If dealers sell their demos by Jan. 3, GM will reimburse them $1,500 each to make up for depreciation and for the cost of removing demo-related decals.
The automaker’s surveys have shown 72% of interested people who haven’t bought a Volt made that decision because their preferred model wasn’t available. So GM is seeking to reduce customer and dealer frustration by freeing up saleable cars.
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“I want everybody to be able to sell the cars now that everybody has been trained on it.” Said Henderson, “We want this business,” referring to the more than 80% of Volt buyers who are new to Chevrolet. “When you have someone knocking on the door saying, ‘I want to buy your vehicle,’ you look for ways to make that happen.”
Something for Nissan to think about...“When you have someone knocking on the door saying, ‘I want to buy your vehicle,’ you look for ways to make that happen.”
That's a gob of supply over demand, especially considering that it's more than all the Volts sold so far.Including the demo models, GM dealers have 4,100 Volts available for sale. Another 1,100 are on their way to a GM store
tps said:Something for Nissan to think about...“When you have someone knocking on the door saying, ‘I want to buy your vehicle,’ you look for ways to make that happen.”
But usually means the cars aren't moving as fast as they were expected to.scottf200 said:Incentives are GOOD for the consumers.
There have certainly been some kinks in the rollout and those of us in the long forgotten states may not be too enthralled with things, but...tps said:Something for Nissan to think about...“When you have someone knocking on the door saying, ‘I want to buy your vehicle,’ you look for ways to make that happen.”
Re: $1500 incentive.smkettner said:Incentives to sell a demo? Sounds like business as usual. Don't they do this for all last year model demos?
Actually I thought there were incentives for all left overs :|
If dealers sell their demos by Jan. 3, GM will reimburse them $1,500 each to make up for depreciation and for the cost of removing demo-related decals.
Business as usual means demand < supply.smkettner said:Incentives to sell a demo? Sounds like business as usual. Don't they do this for all last year model demos?
Actually I thought there were incentives for all left overs :|
The public charging infrastruture is stiil so minimal that I doubt if it has made much of an impact, even in the roll-out states. I'm planning, as I believe most current LEAF owners do, to have a short leash to my home EVSE with an occasional planned trip which relies on a public EVSE. When DC quick chargers are deployed, the LEAF will become much more useful for the occasional longer trip away from home.SkiTundra said:There have not been headlines on top of headlines about people ACTUALLY running out of juice on their way somewhere as there might have been if they'd rolled this out nationwide or even expanded to nationwide faster.
Did you read that some where?lne937s said:I believe the dealers have already taken the $7500 tax credit. So even with a $1500 incentive, these "used" models would come out more expensive for the buyer...
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/11/07/chevy-tells-dealers-to-sell-their-volt-demos/?test=faces" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;According to the Detroit Free Press, buyers should still qualify for the $7,500 federal tax credit
11/10/2011 (4B00) Your car is bayed and is waiting for transportation
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