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Here is the latest from http://media.gm.com : August Sales 4,001Incentives: $1,500 Rebate or 0.0% 36 / 2.9% 48 / 3.9% 60

"August Sales 4,001" I was one of them numbers.

quote: "August Sales 4,001" I was one of them numbers. Rasermon, Just think....if we hadn't bought our cars, they would have had only 3999. I picked mine up 1 week ago yesterday. Oh well, the additional $500 I paid over what I would have paid today would have probably been lost in the stock market anyways. Hell, when I ordered mine on 7-1-02 there wasn't any rebates on the Vibe.

Does someone knows why it seems to have no incentives in Canada?My dealer told me in July that maybe it will have a cash back promo this fall... For now, I check on http://media.gmcanada.com/ and they didn't announce anything today. I will wait... like for my Vibe.

[QUOTE]Does someone knows why it seems to have no incentives in Canada? Not sure it this relates to no rebates in Canada, but recently read that the price increases on cars and options back in the June time frame was to reduce the amount of New Canadian cars coming into the US.

quote:Does someone knows why it seems to have no incentives in Canada?Could it be they have no cars to sell anyway so why bother with incentives? Saw our first Canadian Vibe ad on tv last night. Seems silly to advertise cars that won't be delivered for 6 months. Getting older and older as I wait for my car, Ken.

3998 if I hadn't gotten mine aug. 15th.

Thanks for your answers guys !We all know they don't have cars to sell anyway. I agree with you Ken. I will not hope for a discount on my future Vibe. I talked to my dealer today and my order will take 2 more weeks. I ordered the Vibe at the beginning of July and it will be built at the end of October. I have to expect delivery at the end of November.I didn't see the Canadian Vibe ad last night... I was on the internet and my gilrfriend was watching TV ! quote:Seems silly to advertise cars that won't be delivered for 6 months. Ken. can you describe to us the ad?Bye, J-F
[Modified by vibesalsa, 6:36 PM 9/5/2002]

If I can offer my 2 cents.The US economy is at a slower pace of growth right now compared to Canada.When things are slow the auto industry offers amazing rebates to stimulate sales, more sales equal more spending and helps stimulate the markest and in the end helps growth.If you notice (Canadians) the only rebates that are on now are the typical end of year sales and or model changes i.e. cavalier and sunfire.It also helps that it costs less for us from the get go compared to Americans.just my 2 cents

To vibesalsaWhere did you go for your VIBE (Giguère - Laurier - Cloutier Pontiac?)You are lucky if you get yours before Xmas, ordered mine July 22nd and will take delivery by Jan-Feb 2003... Base Satellite no extra...($23498 CDN with taxes)Giguère Auto.SCTMBeauport

Hi SCTM!For my Vibe, I went to the dealer of my birth's region: Didier Automobiles in Amqui in the Matapédia Valley. It's the only place I have a raisonnable delay for a vibe... Before I ordered, almost all dealers I talked to said that there was a 6 months delay at the beginning of July... It's like you (January or February 2003!)Last week, I called GM (1-800-463-7483) with my order number and they said to me it will be built in the week of October 14. But it's different from what my dealer said last week: week of October 28. BTW, I know now that my Vibe is on its way. I continue waiting.... I will call again each week.Good luck for yours

quote:Ken. can you describe to us the ad?Sorry, I missed your post from a couple of weeks ago. Here is the scene. Guys are hammering on the side of a building all out of sync with each other. Then the Vibe pulls up and they all start to hammer in time with each other and the vibe pulls away. It is kind of a nothing ad really, doesn't speak to the utility, economy, sporty-ness etc that attracted us to the car. Don't know who the target is really.

Thanks Ken!It's a bizarre ad...Is it your Vibe in your new signature?
[Modified by vibesalsa, 7:39 PM 9/19/2002]

Oh yes there's a bunch like that... like people on a bus or something and then a Vibe drives by. They all play that same music in the commericals I've seen (I've seen about 3 different ones). I think the music is Chocolate Elvis, but I can't remember the band.

Wow, you already have a build date. That at least gives you something to look forward to. I'm seriously thinking about dropping ABS from my order... but then I think about how ABS saved my (removed) twice two winters ago.decisions decisions...

quote:Is it your Vibe in your new signature?Oui Monsieur! I was stalking the railyards near my workplace scanning for Vibes and there it was.See http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=203&page=5 I pick it up tomorrow and will have more stories and pictures for sure as they don't have my mudflaps or hood deflector. Will that make them liable for stone damage?

I was talking to my dealer about these very same items. My dealer claims that they install the flaps and guards at the dealership not at the plant.

quote:I was talking to my dealer about these very same items. My dealer claims that they install the flaps and guards at the dealership not at the plant.That is my understanding too. Mine apparently are still being designed by committee somewhere.

quote:Wow, you already have a build date.I don't if I'm lucky but I chose my dealership on the basis of the better possible delivery date. My dealer says it is sure I will have my Vibe before the end of the year. It's because he is sure he will be able to have ~8 Vibe for 2002. I'm in this poll. I'm the October one !!!Some dealership are now ordering cars for 2003 because all of 2002 were sold... All the other car before mine were sold in advance. The only ones that were not sold were the first one and an AWD. But they stood on the lot for a maximum of 2-3 weeks.Good luck in your decisions...J-F

Félicitations... ooops Congratulations !!!You will not sleep this night?Please give us news if it had worth the wait...Bye!
[Modified by vibesalsa, 2:15 PM 9/20/2002]

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