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Originally Posted by VR Code R6P
If I tell you what I want built in advance, why should it take longer than it normally would when I order any other vehicle?? I have ordered many new vehicles, and normally the wait is 6-8 weeks. GM sounds like they want a lot of us to wait till at least the 3rd Qtr......why? If I would have ordered March 16th, I would normally be getting a car soon. I order Oct 16th, and I'm still at 1100 on a number one allocation to my dealer. I must be missing something........
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You are missing something.....but it's because you may not have thought about this:
When you order a car or a truck that's been in production, we're rollling at a regular line rate......and in some cases, there are multiple plants building that particular product. (Silverado is built at several plants...)
This is a brand new vehicle.
This is, for all intents and purposes, a new plant - with all new equipment.
If we were to start the line-rate at 'full' -- the cars would be completely unacceptable - and frankly, they'd be unsaleable.
We heard you. You made it clear that this car must far exceed any previous Camaro in terms of quality, safety, handling, and performance......and we intend to deliver on that.
That means that the line rates are very slow at the beginning -- that means that some of the early cars are 'bayed' and are being retro-fitted -- that means that we won't be up to a full line-rate for some time - and that means that we do this so that we CAN deliver on our promise of a quality Camaro that's gonna blow you away. (and judging by the remarks of those who are taking delivery -- I think you can see that this is the case...)
Will they be perfect? I wish that would always be the case -- but I can assure you that some of you will break them!
We have established the following:
1. There were around 15,000 pre-orders
2. On March 16 we were building about 30-50 cars a day --
3. We are currently at just over 200 cars a day.
Do the math.