Chevy limiting ZR1 sales to select dealerships
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If you were planning on heading down to your local Chevy dealership and placing an order for a new Corvette ZR1, think again. The new super-Vette is the fastest ever made, yet despite its $105k price tag, there'll be a lot of eager customers lining up. But General Motors will only allow certain Chevrolet dealerships to sell the supercar.
Cauley Chevrolet, for example, sells 150 Corvettes a year, and claims it has 60-70 eager customers waiting for the ZR1, but GM will only be allocating four vehicles for the West Bloomfield, Michigan, dealership to sell. Fitchner Chevrolet in Laurel, Montana, sells 35-40 Corvettes a year, but won't be allocated any of the new ZR1s. Out of nearly 4,000 Chevy dealerships in the United States, only 338 will have the chance to sell the ZR1. GM has not released final production numbers for the uber-Vette, but if you want to get your hands on one, you might have to do some hunting.
Gallery: 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
icu812ru469 11:35AM (6/23/2008)
This is sucky news... almost as sucky as this will do behind the GT-R.
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Soul Shinobi 12:08PM (6/23/2008)
I wasn't going to say anything, but you're so right I can't ignore it. :)
Yar 12:31PM (6/23/2008)
You're right, the ZR1 will do terrible behind the GT-R. Its always difficult to draft behind a significantly slower car, so I suspect most ZR1 owners will just have to resort to passing instead.
John R 2:07PM (6/23/2008)
hardy-har-har...yar. [rolls eyes]
Are there any times for the ZR-1? does anyone know?
Keat 11:39AM (6/23/2008)
And expect to pay a large premium over sticker too.
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Buckus 11:41AM (6/23/2008)
Limiting numbers is sure a good way to stimulate demand. Just ask Chrysler what happens when you produce more vehicles than people want.
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Buckus 11:42AM (6/23/2008)
You don't want to see rows and rows of ZR1's at your local dealership when you just payed a gigabuck to get yours, do you?
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TJ 11:49AM (6/23/2008)
Really? so not all 25bazillion GM dealerships are going to get one of the limited production vehicles? Oh the humanity....
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MajorGeek 11:56AM (6/23/2008)
I tried, my wife said I could not spend 120k on a car, so I bought a Challenger and was looking at new H2's, apparently she didnt do the math lol.
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TJ 12:03PM (6/23/2008)
I figured the H2 would be going for REAL cheap right about now...
2004m3driver 12:29PM (6/23/2008)
How the hell is a challenger any where related to a ZR1. Why not just get a Z06 and slowly tune it to zr1 status without the ol balls and chain noticing.
MajorGeek 12:50PM (6/23/2008)
Challenger was my first car, so its a personal choice. For me, while the ZR1 is a cool car, Vettes are dime a dozen. H2's I dont know cost, they were on strike when I went looking so there were none, dealer had a pile in line to buy and I live in a pretty small city, so I guess they left supply light for a reason. Started building a house, so no new H2 for me this year.
ambientFLIER 1:40PM (6/23/2008)
How about being a man and not letting a woman tell you what you can or can't drive?
Tai 1:48PM (6/23/2008)
@ambient
You give up the right to manhood when you get married.^^
Aprime 1:54PM (6/23/2008)
Real men crash their cars into their wives to shut them up.
MajorGeek 2:00PM (6/23/2008)
LOL, I own 5 cars, 2 motorcycles and a Segway, she just thought over 100k was silly money, I could have if I wanted to.
John R 11:58AM (6/23/2008)
So, we're looking at $30k-40k over sticker?
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TJ 12:04PM (6/23/2008)
I guy on Jalopnik is saying his dealer is quoting him 3-4 TIMES the MSRP (yep, ~$400k)......he put his deposit down 2.5 years ago and may have to pull it back due to this....
jg 12:08PM (6/23/2008)
That thing on the hood makes it look like a Transformer.
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Dave 12:10PM (6/23/2008)
And even by limiting the dealers who sell the ZR1, GM will still not be able to sell their planned production. If I was to pay over 100k for a powerhouse of a car I would not want to pull up to a visually identical car for 40k less. The original ZR-1 proved this. Flares and scoops will not make it look different, only Pep Boyz modified.
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