Which C8 Z06 warranty will GM Void you sell first year!?! When is my Z06 Coming?!?

We review they types of warranties GM has on the C8 Z06 and which ones will disappear if you sell the car in the first 12 months. Then we'll talk production estimates for my C8 Z06 (its currently looking like Mid-March)

[kishan]

Keep the Z06 content coming, Luke! It's one of the few sources of good info out there on a car that was announced the better part of a year ago and basically has still not been objectively reviewed by any real auto journalist or really even seen outside of heavily choreographed Chevy events with their ardent online influencers.

All this nonsense with the warranties would be made irrelevant if GM made the cars in adequate quantities, or priced them appropriately given constrained supply. It's not like there's a shortage of people willing to pay higher prices for these cars, else the flipper market wouldn't exist. The dealer-franchise model has resulted in a situation where being given access to purchase one of these vehicles is the real value. It's bad for capitalism when a manufacturer gets to pick its customers and not the other way around.

GM has made a vehicle almost tailor-made to bring interest from non-traditional Corvette buyers. Many of these new buyers are coming from a world in which they're used to paying 50-100% more than what Z06 MSRP's for. I'm willing to bet that these non-traditional Corvette buyers can afford, financially, to wait 12 months and 1 day before trying to sell. I'll be very curious to know what happens to used Z06 prices in 2023/24. If GM cannot ramp up production fast enough over the first 12 months of Z06 production, the flippers will still be rewarded.

I reiterate: the best way to kill the flipper market is to produce the vehicle in adequate quantity or to price it in accordance with its scarcity.

[Hangin_With_Shane]

I'm really interested to see how the new guidelines placed by GM will unfold and what, if any changes will be made!
I'm mostly interested in knowing what allocation numbers will be looking like.
IMO, I feel like these are step's (either right or wrong) but nonetheless, GM is taking some kind of action.
My biggest complaint overall are the dealerships that are charging excessive markups! I know technically it's not illegal and if people can/will pay them, then it continues to occur. You can't honestly say these $50k markups to charity donations isn't being pocketed in some way by the dealers.
I would like to see GM intervene in this area! A start would be penalizing their allocations and giving them to the dealerships charging MSRP so they can better care for their customers!
Be well
-Shane

[chentecruz]

I’m planning on keeping my Z06 so selfishly the changes only benefit me. I’ll get the $5, 000 bonus in points and I don’t have to worry about the warranty. Now I just need to continue to be patient…

[runningdebate]

I feel like if the person can afford to buy the Z06 with it being flipped aren't going to be worried about paying for maintence if they don't have a warranty. I'm hoping to get my Z06 early spring. Being from Buffalo I don't want it any sooner than early spring lol.

[jopazsisiz]

How will dealers know if you bought the car from a flipper? Will service centers pull up carfaxes to see if you are the second owner within 12 months?

Also how will someone know if a warranty is voided even if you try to buy a used one past 12 months. ?

[FutureShawn]

I gotta say it…this is pretty crazy times we live in. There could be legitimate reasons why someone would need to sell a car within a year……I have never flipped a car in my life, but if GM is going to go after flippers that should also go after the dealers that took deposits promising MSRP and when customers went to go into order last week they found out the dealer was now tacking on 50k ADM. I think this may be a bluff by GM just like they threatened dealers for price gouging and nothing really came out of that.

[charlescri]

Chevy Dealerships can add hefty market value adjustments with out impunity on the ZO6….. but a customer who purchased one with their hard earned money is prohibited from selling the first year…. How hypocritical GM !

[travishodgson]

Is there anyway to contact you directly or you can contact me I am working on a c7 and I watched your videos that helped me out I just have a few things I cannot figure out