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Originally Posted by toesuf94
What I want is a Camaro - and not a single one can be seen or touched at a dealer in Iowa. Not One. My dad was just in Southern California. Stopped at EVERY Chevrolet dealer he saw to ask about the Camaro...not one store had one, or information on it.  In fact on two occasions at seperate dealers he was told that customers have stopped asking about the Camaro completely.  These customers are tired of waiting and reading about the cars in the press and NOT being able to touch and drive one themselves. This is only HELPING the sales of the other cars. How many Camaro5 members have we 'lost' to the Challenger this year already??? :upset:
For me, this huge push in the press showing the great features of the Camaro and the great mileage should have WAITED until the dealers at least HAD CARS to show and get people in - this would have translated to orders if the car is as good as it is being touted. Now all GM is getting is a bunch of people running to the dealers to see the car they just read about and finding an Aveo 5 in the showroom. 
OH! And in dad's entire trip the ONLY information he saw on the new Camaro was at a Rental Car stand - a big picture of the Camaro and a tag line stating they will be available for rent Spring of '09! |
Waiting stinks but building cars takes time so there are two options:
1 - Don't send a few Camaros out for the car mags nobody knows if its worth the wait.
2 - Send out a few Camaros for the car mags and people find out yes it is worth the wait.
Your choice of number one loses GM sales and money. Having said that, clueless car salesmen are the bane of all manufacturers and I'm sure GM is working to change this but the franchise business model limits their control of this particular problem.