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Update. Knowing the options I was limited to on a 2023 order I kept checking GMC's site for inbound vehicles, found my exact config on a lot but of course it was sold. A few days later I got a call it was available! I jumped on it and took delivery the next day, after waiting 10 months it was a relief. The truck is awesome, don't give up hope!!
Original buyer backed out?
I assume so, they didn’t say what happened. It had to be a custom order.
In which case why buy one at all? Isn't the point of a Denali to have the luxury features the lower trims don't? I've been on the list since March and the best any of the 3 dealers I'm trying to source from can offer is "we received no allocations and GM isn't giving us any information if/when any orders might be accepted". In 2 years there's going to be a glut of $80k+ MSRP SUV's out there missing things that my $25k Honda Accord has. Somehow GM is going backwards in parts availability which I cannot comprehend. Now Rims? Guess we'll refer to them as "COVID spec".
Rims have been on a high constraint for 1.5 years. When we got our 21’ Tahoe in May of 2021 I tried to swap for different rims and nothing was available and it’s been that way ever since. It’s better right now actually than it was for the last year...when I ordered my Silverado in December there were no options other than what come standard on high country
Maybe you need to try some other dealers if they aren't getting any allocations. The dealer I talked to said he got 5 Yukon XL orders last week and 2 this week. Of the 5 I think he ordered 4 Denali's and 1 AT4. These are all for dealer stock, not customer orders. I'm not sure what exactly what you are looking for on the Denali but these aren't bare-bones Denali's that he ordered like I would be looking for with a bench seat in the 2nd row.
I hear what you're saying. There are just a couple things, that if I'm spending $85k on a truck, I'm not compromising on which makes it unobtainable (actually for my wife). Unfortunately some of the things she couldn't care less about are what keep it from being ordered. For example, you can't get Max Tow, so that means you also can't get the rest of the advanced technology package. Heck, you can only get adaptive cruise if you order the SLT, not the Denali which is just mind blowing. We'd like the diesel, but the dealers are aware we'll take the 6.2l. People will buy them w/o the things we think are important, for sure. In 5 years I just can't see shelling out whatever a used one goes for, and if you're comparing one with those things, like what comes with the APT vs. a Covid Spec that may/may not have ever gotten it's retrofits for things like cooled seats, I think the resale value would suffer disproportionately.
Maybe we are talking about two different things. In your earlier post you said your dealer wasn't getting any allocations, so that's why I suggested trying another dealer (possibly larger) to increase your chances of getting an allocation. I know some dealers are definitely getting allocations, probably the smaller ones are not. Your second point is talking about missing features. Yes I agree that I wouldn't want an $85K vehicle if it were missing features that I was expecting. I have the same position. But unfortunately some options are on constraint, so if you really want them you either have to wait until they are off constraint or decide you can live without them.
Last I knew adaptive cruise was on constraint until October cuz I have a suburban on order not accepted with the $500 acc option and talked to a sales manager on a Denali and she said the system showed October for acc back in stock. Things could have changed tho....
Maybe you are correct that ACC is not available on the Denali either. I specifically asked an Inventory Manager about it and he didn't see any constraints listed for it. Plus the option was pre-selected in the ordering system when he was building out my Denali. It seems odd it would be pre-selected if it hasn't been available since the beginning of production. But you may be correct. At least that would be consistent with the SLT Luxury package being on constraint at the same time while the Luxury package on the Z71 (which doesn't include ACC) does not appear to be on constraint. Plus I am not seeing any Denali's in the 2023 inventory with the ACC option.
Interesting info. This probably explains why the Inventory Manager seemed to think it wasn't on constraint. Maybe it is documented some other place. But yes, that is disappointing. If they are taking an option off, they should be telling you about it in advance and give you the opportunity to delay your build if you must have it. I would be disappointed as well and would consider refusing the vehicle, but GM kind of has you by the you-know-what. Just getting a diesel allocation is hard enough so it would be very hard to walk away. We definitely need more options from the competition.
Talked to my sales mgr yesterday and he told me ACC is available on SLT and AT4 Yukons. From what I've seen and read you can order it but when its built it will not be included, so I think he is confused.
I confirmed adaptive cruise was not on constraint when I ordered. I have a printout of the order that includes the adaptive cruise control option (KSG), and shows the event code at "2000 - accepted by GM." So something changed after that point.
I would bet that he is confused
From what I can tell, you can't even get ACC on the AT4/Z71 (I believe because of the way the front end is designed). And on the SLT you have to order the SLT Luxury package which has been on constraint since the start of production.
