We all know the ZR1 Corvette is going to sell for more than it's $100,000k+ asking price. Despite the woes that plague the American automotive market place, there are always more takers than available for an iconic supercar like the ZR1.
In this
news brief Jalopnik explain that one of their readers is being hosed royally.
With only 300-ish GM dealers getting a crack at marking up the ZR1, there is a very limited supply of power brokers in ZR1 sales and distribution. As such, the $105 large is going to swell rapidly even quicker than Ryan Seacrest's wallet. In this case, one of the Jalopnik readers was told that
he would need to pay somewhere between 2 and 4 times MSRP to get his vehicle that he already put a deposit down for over 2 years ago.
Said such reader on Jalopnik, "I put a deposit down for the 2009 ZR1 about 2 1/2 years ago at "my" chevy dealer from whom I have bought many GM cars, including trucks, vettes. I have probably bought 15+ GM vehicles over the years. I was told 2 1/2 years ago that the price for this "iffy" car would be around the same ratio as the 5K overcharge I paid for my 2006 Z06.
I was called to order my ZR1 yesterday since I was #1 on the allocation list of this dealer's 4 allocations. I was told that by the way the price would be between 2-4 times the MSRP. Tadge Juechter, the Chief of Corvette Engineering, has urged GM ZR1 dealers to respect the MSRP. I am very upset with the greed and disregard for customer loyalty in a down economy. Is there any recourse?"
We have no idea, but we're watching this one? Bad policy, bad ethics, or the need/requirement to survive at the dealer level?
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