Kansas GMC Car Dealers

And Mercedes has a horrible quality reputation, with all the problems far costlier to repair than on domestic vehicles as a general rule.

Of course, the profit includes holdback plus any other incentives the dealer gets for meeting overall sales figures, etc. Also, the dealer does get the benefit of the advertising fees as those help cover advertising done by the company both nationally and regionally. Just because a vehicle is popular does not mean that the consumer should be gouged by paying too much over invoice. $500 over invoice is very fair to a dealer, espceically on a customer ordered car. If a dealer does not make a profit he can't stay in business, so a buyer should not try to squeeze him so hard he does not make something. By the same token, the dealer should make a fair profit on all sales and keep his customers coming back because they were treated fairly and the entire process was not an adversarial event.

My restriction information was about a week and a half old, so it may well have changed by now.

It sounds like you have considered the alternatives. Good luck. I hope you can find the 2006 Envoy XL or Trailblazer EXT you seek for a reasonable price. I agree totally with you that you should be able to find one for $10,000 off MSRP. Have you done a nationwide inventory search?

You can order it, but it won't get scheduled for production until the restriction is lifted.