[ws209]

Hello everyone. I've called 5 of my local dealers and all have told me that they are unable to accept orders for the SS and only one has said they would get 2 in mid november but they didn't tell me what colors they are or what options they have. So my question is how do I order one of these cars? Thank you

 

[2074]

More allocation should be released as we speak and over the next couple months from what i've been told.

Best to speak to the new car manager, general manager or dealer principle as the sales peeps know nothing but sell whats on the ground!

Also best to visit around in person and not on the phone it shows commitment and be prepared to place the order on the spot if they have allocation. Have checkbook in hand and flash it around.

It is very important when ordering that when coding the order in 'order workbench' that it be coded as RETAIL SOLD and not for dealer stock. Get a copy of the order for yourself and verify RETAIL SOLD. You get price protection and what GM did with the pickup pricing I can see them doing with the SS. They need the profit $$ to get the stock price up!

 

[z51vett]

Hello everyone. I've called 5 of my local dealers and all have told me that they are unable to accept orders for the SS and only one has said they would get 2 in mid november but they didn't tell me what colors they are or what options they have. So my question is how do I order one of these cars? Thank you

What's your 10/20 location.
z51vett
Doug

 

[z51vett]

I know of one coming in not sold
z51vett
Doug

 

[TexSS]

I thought these were Built to Order. What the heck is the Allocation talk about?

I should be able to go into ANY Chevy dealer and place an order.

Now if you are talking about a dealer having one on the lot for people to buy then I understand about dealer allocation.

But if you are talking about going into a Chevy dealer and putting money down for your order and waiting 5 months for it to arrive, I don't understand why you can't do that anytime you want?

What am I missing?

 

[black magic]

Good question!

 

[Headrat]

These cars are being doled out (allocated) to dealers that have excellent volumes of Camaro and Corvette sales and in the case of my dealer High Performance Cadillac(V-series) sales also. There are over 3000 Chevy dealers nationwide and only about 1000 will be eligible to recieve an "allotment" of SS's based on their sales records. My local dealer only 8 miles away will not get any. They sell a lot of trucks. I had to go 32 miles to order mine!!

 

[TexSS]

I get that about dealer allocation. But Chevy said Order it and they will build it. To me that means I should be able to go into ANY Chevy dealer (whether they have dealer allocation or not) and be able to place a Build to Order and put money down for a deposit.

It's an order system. I shouldn't have to drive 30 miles away from my local Chevy dealer just to order this car. Thats rediculous!

Talk about not wanting to sell any of these cars...

 

[ws209]

I live in Tampa, Florida the farthest I called was Orlando. The dealer that said they would get 2 would be Dimmit Chevrolet.

 

[GTO_Guy]

Certainly not the way GM originally intended to sell the car as a BTO, and even that wasn't a great deal for the consumer, although I understood how it protected margins and guaranteed full price.

It's kind of insulting the number of hoops buyers are having to jump through for the opportunity to buy a $45,000 Chevy sedan.

 

[RobertHammen]

Dealers could flood the system with orders for unsold cars. The allocation system lets them control who can order what, when. Was the same exact story when my sister wanted one of the Synergy Green Camaros - had to order from a dealer that had allocation...

 

[TexSS]

Thats just silly. If a dealer orders a bunch of cars he can't sell on a car like this then he needs to get into trouble. Stop punishing your paying customers by making it harder to get a hard to get car because you are worried about stupid people. You can never get the stupid out of people.

 

[GTO_Guy]

Dealers could flood the system with orders for unsold cars. The allocation system lets them control who can order what, when. Was the same exact story when my sister wanted one of the Synergy Green Camaros - had to order from a dealer that had allocation...

The original sales model per GM back in July was that the cars would only be built to order for retail customers on a 90 day turnaround, not allocated or sold as inventory cars at all. The rationale per GM was that they had been burned on the GTO and G8 when inventory built up and dealers began offering steep discounts, which tarnished the car's premium appeal and depressed prices moving forward..

To eliminate that possibility, the SS was to be strictly a build-to-order car. Customers were to be able to order from any Chevy store, subject to a cash deposit, and take delivery within three months. It was understood that dealers might elect to bring one or two in as demo inventory cars, but now it appears the production numbers are so low they've resorted to this limited allocation model.

Is Holden having a problem cranking these out that wasn't apparent to GM back in July?

 

[chevypwr]

The original sales model per GM back in July was that the cars would only be built to order for retail customers on a 90 day turnaround, not allocated or sold as inventory cars at all. The rationale per GM was that they had been burned on the GTO and G8 when inventory built up and dealers began offering steep discounts, which tarnished the car's premium appeal and depressed prices moving forward..

To eliminate that possibility, the SS was to be strictly a build-to-order car. Customers were to be able to order from any Chevy store, subject to a cash deposit, and take delivery within three months. It was understood that dealers might elect to bring one or two in as demo inventory cars, but now it appears the production numbers are so low they've resorted to this limited allocation model.

Is Holden having a problem cranking these out that wasn't apparent to GM back in July?

Good question. Australia is the home market for this car, so who knows, maybe sales are doing well over their? Just over 100 units sold for the U.S. is quite sad. Future isn't looking bright.

 

[TexSS]

I wonder how much of this is just dealers don't know what the SS is and don't have any idea on how to order it and are just passing on it.

 

[TexSS]

Where are you getting just over 100 units sold?

Just curious if that is really what was sold or if that is just what is being delivered so far?

Big difference.

Also, if it truly is only 100 units sold it's because you can't freaking order the car from the dealers....

 

[2074]

Guys you have to understand how the system works.

Like the Volt and the Stingray; not all dealers will be/are allowed to sell them. There is more to it than just "ok take orders" involved.

Training for sales people and Techs. Special tools for the shop. Parts inventory. All requirements and big $$$ for the dealer.

You wouldn't want an unfamiliar with the architecture Tech setting the lift in the wrong place bending the unibody or punching holes in the underbody aero panels would you? Trust me; over many decades past I have seen this all too many times!

That is why my order is in the second round of allocation since my dealer has one for stock in the first 900. I need to have them familiar with lifting to remove the spring spacers, rotor protectors and doing the PDI.

And lest we forget to be on top of things when our orders arrive at the store 'cause especially in the first round alot of dealership guys are gonna be burning up the rear tires doing the PDI test drive!

Check your wheel wells for rubber and closely inspect/measure the rear tire tread!!!

 

[RobertHammen]

Radracer pulled up 100 VINs, now 150. Perhaps that's where the confusion is. I'm sure that more than 100 were sold.

That whole "BTO/free-for-all" thing was a joke. 3 months is the bare minimum time it would take to get a car here with the "build enough for a boat, ship across the Pacific (5 weeks), unload/process/get on railcars/ship across the country. The cars that just landed were built more than 2 months ago and they're not to dealers yet/bet they won't be for at least a week, maybe 2...

 

[z51vett]

I thought these were Built to Order. What the heck is the Allocation talk about?

I should be able to go into ANY Chevy dealer and place an order.

Now if you are talking about a dealer having one on the lot for people to buy then I understand about dealer allocation.

But if you are talking about going into a Chevy dealer and putting money down for your order and waiting 5 months for it to arrive, I don't understand why you can't do that anytime you want?

What am I missing?

Not every dealer qualifies to order it is attached to there performance numbers and sales quotes for Camaro's and corvettes. You no sell you loose that is how it's always been in sales of any kind car food whatever.
z51vett
Doug
As I said I know of one unsold unit that is not built yet list for 47170 loaded spare and sunroof black

 

[GTO_Guy]

Yeah. I'm no business genius, but I gotta think that having cars that actually exist would really up your sales numbers.

I think the SS is built on the same line as the Commodore, but not at the same time. They did an initial run of their domestic version, and then were supposed to switch over for the initial SS run, which I believe was to be in September.

The Commodore is hugely important for Holden, where the SS is a novelty item with a non existent sales model. Maybe Commodores are so hot they don't want to slow down production to switch over to the SS for a full run quite yet. So they knocked off a hundred or so to save face and buy time. Which is why a dealer can tell you how many he's getting, but has no idea on color or options, and why nobody is really taking orders.