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Originally Posted by Bhobbs

What GM needs to do is offer a wide variety of upgrades that can be installed at the dealers that won't void the warranty.

They (GM) already do. However most dealers dont know the difference between their ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to selling anything but the cars on the lot. And they can barely do that. Example i walk into my dealership and order a 1ss 1le no other options. we get the numbers down to 37500 otd. I had in my hand a check for 46000 with the intent to spend all of it. I wanted a set of all season tires, zl1 rockers, a few suspension parts and some other odds and ends from their ebay store. Long story short (and i mean LOOOOOOOONG story) I left with my car and nothing else. The dealers lost money and GM lost money due to dealership incompetence.

Originally Posted by CamaroSkooter

The problem with GM getting into the aftermarket accessories business is that there are already well-established vendors that already do it at a price point that GM will never be able to match.

some vendors have licensed with gm performance parts pfadt, pedders, defenderworks, magnaflow. there maybe a few others but again dealerships ass or hole in ground

Originally Posted by SS 376

Very well said. I think GM is leaving a lot of money on the table. An OEM will be by far the largest buyer of any single mod so they can get a better deal than any single tuning shop or even a distributor. Moreover, buyers will be more willing to spend more on accessories if they can roll the price into the finance cost of the vehicle. I bought my 1SS for $32K--if the dealer told me I could put on LTs and a CAI for another say, $1500 that's $1500 in revenue GM could've captured instead of someoen else.

Yea um no i tried see above. There are some dealers that i would think would get this done (Rodgers comes to mind ) but they are a 1 in 500 gm dealer

Originally Posted by The_Blur

I'll get into GM Performance Parts in another thread.

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But why wait?????? GMPP is kinda in this same category. The thing with GMPP is that is kinda tucked away in a corner where only a few people know about,use or care about. Most of whats in the catalog is race engine (off road only) stuff. It has gotten better with the camaro parts but i dont think it really geared toward the type of customers that hang around.

My view is that GMPP and GM accessory's need a complete overhaul and a change in perspective of who they want to buy stuff from them. Right now no one has a reason to look at any site or catalog from gm for parts. We can get GM parts from other places at great prices. Example CTSV/ ZL1 brake kits can be had for significantly less from those "other sources" brand new than they can from gm directly. And i assume they are making money from the sales at these prices. so why does gm not get in on this?