost. Do I have to pay $3K more than the MSRP for the simple entry level 1LT? Will they really deliver within four (6 months is fine)? Is the dealer going to charge more when the car is available for delivery? I will really appreciate if you guys can guide me in the buying process (close to the MSRP cost) of an Stingray 1LT.

Zipity@Ciocca

Give me a call at 609-344-2100 ext. 1013, I can help in getting you a car built to your spec. We sell at MSRP, and you have options on how you wish to take delivery.

Thanks
Jeff Zipity Duda
Ciocca Corvette
Atlantic City, NJ

temoha

I did speak with Jeff. Seems to be nice genuine person. Just wanted to know if anyone else has done transaction with this dealership. Me being in Texas and the dealership is in NJ, I want to do due diligence before diving in.

hcvone

Jeff is a good guy, I have known him for years, he will treat you right. Dopn't worry about buying from distance, many new cars I buy come from thousands of miles away

temoha

Carl, Thank you for giving feedback, I am little surprised that there is not many comments on my request. Am I doing something wrong? Is this question in a wrong discussion group? I am a newbie, so not very familiar with the forum and its etiquettes. I really need some guidance to purchase my first corvette.

hcvone

No you are not, just not many people come in here because there has been so little dealer inventory the last few years. If he was a dick I would tell you

Zipity@Ciocca

Thanks Carl!! Hope you are doing well.

temoha

Thank you. The main concern is this. I called few Chevy dealers around Houston. Some of them are charging more than MSRP, some are at MSRP but are going to take a year or two to deliver! I am just looking for an entry level Corvette. Jeff is from Ciocca in NJ was the best; he can get it delivered within 6 to 7 months at MSRP! If he can, it will be perfect for me. But is that possible? Does Ciocca dealership get more allocation than local Houston dealers? I just don't want to be surprised. What is the realistic expectation of delivery from the day of deposit?

Zipity@Ciocca

Six months from deposit to delivery, yes we get more cars than any dealership in Texas.

BandDirector

https://www.c8tracker.com/dealers

…useful tool to see how many cars dealers have received over the past year. I’ve been on Criswell’s list since 9/22 also only wanting a base 1LT. I found a local dealer willing to sell at MSRP as well, but they told me that they get about 2 allocations per month, I got on their list as well because they said they could get me a ‘23, but after months of no allocations available, I actually looked them up and found out they sorta exaggerated the truth a bit. They’ve gotten a total of 11 ‘23 C8’s…that’s NOT an average of 2 per month…I stayed on Criswell’s list and expect to get my allocation in 2-4 months…

kevinprimetime

Is this true ???? 6 months? Any options ? I want a 2LT HTC torch red with high wing and black wheels with yellow calipers . Red interior seats. Nothing fancy

19Shark79

just to clear it up, as their name signifies their dealership is a platinum supporting sponsor of this forum. This forum goes out of their way to provide as safe and responsible of a marketplace to buy and sell corvettes, parts, etc. They would not let a dealership who is blatantly lying or ripping off customers to be a sponsor. If they say 6 months they mean 6 months barring production shut downs, parts shortages that if are must have may delay your production.

temoha

This is extremely useful information. Thank you.

Paddock Chevrolet

I know you're looking for a 2024, but we do have a few available 2023 Corvette Stingrays on the way to our dealership now. We posted the build specs in a thread under the "C8 Dealer Inventory" category. We are also a premium supporting dealership that sponsors this forum. If you're interested in more info on the Corvettes we having coming in, give our C8 specialist, Tony Caradonna, a call at 716-335-9543.

wbear

Isn't the Transparent Top an "option"?

BandDirector

-$995 if you want the transparent top instead of the painted top.
-$1995 if you want both painted & transparent tops.

​​​​​​….or, I just paid $1850 shipped from an online GM parts site with NO sales tax, so doing it that way saved me about $300 over ordering it with the car…

One Vettey Boi

Yeah the Ciccoia Dealer in NJ is the best and reliable. They by far get the most allocations out of any dealer (at least 100+ a month usually) so they are reliable and I’d assume most of their business is out of state. They get the car delivered to your local dealer

I personally got my corvette from a family friend who owns a Chevy dealership in NJ but went do to them in AC beforehand and they were super helpful and great to talk to.

winders

MacMulkin is now quite a big higher in volume than Ciccoia. For the 2024 model year in Stingray allocations, here is the current allocations according to C8Tracker:




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hyprsprt

I’ll give MacMulkin a call if I were you they get the most c8 in the country and have a very transparent list plus great customer service, with plenty of happy customer on this forum

Jettcity1

Wishing you all the luck but I'd get a 2LT /Z-51 if you can, there are some good options and features that make this a wonderful car.
Enjoy the ride and if you can do the R8C, it is the ultimate experience (NCM delivery)