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Originally Posted by msm859
Actually your math is wrong. GM started production in August and fully ramped it up by September. For a while they were actually working 6 days per week. They have already built over 8,000 (Kerbeck's highest VIN is 7772). The Z51/carbon fiber shortage is a double edge sword. It keeps up the anxiousness of shortages and for people who must have it the prices. However, there is/or soon will be too many base models that will have to be discounted to move. Some of those buyers will come from people who wanted a Z51 but are tired of waiting or got a great deal on a base. Eventually there will be equilibrium in supply and demand - I suspect they could reach that in 30 days with no constraints.
If your vert was ordered by a dealer with allocation you would have had no problem getting it built this year but for your Z51 and perhaps if you have FAY.
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Great that Chevy started production in August and is up to 8,000. Although, we don't know where all those cars went - to US dealers, overseas, etc. Still, it can build just so many cars per week, around 700+, and as I said, the production for the rest of the year through December shall be around what I calculated. Given the demand, I don't see production equaling demand anytime soon and not within 30 days. My Vert is a Z51 with everything except special paint, auto trans, and competition seats; and so I am not counting on getting it this year. My dealer has allocation, I ordered in July, I have an order #, I am at 1100, Chevy has confirmed my order, and Chevy says my next step is a Target Production Week; but other orders behind me shall bump me if Chevy and my dealer can fill those orders but not mine based on constraints and what it decides to build and when. My dealer (with 4 locations) and lots of allocation says it has more requests than it can fill for the foreseeable future given allocation and constraint limitations. I expect other dealers are in the same position, and this does not even consider all the dealers that did not get allocation that shall get allocation sooner than later and want at least 1 for their showrooms for attraction. Then, there are all those folks waiting for the debugged 2015 model. Then, there is the ever increasing overseas demand. If my dealer is correct, and I believe it is, the C7 shall be in high demand and short supply for over 2 years, as the C6 was for almost 2 years when it came out, where it does not have to appreciably discount. So again, waiting to order to get a significant discount probably won't happen unless one is willing to wait a really long time or accept a base model already produced that most of us are not ordering. I debated to wait or order now, but when I was able to negotiate $1,000 below MSRP I jumped at it. But, my C7 Vert MSRPs at $76,000 and so it would be smart for dealer (mine was) to give $1,000 off MSRP. Some dealers are smarter than others as I have found out in my negotiations with about a dozen. To sum, the C7 likely shall be hot for at least 2 years with supply lower than worldwide demand, and waiting to order 4 months or so to get a sizable discount is unlikely to materialize; and so order now if you want your car within a reasonable wait-time but you can order below MSRP following what worked for me.