Last 135 Viper ACRs bought by Carolina Dodge Dealer
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Latest news.......North Carolina Dealer buys 135 Vipers, the last of the GTCs and ACRs all Viper ordering is closed! 5th September 2016
Viper ACR,
"There is a lot of conversation about Gerry Wood Dodge and our recent and sudden acquisition of the 2017 Dodge Viper inventory. With so many opinions and conversation regarding this we felt it was important to lay out some facts, so that any final feelings can be based on facts and not misinformation.
I’d love to say that we ordered so many Vipers because of some conspiracy theory, insider hand-shake, corruption or that we duped the system, but we didn’t. It would be a more interesting story if we did, that’s for sure. It was this simple; I asked my Dodge reps if I could order some cars. They were happy to allow me to order as many as I wanted. It can only assume that the “big” viper dealers have not been placing orders for the cars to fill production, and Dodge was happy a dealer was interested. It should be noted that we have been very quietly selling several vipers on a monthly basis, and for 2016 we were #1 on the Southeastern USA for Viper sales, not garnering or asking for any attention.
How did we get GTC’s for stock? Simple really, Dodge said that with the volume we were buying we could order GTC’s for stock. We think the Viper is truly special, and we also happen to think that our special editions are truly special. Several people happen to agree, and perhaps time will tell what the buyers think as we send the prospective buyers the paint samples and collect deposits and deliver cars.
We initially posted all our orders with VON’s, so that buyers would have the ability to see what we had on order. However as of 10/3/16 72 of the cars have VIN’s and we are in the process of updating the listings. They should all be updated by Thursday morning. The remaining cars with VON’s are guaranteed to be built, as they are all in “C” status which means “scheduled-tentative schedule”. It is important to note that the reason we have not agreed to change our cars on order is really simple – Dodge will not let us. Once it has been picked up with a VIN it’s closed. We are straight-up about what we can and can’t do. If we can, we do. If we can’t, we don’t sugar coat it. I think the consumer would rather know the facts over what they want to hear. We’ll leave that to the politicians.
For those who think we are “cornering the market”, or will mark up our cars you all couldn’t be farther from the truth. I have never mark cars up over MSRP. In fact, you can search out all of our Hellcat buyers who purchased in the heyday of the Hellcat sales and see that not one client was even asked for a premium, clearly placing Gerry Wood Dodge in rare company.
I am very excited to hear that everyone still wants cars, and if we offended anyone then I truly apologize. We just saw that the orders were not being filled and the plant is closing down, so we wanted to make sure all these cars were produced. If anyone wishes to talk badly about us, we will let them get it off their chest without response. It certainly won’t be because they a bad experience in doing business with us. If you want to have fun buying a Viper, from a team of people who absolutely love this car, then we’ll be honored to be your Viper dealer.
Yours truly,
Brad Wood
Gerry Wood Dodge
www.gerrywoodviper.com
704-216-2686
PS: Feel free to call us and have conversations with us. Every car that we have coming has a complete description of all options specified for that exact car, and for one-of-one customer color and stripes even has the AkzoNobel color number listed. We have a Custom Color service whereby we ship to a perspective buyer the actual paint chip that the car is being painted. We will even send you the build sheet! If you like it and want it, simply sign it and send it back. You get that sample when you take delivery to match up with the vehicle. You know 100% what you're buying."
That's it end of the line for the 2017 ACR Orders! SOLD OUT
Viper ACR,
"There is a lot of conversation about Gerry Wood Dodge and our recent and sudden acquisition of the 2017 Dodge Viper inventory. With so many opinions and conversation regarding this we felt it was important to lay out some facts, so that any final feelings can be based on facts and not misinformation.
I’d love to say that we ordered so many Vipers because of some conspiracy theory, insider hand-shake, corruption or that we duped the system, but we didn’t. It would be a more interesting story if we did, that’s for sure. It was this simple; I asked my Dodge reps if I could order some cars. They were happy to allow me to order as many as I wanted. It can only assume that the “big” viper dealers have not been placing orders for the cars to fill production, and Dodge was happy a dealer was interested. It should be noted that we have been very quietly selling several vipers on a monthly basis, and for 2016 we were #1 on the Southeastern USA for Viper sales, not garnering or asking for any attention.
How did we get GTC’s for stock? Simple really, Dodge said that with the volume we were buying we could order GTC’s for stock. We think the Viper is truly special, and we also happen to think that our special editions are truly special. Several people happen to agree, and perhaps time will tell what the buyers think as we send the prospective buyers the paint samples and collect deposits and deliver cars.
We initially posted all our orders with VON’s, so that buyers would have the ability to see what we had on order. However as of 10/3/16 72 of the cars have VIN’s and we are in the process of updating the listings. They should all be updated by Thursday morning. The remaining cars with VON’s are guaranteed to be built, as they are all in “C” status which means “scheduled-tentative schedule”. It is important to note that the reason we have not agreed to change our cars on order is really simple – Dodge will not let us. Once it has been picked up with a VIN it’s closed. We are straight-up about what we can and can’t do. If we can, we do. If we can’t, we don’t sugar coat it. I think the consumer would rather know the facts over what they want to hear. We’ll leave that to the politicians.
For those who think we are “cornering the market”, or will mark up our cars you all couldn’t be farther from the truth. I have never mark cars up over MSRP. In fact, you can search out all of our Hellcat buyers who purchased in the heyday of the Hellcat sales and see that not one client was even asked for a premium, clearly placing Gerry Wood Dodge in rare company.
I am very excited to hear that everyone still wants cars, and if we offended anyone then I truly apologize. We just saw that the orders were not being filled and the plant is closing down, so we wanted to make sure all these cars were produced. If anyone wishes to talk badly about us, we will let them get it off their chest without response. It certainly won’t be because they a bad experience in doing business with us. If you want to have fun buying a Viper, from a team of people who absolutely love this car, then we’ll be honored to be your Viper dealer.
Yours truly,
Brad Wood
Gerry Wood Dodge
www.gerrywoodviper.com
704-216-2686
PS: Feel free to call us and have conversations with us. Every car that we have coming has a complete description of all options specified for that exact car, and for one-of-one customer color and stripes even has the AkzoNobel color number listed. We have a Custom Color service whereby we ship to a perspective buyer the actual paint chip that the car is being painted. We will even send you the build sheet! If you like it and want it, simply sign it and send it back. You get that sample when you take delivery to match up with the vehicle. You know 100% what you're buying."
That's it end of the line for the 2017 ACR Orders! SOLD OUT
I saw this a few days ago and thought it was a hoax ....
That's a lot of $$'s in cars...
Saw last night that the ACR is now finished due to parts now out of stock..
Just coupes now available...
Not just Viper Exchange and Woodhouse annoyed but a few people wanting to buy and get factory collection are now out..
That's a lot of $$'s in cars...
Saw last night that the ACR is now finished due to parts now out of stock..
Just coupes now available...
Not just Viper Exchange and Woodhouse annoyed but a few people wanting to buy and get factory collection are now out..
Viper said:
That's spooky, I was looking at that very same car a couple of days ago, how cool is that colour scheme 
Gerry Wood the owner has joined the VOA Mamba Member....
http://driveviper.com/forums/members/4699-GerryWoo...
http://driveviper.com/forums/members/4699-GerryWoo...
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