Z06 Markup...unbelievable!

[Dakota kid]

I've been following Vette prices (and buying them) for over 20 years, and it's quite fascinating, sometimes unbelieveable, what people will pay.

Please can you post some pic’s.

 

[Edmond]

Spoke to Bill Stasek, the owner of Stasek Chevrolet, Wheeling, IL 60090 who said "we have 6 sold already... at MSRP". This was a week ago today at our Vette Club meeting.

Tell me you were one of the six!

 

[74bigblock]

Tell me you were one of the six!

I wish! Although I could probably pull it off... but what would I do with it?

 

[Dakota kid]

I wish! Although I could probably pull it off... but what would I do with it?

Drive the tires off !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[74bigblock]

Drive the tires off !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not at that price! I'd have to sell a nut!

 

[Dakota kid]

Not at that price! I'd have to sell a nut!

you only need one.

I can see it now Ebay one.............for sale!

 

[74bigblock]

you only need one.

I can see it now Ebay one.............for sale!

Hmmm..... :naughty:

 

[Edmond]

you only need one.

I can see it now Ebay one.............for sale!

If you don't plan on kids, you don't even need one.:L

 

[Dakota kid]

If you don't plan on kids, you don't even need one.:L

You only need one

 

[Edmond]

You only need one

I'm into martial arts and stuff. I was pondering: if I kicked a guy in the sack who only had one, would it hurt half as much or twice as much? :L

 

[Dakota kid]

I'm into martial arts and stuff. I was pondering: if I kicked a guy in the sack who only had one, would it hurt half as much or twice as much? :L

You’re sadistic. :L

 

[Evolution1980]

I'm into martial arts and stuff. I was pondering: if I kicked a guy in the sack who only had one, would it hurt half as much or twice as much?

:L :L *shaking my head*

 

[06Z06]

Koons Chevy in Tysons will get a total alotment of 25 Z06's. Thay have sold 13 already @ $20-30k ADM. Z06's with special paint and all the options @ $30 ADM, others @ 20k ADM. I know 1st hand. I purchased 1 this weekend At sticker plus 30K. Not all dealers will be getting Z06's. I was told that Chevrolet only plans on producing 3000 Z06's for world wide sale. 200 for north of the border. 200 overseas the rest to be sent to the 2500+ USA dealers. Every Dealer I called in the DC metro area was marking them up in the same range or was not going to be geting any at all.

On a nother note... WHAT AN ANIMAL! Makes my 1970 LS6 El Camino seem like a slow poke!

 

[JAGSFAN]

Thats a shame. We sell for MSRP and we will get probably 30 this year.

 

[06Z06]

Well even if its to late for me... At least there are still dealers that will do people right. I'm to happy to have the car, to cry over what could have been. As long as my better 1/2 doesn't find out about McDorman Chevy!! At least I didn't have to cull any cars from my herd. That topic did come up when I decided I was going to get a Z06.

 

[JAGSFAN]

Well even if its to late for me... At least there are still dealers that will do people right. I'm to happy to have the car, to cry over what could have been. As long as my better 1/2 doesn't find out about McDorman Chevy!! At least I didn't have to cull any cars from my herd. That topic did come up when I decided I was going to get a Z06.

As long as you like car doesnt matter how much you paid. But if you know anyone looking have em call me.

 

[self1]

Every Dealer I called in the DC metro area was marking them up in the same range or was not going to be geting any at all.

Interesting. But, that really doesn't make any sense, that I can figure. Some thoughts I had:

1) Dealers get new allocations based on past sales.

2) A dealer who accepts the rather liberal pure profit of around ten thousand dollars by placing each Z06 at MSRP should be able to sell a ton of them, then each allocation cycle, up their amount.

3) Dealers who hold out for maximum profit of ~30G (10K 'natural' per plan + 20K gouge factor) on each unit, and also use scurrilous practices like defrauding Ebay and customers (by not really using Ebay as a real auction, but merely as a prop to hype the inflated prices, and as advertisement, by using shills) are not placing as many units as those whose practices are reasonable. So their allocation ought to go DOWN, relative to more honest dealers, I would think... (?)

4) GM publicly claims it wants these cars to be placed at MSRP, and not be tarred by the gouging unscrupulous practices of dealers.

5) I am not religious at all, myself, and ought to know better than to mix sales with morals (chuckle), but I do believe in the Golden Rule. Last night I woke up in middle of night for a nature call, and when I went back to bed and scanned TV, there was a movie on one of the religious channels that actually was darned good. The reason it held my attention was that it was about a car salesman, and I had just got through dealing with one. Yes, it was pie in the sky perfect in the way things were scripted, due to need to compress story to TV time, but the general thinking was not too bad. It was called "Flywheel", and was pretty well done as these things go. I would recomend every car salesman and dealer to watch it. They may try to laugh and roll their eyes as they watch, but even the roughest will probably have to search themselves privately afterwards for what they personally think is ethical, versus what they may do that is 'not outright illegal' -- just because you don't get arrested for a thing doesn't make it right.


[folding up soapbox and leaving]

 

[Cruza]

Just think in about 2 years the people who paid 80-90K buckies for their 06 Z's will be lucky if they are worth 1/2 of that!!

 

[self1]

Just think in about 2 years the people who paid 80-90K buckies for their 06 Z's will be lucky if they are worth 1/2 of that!!

So very true -- I think anyone who pays that 'first one on the block' premium is giving that money away forever. More power to them if that's what they want, but not for me.

My new 2006 C6 ran me well under MSRP, and even though every car you ever buy depreciates, at least I am not starting out "in the hole" from the start!

I took my new baby for about a 600 mile 'spin' over the last couple days to break it in, and I am so pleased: I got MPG in the mid twenties, even though I was altering the speed a lot, using secondary roads, and even a few runs to [a high speed] and some rapid acceleration check outs after I hit the 500 mile mark. The car was run over washboard, smooth two-lane, a little bit of Interstate, even a few miles of dirt road at a state park, and some city driving in a resort town on the beach. All I can say is "Wow". The car is quiet when you are at speed or idle, but growls when you step into it. It is smooth over any road surface I hit, and always feels at ease. The luggage space is ridiculously over-sufficient, and the driving position/seating surfaces left me feeling very invigorated after both ~300 mile days in the saddle. Given the nature of my trip, those were days of about six or seven hours in the car, as I was sightseeing, and not blasting straight down the freeway.

When I got back, the local dealer had sent me an 'invitation' to buy a Z06 at 10,000 over MSRP. I told him thanks but no; and given how well the C6 is meeting my needs, I am rethinking whether I need the more costly and tempermental Z06, even if at MSRP. Certainly maintaining it and driving it is not likely to be as carefree as the C6... I can remove my top... insurance rates are nicely low...tires and other replacement items are likely to be much more available and cheaper... just having a Z06 would be fantastic, but I am really rethinking the practicality of it. At least in the meantime, I am sure not waiting with nothing!

My best to all!

 

[GWD, JR]

Self1, congrats on your C6 but please don't knock the rest of us who dream of sitting behind our new Z06's. It just shows the true desire and support of this countries oldest and best sports car by myself and maybe 3500 others this year who can't wait to have one. Whether we pay msrp or over this car is truly worth every dime and until you have been behind the wheel of one, please allow us our dreams.