This is not directed to everyone here. There is a lot of knowledge shared on this site, but everyday people start threads about "where is my car" and "why do I not have a VIN" and so on. A lot of us that have been here for a while and understand the order/allocation/allotment process that determines when your car is built, but a lot of the people missed all that information and this is an effort to stop the redundant posts/threads about this.
If you pre-ordered your vehicle and do not understand what is going on please continue reading. This is to help you out...
Regardless of the date you ordered, your Camaro will be built according to your dealers
allocation and your priority.
For example: If your dealer had 10 original allocations, and you were order number 10, your car will be one of the last one's built through the third quarter whether you placed that order in October of last year or yesterday.
See, initial allocations were given to dealers as an "estimate" of how many vehicles they would be getting through the third quarter of the year. It was then up to the dealer to be responsible with those allocations and choose whether or not to pre-sell them. Some dealers sold them all, some sold a few, and some did not pre-order at all because they wanted show room vehicles. GM cannot make 10 cars for one dealer and 0 for another because, once again, it was the dealers call as to whether or not they would pre-sell these vehicles.
Another example: Sticking with the above scenario, you were 10 of 10 at your dealer, and adding the dealer down the street who decided not to pre-sell and also had 10 allcations. The dealer down the street will likely get 9 show room cars befor eyour get your pre-order.
Why you ask? Isn't your pre-order more important than a car for the lot? In some aspects, yes it is. But to GM, these cars are already paid for whether they go to you or to a dealer. Yes, GM does care about you and the fact that you pre-ordered this awesome car, but they owe their dealers the cars just as much as they do you. Because let's face it...the dealers buy hundreds, if not thousands of cars from GM every year and are guaranteed business. Through franchise agreements, getting every dealer every car possible is priority # 1.
So once again, the date you ordered your car is irrelevant in the grand scheme of it all. Your dealer should have explained this process to you. I don't blame any of you for your frustration if this was not explained to you properly. This thread is just an effort to clean up the boards a little bit and help everyone understand the process. I know it sucks for a lot of you who are impatiently waiting for this car, but this is just the way it is.
