I currently have a 2021 Honda Pilot Elite AWD with just over 70k miles. I'm considering selling it and buying a 2025 Tahoe or Yukon. Like others, I'm not sure what the tariffs are going to do to the pricing. I'm not seeing a lot of Tahoes or Yukons at the dealers. Will I pay a premium if I order one? When does Chevrolet/GMC stop taking orders for the year? Thanks.
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Peruse Yukon here.....Largest GMC dealer and inventory is low...so you will have to pay big bucks to own one. Hot sellers..
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I like ordering what I want but ordering from GM or Ford is a lot different than ordering from Toyota. I know the diesels were a bit slow moving but seems to be light at the end of the tunnel. I would reach out to several dealers in your vicinity and see what’s possible.
I ordered my ‘24 Yukon XL SLT diesel in mid Feb last year and it was in my driveway 2 months later in Nova Scotia. My local Toyota dealer told me 12-18 months at that time to order a Sequoia lol.
I’m sure once this LZ0 diesel backlogs eases in the coming weeks you’ll be able to get one soon. Only thing to be mindful of is the 2025’s seem to be a lot less customizable in terms of options which is annoying.
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Dealers don't order diesels for stock. If they order a 10-15 they "might" order one or two diesels. Vast majority of their customers don't understand them and don't want them. If you want one and want one the way you want it.... you need to put it in an order and just wait it out. The end result is well worth the wait.
I meant “get one soon” as in order being accepted and delivered in a more timely fashion.
In Canada, though, I would say diesel stock is a bit more common. That was my experience last Jan/Feb before I ordered my 2024. Our gas prices are lot higher than in the states so a 25-30% improvement in fuel economy is even more meaningful here.
Thankfully the garbage carbon tax got scrapped this month so gas prices have come down a bit.
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That may be less-incentivized to haggle on one you order vs. one on the lot, but you can order one without ALL the options, vs. what's mostly on the lot, so you'll probably save some money there. This hour's tariff status is unknown, and how it will change is a complete unknown, so if you want/need a new vehicle now-ish, find inventory or order it now. Otherwise, wait until all the silliness settles down. IF tariffs affected pricing, though, the afterward may be kind of problematic as I wouldn't see prices coming down much and for a while.
When we ordered our 1500 AT4 in February, we signed the order form. The sales guy said that locks us in on the price and rate. I have no clue at this time whether or not any added 'taxes' will be applied when we show up to purchase it, but I'll be standing behind the signed order form if that's the case. It works both ways.
We should know in a few days. The truck is being shipped to the dealership as I type.
When we ordered our 1500 AT4 in February, we signed the order form. The sales guy said that locks us in on the price and rate. I have no clue at this time whether or not any added 'taxes' will be applied when we show up to purchase it, but I'll be standing behind the signed order form if that's the case. It works both ways.
We should know in a few days. The truck is being shipped to the dealership as I type.
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Normally taxes are not considered in the vehicle price. They come in when the sales it made because until the dealer is invoiced he does not know the final taxable price etc. The OEM can change that so they will NEVER agree to taxes on an order.
Peruse Yukon here.....Largest GMC dealer and inventory is low...so you will have to pay big bucks to own one. Hot sellers..
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Is there a similar/counterpart to Laura GMC on the Chevy side?
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Last I heard from a dealer, orders are closed for 2025. Orders for 2026 are rumored to open early July for September build. I have a 2025 Z71 on order since February and I'm still waiting for it to go to production.
The order process seems to come with a shroud of mystery. I asked on another post, and the response of course was crickets lol Because any comments someone makes, piques my curiosity. Be nice if there were an ultimate thread regarding ordering, or, maybe when I search I just didn't find it.
We put a deposit on 5/31 for a Tahoe HC with one option, HC Deluxe package. The dealership gave me the order number, and it's in a preliminary status as of yesterday. From the forum, I take this to mean that there are no constraints and no errors (Lakeshore blue, mocha, HC, HC deluxe--be hard to imagine any error). This doesn't mean much, but, it does have an order # in the system.
I do not find any difference with discount or no discount. Ours is $3,900. NO DEALER ADD ONS.
A far cry from what I've seen on the forum like $8k, but, I did a reality check. Another dealer emailed me would you like to order, I said we did already, the above, can you do $4,400. The person had the courtesy to reply we cannot, that is a steep discount on a factory order. It is, what it is, but told me, they are not willing to give me the deal I already have. That's fine.
I too wonder, if I've got 3 Premiers on the lot, why would I, the dealer, want to order a HC other than it likely has more profit in dollars? Is this order my order, or nothing more than the dealer's order, who is free to sell it to somebody else if they are willing to pay list? They didn't like the question but said I can get my deposit back. In that case, they're stuck with a fairly normal HC (there are 2 exact matches as I type within 300 miles), but maybe it's harder to sell than a LT.
Why are we ordering? Because to us, this is a really large purchase, a number that I never dreamed of, so I'd rather get a car built for me and avoiding options we don't want. Let me just be frank--I cannot buy a vehicle in good conscience when the first digit is a 9 in the list price. Just me.
I'd love to know more about the order process, but for the above reasons, we want to order, not take from inventory. And I didn't feel there is less discount.
Our only concern is the car doesn't get built and we get pushed into a 2026. To me, the sweet spot is getting the last of the model years. The closest we have come is a 6/11 build on a 2011. An August build would be nailing it, in my mind....
Maybe it's been answered and I didn't see it. Is the order linked to the customer? Or is it merely something between the dealer and GM, hence all the mystery and the customer being unable to simply log in and see the status....
We put a deposit on 5/31 for a Tahoe HC with one option, HC Deluxe package. The dealership gave me the order number, and it's in a preliminary status as of yesterday. From the forum, I take this to mean that there are no constraints and no errors (Lakeshore blue, mocha, HC, HC deluxe--be hard to imagine any error). This doesn't mean much, but, it does have an order # in the system.
I do not find any difference with discount or no discount. Ours is $3,900. NO DEALER ADD ONS.
A far cry from what I've seen on the forum like $8k, but, I did a reality check. Another dealer emailed me would you like to order, I said we did already, the above, can you do $4,400. The person had the courtesy to reply we cannot, that is a steep discount on a factory order. It is, what it is, but told me, they are not willing to give me the deal I already have. That's fine.
I too wonder, if I've got 3 Premiers on the lot, why would I, the dealer, want to order a HC other than it likely has more profit in dollars? Is this order my order, or nothing more than the dealer's order, who is free to sell it to somebody else if they are willing to pay list? They didn't like the question but said I can get my deposit back. In that case, they're stuck with a fairly normal HC (there are 2 exact matches as I type within 300 miles), but maybe it's harder to sell than a LT.
Why are we ordering? Because to us, this is a really large purchase, a number that I never dreamed of, so I'd rather get a car built for me and avoiding options we don't want. Let me just be frank--I cannot buy a vehicle in good conscience when the first digit is a 9 in the list price. Just me.
I'd love to know more about the order process, but for the above reasons, we want to order, not take from inventory. And I didn't feel there is less discount.
Our only concern is the car doesn't get built and we get pushed into a 2026. To me, the sweet spot is getting the last of the model years. The closest we have come is a 6/11 build on a 2011. An August build would be nailing it, in my mind....
Maybe it's been answered and I didn't see it. Is the order linked to the customer? Or is it merely something between the dealer and GM, hence all the mystery and the customer being unable to simply log in and see the status....
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From every dealer I have spoken with, they will not add any discounts to factory orders but will on existing inventory. Which makes sense, they want to move the inventory they’re sitting on and why discount a vehicle someone already is committed to buying.
I get GM employee pricing and a few dealers have been willing to couple that with other discounts on their current inventory.
Unfortunately I haven’t found the exact one I’m looking for so the options are custom order and get GM employee pricing OR keep hunting until I find one that matches my needs or areas I can compromise to save an additional $3000-$5,000
I get GM employee pricing and a few dealers have been willing to couple that with other discounts on their current inventory.
Unfortunately I haven’t found the exact one I’m looking for so the options are custom order and get GM employee pricing OR keep hunting until I find one that matches my needs or areas I can compromise to save an additional $3000-$5,000
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I would be hard pressed to take one off the lot unless it had a pretty great discount. When you're popping this kind of money for a vehicle, I want exactly what I want... exactly how I want it.... and I'm willing to wait for it. I don't frankly care if it costs me a few thousand more. This is a long-term investment in contentment and something I use practically every day....as far as a vehicle goes....
Since you get employee pricing, can I ask you respectfully, if the dealer told me your order is AAAAA1 (that's the format), and it is in a preliminary status, which is not unexpected.
Does GM know that order # AAAAA1 is on behalf of me, GM knows my name, or they have nary a clue, it's simply a vehicle that John Jones Chevy has placed (I made this name up).
If the latter is true, what would stop a dealer from selling it to the highest bidder? In your description, people are paying list, that's what prevents it. But I'm not, mine was discounted $3,900.....
If the former is true, then it's no different than a Japanese dealer and they absolutely will sell to the highest bidder, so to prevent that, buy off of the lot. Besides, their vehicles are not highly customizable, the are sold with packages.
The only other vehicle I have ordered is a BMW. In this case, BMWNA had my name associated with the vehicle. I could choose to have it shipped to any dealership in the nation, or, to the SC Performance Center. This was on a 2007, maybe it's changed. But as we all know Euro cars always had the option to pick up in Germany, where it's cheaper, but, the savings is spent on a Euro trip, i.e. a trip to Europe becomes free and the overall expenditure is the same.
The fact that here I learned only the dealer and only chatting with GM can return the status code, tells me, an order isn't really the customer's order, or that's the implication....if it were not, then a customer could simply login to find the status, like BMW in 2006/2007.
In our case, they all have 24" rims, which I totally get, a dealer can't just throw them into the deal they're $2k+, and many have screens in the back and super cruise. That's why we have to order and also I just would rather have a car come off the carrier and we pick it up, at this price level. Again I'm odd. We test drove a Premier with 9 miles on it. When we came back, there were 17. I can't expect you to see 17 miles on the odometer, and say, shucks, I'll pay $85k for it I don't care that people have been going in and out of it and driving it. That's a demo to me, but again, that's me, not the dealer....oh, and this....how about talking with the sales manager for 20 min inside while she showed us the features, engine idling, AC and rear AC on. Now that I think about it, was there an hours running stat being kept on the infotainment....this vehicle is being used to show others the Tahoe. Likely same with any car in stock if a customer wants to see it. Why not treat a Tahoe like a Ferrari? lol
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The dealers I have spoken with have given me 2 options.
1) I place an order, no deposit, no strings attached. Technically they could sell it out from under me but my sales guy is supposed to prevent that (fingers crossed)
2) I put down a deposit. Now it’s mine and they can’t pull it from under me even if someone offers full price (supposedly)
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Because it's not a Ferrari. A demo vehicle usually has 200 to 2000 miles on it and has been driven by people and or a sales manager for a while and usually includes a pretty decent discount but a brand-new warranty. I wouldn't be totally afraid of a demo vehicle as long as it was given a full new warranty and a 10 to 15% discount and it was exactly what I wanted. Otherwise, order it wait it out and you'll get a brand-new vehicle with just a few miles on it.
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I just had a situation where a dealership had a Tahoe that I wanted to purchase. It was currently being used as a demo vehicle by the dealership owners wife.
They did not want to even discuss pricing/negotiate in any way because that meant the wife would have to give up the truck. They told me they can reach out when it gets a couple thousand miles on it.
Choosing the wife over a paying customer is 100% their choice, but they absolutely lost a future customer from me.
I totally get it, but for some of us the prices of these vehicles is up there. And besides, we have this notion of mechanical sympathy. You'll see us in the company garage walking pretty far to park away even though our vehicles are quite ordinary. At any rate, it does feel as if a custom order, is between the dealer and GM, not the customer and GM. Haven't seen anything yet to the contrary. The fact that a customer can't get status online and must rely upon the dealer or chat GM, is a red flag, at least to me. On a positive note, there has to be some code of honor when doing business. If a dealer makes a person wait months then sells the vehicle to a higher bidder, that's not great and surely it would be reflected somewhere.
edit p.s. I just went to the website and put in the 6 digit vehicle order chatting with the virtual assistant. It said your dealer has submitted your order, but it has not been officially accepted by GM. That was very easy, seriously. And interesting both the dealer and the virtual assistant say, "Your order."
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That sure is strange. What has surprised me is most dealers I've looked up online, have only 80 cars in stock. And usually, 0-2 Tahoes. Oddly, the last 2 dealers had 5 Suburbans each, one had 0 Tahoes, one had 1 Tahoe. Per the mfg numbers, Tahoes outsell Suburbans. And sales wise is 1/2 of all Buicks!
