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I would like to try to make a educated guess as to Sky availability, and distribution through dealer network. There are about 2500 Pontiac dealers and 17,000 Solstice limit in production. That is 6.8 Solstice per dealer for the whole year run. The theory that only two Skys a month per dealer on a equal distribution is flawed. That would be 24 per dealer for the model run.
I live in DuPage County In Illinois The dealer I bought my Solstice from has already delivered 5 and has 5 more accepted orders, and they also plan on selling more. wait what about 6.8 per dealer. The big dogs feast and the scraps go to the rest.
Then these list that dealers have of potential Sky owners contain quite a few dreamers. When the ordering begins the lists will thin considerately when real cash hits the table. The owner of my dealer owns Four Saturn Dealerships just in my general area and he laughs at the assumption of equal distribution. Real orders, with real money and real commitments will come from the historical high volume dealers and they will not be denied.
The two a month theory holds no water with production volume expected. It has been reported that Solstice production is up to 90 units a day, with the target set at the beginning of production of 100 a day.
The Solstice build will have worked out the mechanical flaws in production process so the Sky should be faster to full manufacturing speed.
So i don't think that GM would keep them stock piled built ready to go, just to send two a month to every dealer. I'm not a expert, I'm probably wrong, but I think the two a month to every dealer regardless of size or sales volume is absurd.
I live in DuPage County In Illinois The dealer I bought my Solstice from has already delivered 5 and has 5 more accepted orders, and they also plan on selling more. wait what about 6.8 per dealer. The big dogs feast and the scraps go to the rest.
Then these list that dealers have of potential Sky owners contain quite a few dreamers. When the ordering begins the lists will thin considerately when real cash hits the table. The owner of my dealer owns Four Saturn Dealerships just in my general area and he laughs at the assumption of equal distribution. Real orders, with real money and real commitments will come from the historical high volume dealers and they will not be denied.
The two a month theory holds no water with production volume expected. It has been reported that Solstice production is up to 90 units a day, with the target set at the beginning of production of 100 a day.
The Solstice build will have worked out the mechanical flaws in production process so the Sky should be faster to full manufacturing speed.
So i don't think that GM would keep them stock piled built ready to go, just to send two a month to every dealer. I'm not a expert, I'm probably wrong, but I think the two a month to every dealer regardless of size or sales volume is absurd.