Here in NE lower MI there are lots of GM retirees, so you would think they’d want to sell all of them one-oh wait, I forgot, that’s what all those Silverados are on the lot for!!!

Maybe it’s just the glare from the 300 white Silverados sitting on the lots distracting me?
Seriously, over 3/4 of both of the dealerships are Silverados and nearly all of them are white.

I’ve seen more Aston Martins in one day. I’ve seen just as many S5’s on the road, and they technically hadn’t been released yet (one, back in Sept). You can probably catch more Bentleys cruising Buckhead in one night than new Malibus anywhere in the city. But there’s a million billboards, that’s for sure.

I remember last year it was a similar situation with the new JK Jeep Wrangler.

I confirm N85523’s “No sightings in Denver or Wyoming.” I do see new Accords, and even Altima Coupes.

When the new JK Jeep Wrangler came out at least you could see one or two on the dealer lots when you drove by. When I drive the Chevy dealers all I see are Silverados.

Haven’t noticed a live one since.

I work at Hertz, and supposedly, they’ve already had at least one at our regional home office in Charleston (WV). The local Chevrolet dealer hasn’t had one – I’d know, since the Mitsubishi dealer is in another part of the building and I’m there all-too-often.

The Charleston Chevrolet dealer, on the other hand, has had two – both loaded LTZs with the nasty orange interior. My dad went to look at them twice and both times (seperated by at least two weeks, with the SAME TWO CARS still sitting on the lot), he was told they were pre-sold and couldn’t be sat in or driven. Hmmm…

New Accords, on the other hand, are a dime-a-dozen. Now, that’s how you launch a car.

That said, the car had a very roomy trunk, tracked straight, seats were decent, was generally quiet, and provided for a low drama trip.
I’d never (ever) buy this car, but for a fleet car I am sure it’s a fine value.

There would be nothing wrong with soft launching the car like that … but you don’t do the big $ ad blitz until the next phase when volume is cranking.

We talked about this some time ago on an earlier thread. In retailing this is done all the time with a soft opening of a new site to get the kinks worked out followed by a heavily publicized grand opening when you are ready to do serious business.

“After all, Mr. Lutz was quoted as saying something like “nothing destroys the value of a new product faster than over producing” when explaining the decision to cut back on production of the Enclave while claiming that they were unavailable at dealers.”

He needs to change his name to Bob Klutz. Have you noticed how the Camry is just getting killed in resale value by being readily available and how the Accord suffers the same? No, you haven’t because that isn’t how it works. Building more of something that people will buy at a profitable price kills the value of a product. Short producing so that there is little to no inventory in the channel does not work for volume products. It might work for Ferrari, but the Enclave and ‘bu are not Ferraris.

The ‘bu’s biggest problem is that they shouldn’t have made it and the Aura. Make one. Make it great. Sell over 100 vehicles per location per month.

But maybe it’s all part of some nutty idea GM has about creating buzz instead of selling stuff and making profit. After all, Mr. Lutz was quoted as saying something like “nothing destroys the value of a new product faster than over producing” when explaining the decision to cut back on production of the Enclave while claiming that they were unavailable at dealers.