Dealers Wait for 07 SUV's

[ChevroletRevived]

Dealers wait - and wait - for '07 SUVs

Ads hype Suburban, but it's months away


DETROIT -- General Motors has kicked off a major advertising blitz for the 2007 Chevrolet Suburban, even though some auto dealers may not get the vehicle until the end of June or even July.

The SUV, which is scheduled for production in April, has been heavily promoted during Olympics coverage on NBC. Other commercials have touted the 2007 Tahoe, but some dealers may end up waiting until the end of March for that vehicle.

The Tahoe and Suburban have been restyled and re-engineered for the 2007 model year and are among the full-sized trucks that are key to General Motors' recovery. GM started shipping Tahoes in January.

Ed Peper, Chevrolet general manager, said in an interview at the Chicago Auto Show this month that every dealer should have a Tahoe by March 31. The goal is for all dealers to receive at least one 2007 Tahoe or Suburban in 60 to 90 days after production starts, he said.

Which raises the question: Why advertise the Suburban now?

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http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dl.../60224136/1003

[Buicktech]

Still waiting for our Yukons. Had a pre-mass-production one by the shop, but, couldn't sell it.

[usa1]

This is just another example of rampant stupidity in GM. They did this with the G6 and now the Suburban.

Yes. I do believe I could run GM better than the goons there now.

Mark

[ChevroletRevived]

I think they are trying to get people in showrooms, but I can agree that GM should be doing it when customers can actually buy the vehicles...

[rueben44]

I see loads of Yukons at this GMC dealer in my area and tons of Tahoe's at a Chevy dealer also. Now how could the dealer be waiting and waiting for Burbs when they haven't even started production yet?

[Gm786]

I need to go up to my Local Dealer and check to see if they have any of the new 2007 Chevy Tahoe's or Yukons in.

[boblutzfan]

All of the Chevy dealerships in my area have Tahoes and the GMC dealerships are now starting to get a good selection of Yukons. I have seen many on the streets - they are selling well.

[Blair1118]

both Chevy and GMC dealers in the area have acouple of Tahoe's and Yukon's a piece (but they're all white yuck!)

[redimpss5]

These should be hot sellers.

[jbartley]

i've seen all three, the tahoe are ALL over the place!

and the escalade is crazy, I've seen people do double takes and then stand in awe.

[tuxmelvin]

I've seen a couple Tahoes on dealer lots. Haven't seen any on the road, but I think they are just too new right now. Big SUVs are one of the few GM products that sell pretty well here... especially the Escalade!

[GM_Fanatic]

I drove by a GMC dealer on Saturday with 5 Yukons lined up in front! That was the first time i had seen them in person...very sharp!

[DuSpinnst]

Dealers around here have Tahoe's and Escalade's. Haven't seen a Yukon yet.

[Bvonscott]

Originally Posted by Blair1118

both Chevy and GMC dealers in the area have acouple of Tahoe's and Yukon's a piece (but they're all white yuck!)

My dealership where I work has 4-5 Yukons.. most are white but the one black one we have is sweet! White looks bad though. It sucks we don't sell Chevy cause they are much better looking. We also have a couple solstice's and a few GTO's too.

[oudidntkn0w]

Originally Posted by DuSpinnst

Dealers around here have Tahoe's and Escalade's. Haven't seen a Yukon yet.

I saw a new Yukon at the BPG store in plymouth, MI. It was silver and niceee.