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Originally Posted by gac458
I am pretty sure that when the Challenger SRT8 came out last year dealers were asking upwards of 10,000 over invoice. I know this is a fact because my brother sold a couple of them for $50,000 and he would have sold more if they could have gotten hold of them. Same thing for the new body style on the mustang & same things withe Charger SRT8....This is not a manufacturing issue this is prue greed by the dealerships. GM doesn't get 1 cent of the dealer premiums that these guys are trying to charge, it is pure dealer profit. Everyone wants to pile trash on GM for these dealers, they charge these premiums because people choose to pay them for cars that are highly sought after. Consumers are as much to blame as anyone. Every Chevy dealer in the country was given 15,000 reasons, before a single Camaro was built, to ask for premiums by those of us who pre-ordered. What did everyone think would happen??? They guy who started this discussion is driving a Corvette, how many deals do you think where being offered on the Corvette in 2005 - 2006 when the new body style was introduced??? Just don't get carried away with blaming GM for something we all share responsibility in creating. GM just builds them and then we buy them...As always it's the middle man's that sells it that creates the problems.
FLAME AWAY, I can handle it!   |
You miss the entire point. If you walk into a dealership knowing you are going to have to pay $x for a corvette there are no surprises. I saw the chally's marked up just like everyone else did. I didnt pre order a chally at MSRP. I ordered a Camaro at MSRP. This was a pre ordered car with an agreed to price at the time it was ordered. GM can claim ignorance as I have already been told on another thread. That is fine. It is their reputation. The only Camaro commercials I have seen on TV have been for GM, on national TV during prime time, not some individual dealer. Dealer commercials are local, not national. If GM knows this is going on then they need to state it in their national advertising.
"Please be aware that this car will not be available at the price advertised here. Your dealer is free to mark it up to whatever price they can get customers in your area to pay."