While many people on this board would be FAR more interested in lead times for a Bolt, I thought I would post our experience in ordering a new 2017 Volt, now named "Voltio de los Muertos", and document how long the process took for me and my wife. We decided to take the plunge and order a Volt rather than buying from dealer stock for a couple of reasons:
1. We knew we wanted the Volt before the end of the year to take advantage of the Fed credit in 2016
2. We were not in a position to afford the payment during the fall, but knew the situation would change shortly
3. Getting near the end of the year we felt that we may not be able to find the specific option set we wanted when we went to buy (Premier trim, DC 1 & 2, ACC, Kinetic Blue, Nav, charge port light and interior mood lighting)
4. We hoped that we would find a slightly better deal in November than in September
While it now looks like #4 won't be happening (no Private Offers have been reported lately, and actually in Southern CA the factory offers have gone slightly down this year compared to last year, and even from earlier in the year), the other three points still are correct. For those curious, it looks like the final deal will be $5200 off sticker ($1000 GM rebate plus $4200 Rydell discount), but likely no tag discount.
So here's the timeline so far:
9/17 - Ordered the 2017 Volt Premier from Chris at Rydell Chevrolet (great experience and highly recommend them!)
9/20 - Rydell placed the order with their weekly allocation (for anyone ordering from low Volt volume dealerships this step is critical - if the dealer can't/won't give you an allocation slot you're dead in the water until they do so make sure to ask when they will submit the order BEFORE plunking down the deposit!)
9/29 - Chevrolet assigned a TPW of 10/24
10/31 - Voltio de los Muertos assembly is complete! (look at the date and now you can see why we named it that)
11/4 - Car is shipped from factory
11/11 - Expected delivery date to rail yard in Mira Loma, CA (near Riverside, about 50 miles from the dealership)
11/15(?) - Car expected at dealership for prep and LPO installation
End result is from actual dealer order to car delivery to the dealer will be about 56 days, or exactly 8 weeks. I think the wife still isn't sure about the Volt because of her self-admitted "range anxiety", even though it will be her car and her daily total round-trip commute is only about 20 miles (so no commuting gas for us!), I'm looking forward to commandeering it on weekends and having a blast!
Oh, and a HUGE thanks to everyone on this board who shares information about the Volt. I learned a ton about the car by lurking and reading over the past year - far more than from any other source I have found.
1. We knew we wanted the Volt before the end of the year to take advantage of the Fed credit in 2016
2. We were not in a position to afford the payment during the fall, but knew the situation would change shortly
3. Getting near the end of the year we felt that we may not be able to find the specific option set we wanted when we went to buy (Premier trim, DC 1 & 2, ACC, Kinetic Blue, Nav, charge port light and interior mood lighting)
4. We hoped that we would find a slightly better deal in November than in September
While it now looks like #4 won't be happening (no Private Offers have been reported lately, and actually in Southern CA the factory offers have gone slightly down this year compared to last year, and even from earlier in the year), the other three points still are correct. For those curious, it looks like the final deal will be $5200 off sticker ($1000 GM rebate plus $4200 Rydell discount), but likely no tag discount.
So here's the timeline so far:
9/17 - Ordered the 2017 Volt Premier from Chris at Rydell Chevrolet (great experience and highly recommend them!)
9/20 - Rydell placed the order with their weekly allocation (for anyone ordering from low Volt volume dealerships this step is critical - if the dealer can't/won't give you an allocation slot you're dead in the water until they do so make sure to ask when they will submit the order BEFORE plunking down the deposit!)
9/29 - Chevrolet assigned a TPW of 10/24
10/31 - Voltio de los Muertos assembly is complete! (look at the date and now you can see why we named it that)
11/4 - Car is shipped from factory
11/11 - Expected delivery date to rail yard in Mira Loma, CA (near Riverside, about 50 miles from the dealership)
11/15(?) - Car expected at dealership for prep and LPO installation
End result is from actual dealer order to car delivery to the dealer will be about 56 days, or exactly 8 weeks. I think the wife still isn't sure about the Volt because of her self-admitted "range anxiety", even though it will be her car and her daily total round-trip commute is only about 20 miles (so no commuting gas for us!), I'm looking forward to commandeering it on weekends and having a blast!
Oh, and a HUGE thanks to everyone on this board who shares information about the Volt. I learned a ton about the car by lurking and reading over the past year - far more than from any other source I have found.
