Quote:
Originally Posted by DC Chevy Sales
I totally agree with the allocation part, and some of the dealership stuff too. Like at my store we do not sell over MSRP on any vehicle (new that is) we market adjust used only and have no dealer or doc fees whatsoever. No extras period. However I am at a top 5 fleet dealer nationally and pay very little in advertising to GM. Therefore they give me smaller allocation on Camaro and Corvette. Will dump hundreds of trucks, equinox, and fleet malibus on us but I as of now am selling 6 Corvette and Camaros a year. Trying to fix that but I'm not one of these corporate stores so its all a game really in every aspect.
|
It's a slow buildup and now is a terrible time to try and get more inventory on cars like Corvette and Camaro. I started asking for more Camaros and Corvettes when I got to this store 10 years ago. When I got here, they sold maybe 2 Corvettes per year and maybe 5 Camaros. Before covid, we were selling 50-60 Camaros per year and around 15-20 Corvettes.
We are getting 1 or 2 C8 allocations per month just because I built our Corvette sales up over a 10 year period. Camaros, it doesn't really matter. Even though we used to easily sell 5 per month out of our small store, we now struggle to get enough allocation to sell even 10 per year.