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23 Apr 2018, 14:48 (Ref:3817014) | #51 | |
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Not every manufacturer. That's what lead to the need for the government scrappage scheme several years ago and why some manufacturers had to seek bailouts. Some wised up to it before it happened and didn't require the hangouts. They were able to make use of the scrappage scheme to build cars rather than just shift unsold stock.
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in the uk, 17% of cars are unsold. thats about 300,000 cars or £27 billion worth just sitting around https://www.motortrader.com/motor-tr...3bn-02-10-2017 Last edited by touring fan01; 23 Apr 2018 at 16:10. |
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Most manufacturers have a shed load of stock. Ford have a hell of a lot less than they used too, but still a massive amount. I could definitely lay my hands on Focus/ Mondeo/ SMAX or Galaxy in any spec. Fiesta is a bit tricky as it's flying off the forecourts as quickly as they can build them.
Anyhow, this minimum quantity malarkey: are we saying Honda Swindon has to knock out 2500 Type R roadcars by Brands final? That'll be a close call! |
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obviously the motor trade dont share your dismissiveness! by the way, even if Ford had only a paltry 1% of unsold cars of their 330,000 annual sales that’s 3,300 cars alone. that’s way different to what you were originally suggesting that they had none. Last edited by touring fan01; 23 Apr 2018 at 18:12. |
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Divide that 3300 cars equally between every Ford dealer in the UK that is just under 7 cars each. That isn't even an example of each car they sell. in fact it's practically just the cars sitting in each showroom to go in and look at. |
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How sure of that figure are you? Based on component supply into HUM UK Manufacturing I would be inclined to say that figure is well out... or my source is!
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David Hodgetts, managing director at Honda UK, told the Press Association: “There’s plenty of anticipation for the new Civic Type R, which largely comes off the back of the fact that the car it replaced was very well received and was built in small numbers. “But the American market has really driven up demand because it’s not been available over there before. We’re looking at producing about 13,000 units between now and March 31, and we’re exporting about 6,000 of those to the States.” |
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obviously they do have thousands of cars sitting around. if you are going to be pedantic then at least be consistent |
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@ crmalcolm
Done some checking and the volume is massively higher than the previous gen car... so the 2500 has come and gone. I seem to know too many people who are way out the loop! No accounting for taste mind, at that money I'd not be having a Honda.... However 5000 is the total supply that is expected in the States this calendar year based on info supplied to dealers. Of more interest how bad is Matt Neals handypandy? |
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I totally agree, 300k is diddly. We're a long way from the days of airfield after airfield full of stock. MG manage to hide theirs in the remains of the Longbridge factories, and not much of those exist anymore ☹
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So let's say there are 10k "unsold" Ford cars currently sitting in the UK, I would be willing to bet that 50-60% of those aren't part of the 10k that was sitting around unsold the month before and won't be part of the 10k cars for the following month. |
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