Hoegh Osaka - what was on board?
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Jeebz92 said:
According to the news, it seems to be Rolls Royce/Bentley cars. Ouch.
Bentley says no: www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11701899.Luxury_car_maker...The Echo is now reporting the following:
The Echo said:
About 1,200 Jaguars and Land Rovers, more than £1m of new Minis and “millions of pounds worth” of JCB construction equipment are on board the stricken vessel.
A spokesman for Jaguar Land Rover confirmed to the Daily Echo that its cars and 4x4s form the majority of the 1,400 vehicles and pieces of equipment on board the ship.
He said: “We can confirm that we have roughly 1,200 Jaguar and Land Rover products aboard the stricken ship.
From: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11702189.UPDATE1_3m_worth_of_Minis_and_1_200_Jaguars_and_Land_Rovers_on_Hoegh_Osaka/A spokesman for Jaguar Land Rover confirmed to the Daily Echo that its cars and 4x4s form the majority of the 1,400 vehicles and pieces of equipment on board the ship.
He said: “We can confirm that we have roughly 1,200 Jaguar and Land Rover products aboard the stricken ship.
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Edited by KTF on Monday 5th January 12:54
allergictocheese said:
If they're Defenders they'll just need a quick wipe down with a damp cloth.
I suppose now the "best" thing that could happen is the vehicles are destroyed. No manufacturer will want the hassle of trying to get these vehicles into service, and they'll be terrified of them turning up on the grey market.I posted this in the other thread earlier - Now on my first day at work after Christmas - I had wondered but now its been confirmed as public knowledge so FYI there is (at a guess) £1 - 1.5 million worth of brand new Buses on that boat which were going to Bahrain. Ouch!
They are about 8-9 tonnes empty, so if broken free they will have made a right mess.
They are about 8-9 tonnes empty, so if broken free they will have made a right mess.
snotrag said:
I posted this in the other thread earlier - Now on my first day at work after Christmas - I had wondered but now its been confirmed as public knowledge so FYI there is (at a guess) £1 - 1.5 million worth of brand new Buses on that boat which were going to Bahrain. Ouch!
They are about 8-9 tonnes empty, so if broken free they will have made a right mess.
Busses vary a lot in price, but £1M worth probably isn't very many although that depends on how that value is derived.They are about 8-9 tonnes empty, so if broken free they will have made a right mess.
When car transporter companies wreck a car, they have to pay its manufacturing cost - a surprisingly small figure. No idea how it will work in this case, but I would imagine in similar way as they'll just make the cars again.
Sheepshanks said:
they have to pay its manufacturing cost - a surprisingly small figure.
Yeah, that 20k(ish) MINI costs them what, 10k to actually produce?I read somewhere that it costs BMW only a little bit more to make a 3 series than a Mondeo, yet sells at a much higher price. Hence the manufacturers are all trying to be 'premium' now to push the profits up.
Sheepshanks said:
Busses vary a lot in price, but £1M worth probably isn't very many although that depends on how that value is derived.
hornetrider said:
Yeah might only be 3 or 4 buses.
its 10 or 11. I work for the company that built them - especially annoying as we worked hard to get these on the boat in time! They are midi-buses, not massive. Sheepshanks said:
No idea how it will work in this case, but I would imagine in similar way as they'll just make the cars again.
That's the problem, when its small scale production then its not so easy to just build some more - these are all customer built to spec, not just an off-the-shelf product. KTF said:
Yeah, that 20k(ish) MINI costs them what, 10k to actually produce?
I read somewhere that it costs BMW only a little bit more to make a 3 series than a Mondeo, yet sells at a much higher price. Hence the manufacturers are all trying to be 'premium' now to push the profits up.
Probably a bit less than that for the MINI, although smaller cars tend to be relatively more costly - what's the difference between a 3 Series and 5 Series, for example? Tiny bit more steel, paint and glass doesn't cost much.I read somewhere that it costs BMW only a little bit more to make a 3 series than a Mondeo, yet sells at a much higher price. Hence the manufacturers are all trying to be 'premium' now to push the profits up.
snotrag said:
That's the problem, when its small scale production then its not so easy to just build some more - these are all customer built to spec, not just an off-the-shelf product.
What do ADL do now? Pull out the job sheet and start to make them again or wait and see if they can be recovered?
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