mdkrp

+1
Spot on as usual

Salespunk

There is actually a more logical reason for the test drive issues with Corvettes. There is a much different profile around the cars and because of that there are a lot more people that want to joy ride them. The problem is that some dealerships have over rotated and are refusing test drives to the wrong people.

Just find the right dealership and you will be able to test drive whatever you want. I recently test drove a Z28 Camaro and was offered a test drive of Z07 which I declined.

rand007

I've seen the same and been confused by it but the "joy ride our expensive car" logic doesn't check out. They're happy to hand you the keys to a $70k Yukon or a $50k Silverado. Those guys are used to moving high volumes of corvette-priced trucks, it must be something else.

R_Rated

Show up in a Porsche and its easy to get a test drive. I went with a friend who is many times over wealthier than I but keeps cars for a LONG time.... in his 15 year old acura and he was denied.... could pay cash for any car he really wanted.

clutchplate

Another factor that separates a Chevy dealer from a Porsche dealer is pricing policy. Never seen an additional $20,000 dealer markup on a Porsche.

zirrah

Whaaaa?

fast1

You can't be serious. $100K+ markups on the GT3 RS are the norm.

clutchplate

Then I stand corrected. Are these new cars sold by a Porsche dealer?

mwike

That's part of what confuses the hell out of me. I showed up in a $60k MSRP Tahoe. I also failed to mention in the original post that I didn't even ask to drive a new car. I told them (before I could tell a test drive was going to be a problem) that I'd be happy driving a used Stingray so they could keep the miles off the new ones.

I'm still confused from the business perspective, but I'm sure the owner feels this policy is most profitable. I just can't understand his logic.

zirrah

yes. Just go to cars.com and search for new gt3 RS

Hurricane

The only thing I could understand was if this was a smaller dealer with a very limited allocation. I couldn't get my local dealer to budge off of MSRP on a C6 in 2005 (one year after release, on a 2006 model) but they probably only got 10 allocations a year and they were confident they would sell every one of them.

Kerbeck, on the other hand, is the largest Vette dealer in the country and easily knocked off several grand on an ordered car. And happily let me test drive one.