2008 Order Cut Off Date

[lch0]

Is it to late to special order an 08 GMC or Chevy HD?

[sonjaab]

'08 Order Banks Open '08 Production Startup Date '08 Order Cutoff Date '09 Order Banks Open '09 Production Startup Date

Chevrolet

Chevrolet Avalanche 05/03/07 07/16/07 04/04/08 04/17/08 07/14/08

Chevrolet Colorado 05/03/07 06/18/07 04/04/08 04/17/08 06/16/08

Chevrolet Equinox 05/03/07 06/28/07 04/04/08 04/17/08 06/23/08

Chevrolet Express Passenger 05/03/07 07/30/07 04/04/08 04/17/08 TBD

Chevrolet Express Cutaway / Cargo 05/03/07 07/30/07 04/16/08 04/17/08 TBD

Chevrolet HHR 05/03/07 06/25/07 04/04/08 04/17/08 06/23/08

Chevrolet Kodiak 03/08/07 07/16/07 02/22/08 03/18/08 07/14/08

Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Reg Cab 05/03/07 06/25/07 05/23/08 04/17/08 TBD

Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Ext Cab 05/03/07 06/25/07 05/23/08 04/17/08 TBD

Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LD Crew Cab 05/03/07 06/25/07 05/23/08 04/17/08 TBD

Chevrolet Silverado 1500 HD Crew Cab 05/03/07 07/15/07 05/23/08 04/17/08 TBD

Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Reg Cab 05/03/07 07/16/07 05/23/08 04/17/08 TBD

Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Ext Cab 05/03/07 07/16/07 05/23/08 04/17/08 TBD

Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Crew Cab 05/03/07 07/15/07 05/23/08 04/17/08 TBD

Chevrolet Silverado 3500 Reg Cab 05/03/07 07/16/07 05/23/08 04/17/08 TBD

Chevrolet Silverado 3500 Ext Cab 05/03/07 06/25/07 05/23/08 04/17/08 TBD

Chevrolet Silverado 3500 Crew Cab 05/03/07 07/15/07 05/23/08 04/17/08

 

Looks like 5/23/08 is the cutoff date for 08 2500s.

http://www.wheels.com/reference/referenceFrame.htm

[rcbgn00]

I would check with a local dealer. When I ordered my truck on 4/2 it was just before the cutoff. I dont know if chevy and gmc are different or not but I looked at the paperwork printed from the gm world network that dated all gmc truck 08 orders are cutoff at 4/4

[Ptnomore]

I would check with a local dealer. When I ordered my truck on 4/2 it was just before the cutoff. I dont know if chevy and gmc are different or not but I looked at the paperwork printed from the gm world network that dated all gmc truck 08 orders are cutoff at 4/4

 

 

They start making all '09 Sierra crew cabs, 1500HD, 2500HD and 3500HD on June 23rd. How many of you guys are going to cancel '08 orders and just order an '09? Sounds like a new thread to me.

[chrisb1]

GM suspends big truck orders because of American Axle strike

 

queryvar="gm,suspends,big,truck,orders,because,of,american,axle,strike";Jamie LaReau

Automotive News

May 6, 2008 - 4:47 pm ET

 

GMC Sierra heavy-duty regular cab

 

• GMC Sierra heavy-duty extended cab

 

• GMC commercial heavy-duty

 

• Chevrolet Tahoes and same variants for Chevrolet full-sized trucks.

 

"Essentially, we're not accepting any more orders," says Randy Fox, GMC spokesman.

 

GM says it already had all the orders it could process at this time because the strike is preventing GM from getting parts. If the strike continues, there might be additional production cuts, GM spokeswoman Susan Garontakos says.

 

In a notice to dealers, GM said: "The allocation volume for the Dealer Order Submission Process cycles beginning May 8, 2008, and May 15, 2008, have been canceled."

 

That means dealers' orders won't be filled.

 

"It's not pretty," says John Rogin, owner of John Rogin GMC Truck in suburban Detroit. "If you ordered a vehicle, you aren't going to be able to request it May 8 or May 15; you have to wait until later."

 

Dave Grundstrom is on GM's National Dealer council. He says some dealers fear they will lose commercial fleet business because they can't get big trucks. But he says no business has been lost yet.

 

"The truck business is so slow in general right now it's hard to measure it," says Grundstrom, president of Marvin K. Brown Auto Center in San Diego, which sells Cadillac, Saab, Hummer, Buick and GMC. "It's sort of one or two losses for us. We're more of a retail-oriented business than commercial fleet."

 

During April's sales call, Mark LaNeve, GM's vice president of vehicle sales, service and marketing, said GM lost about 15,000 vehicles in commercial and fleet business last month because of the strike.

 

GM says it has a 102-day supply of GMC and Chevrolet 3500 heavy-duty trucks. For heavy-duty 2500 trucks, GM said the figure is 178 days.