Are there really fields full of new cars just rotting...?
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Quite a few at Avonmouth https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Avonmouth,+Bri...
CharlieCrocodile said:
Company car leasing operation (can't remember their name though!)glasgowrob said:
just fyi recently bought the other half a new ford ecosport,
build date was something like the 6th march 2014 registered on a 15 plate on the 9th march 2015
so its been kicking about for over a year before being sold
Did you know that before you bought it, with a price that matched its age?build date was something like the 6th march 2014 registered on a 15 plate on the 9th march 2015
so its been kicking about for over a year before being sold
If not, grounds for rejection, surely?
Cliftonite said:
glasgowrob said:
just fyi recently bought the other half a new ford ecosport,
build date was something like the 6th march 2014 registered on a 15 plate on the 9th march 2015
so its been kicking about for over a year before being sold
Did you know that before you bought it, with a price that matched its age?build date was something like the 6th march 2014 registered on a 15 plate on the 9th march 2015
so its been kicking about for over a year before being sold
If not, grounds for rejection, surely?
S11Steve said:
gmasterfunk said:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll=53.568...
I have, in the past, wondered what's going on here?
G.
Sandtoft near Doncaster - it's a huge vehicle distribution compound for Lookers Group, and also a remarketing site for end of lease vehicles. It looks full in that picture, but much like Bruntingthorpe, https://goo.gl/maps/I9dRX , Immingham, https://goo.gl/maps/qd0Ey and Bedford https://goo.gl/maps/WY9Ns , the stock turns over pretty quickly, with a combination of new vehicles coming in, and end of life vehicles being prepped for resale. I have, in the past, wondered what's going on here?
G.
emicen said:
Cliftonite said:
glasgowrob said:
just fyi recently bought the other half a new ford ecosport,
build date was something like the 6th march 2014 registered on a 15 plate on the 9th march 2015
so its been kicking about for over a year before being sold
Did you know that before you bought it, with a price that matched its age?build date was something like the 6th march 2014 registered on a 15 plate on the 9th march 2015
so its been kicking about for over a year before being sold
If not, grounds for rejection, surely?
Cliftonite said:
emicen said:
Cliftonite said:
glasgowrob said:
just fyi recently bought the other half a new ford ecosport,
build date was something like the 6th march 2014 registered on a 15 plate on the 9th march 2015
so its been kicking about for over a year before being sold
Did you know that before you bought it, with a price that matched its age?build date was something like the 6th march 2014 registered on a 15 plate on the 9th march 2015
so its been kicking about for over a year before being sold
If not, grounds for rejection, surely?
Rincewind209 said:
Quite a few at Avonmouth https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Avonmouth,+Bri...
That's where Fiat and Alfas amongst others are importedSheepshanks said:
S11Steve said:
gmasterfunk said:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll=53.568...
I have, in the past, wondered what's going on here?
G.
Sandtoft near Doncaster - it's a huge vehicle distribution compound for Lookers Group, and also a remarketing site for end of lease vehicles. It looks full in that picture, but much like Bruntingthorpe, https://goo.gl/maps/I9dRX , Immingham, https://goo.gl/maps/qd0Ey and Bedford https://goo.gl/maps/WY9Ns , the stock turns over pretty quickly, with a combination of new vehicles coming in, and end of life vehicles being prepped for resale. I have, in the past, wondered what's going on here?
G.
Sensibleboy said:
I always thought every new car these days had an owner already. So be that for a dealer or private individual the car has been ordered by somebody. All that means no need for cars to be sitting round doing nothing.
There aren't the fields of thousands upon thousands of unsold cars now, that all stopped around 2008/2009, sure manufacturers do pre order some cars for stock but the vast majority now are all built to order; whether dealer stock, demo's or customer orders. HTP99 said:
There aren't the fields of thousands upon thousands of unsold cars now, that all stopped around 2008/2009, sure manufacturers do pre order some cars for stock but the vast majority now are all built to order; whether dealer stock, demo's or customer orders.
That's far more likely to be true of European manufactured cars - where the transportation from factory to dealer will take days - than for cars manufactured in the Far East, where it may take weeks.B'sides, if we're talking about utterly generic stuff, there'll be a handful of very common specs - stock - and anything unusual will then be factory-ordered, if you're happy to wait.
TooMany2cvs said:
S3_Graham said:
From the office window I can see about 50 various Land Rover's parked up. Have been there 6 months minimum. Last year it was defenders, this year seems to be evoque's and disco's!
They aren't going to be the same ones for the entire time...http://www.pistonheads.com/GASSING/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/vehicle...
One day loads and loads appear. They seem to sit for aaaages. Think the defenders were there over a year.
Then one day they disappear.
Here you can see the defenders: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.2792586,-0.78373...
eybic said:
There are definitely cars sitting in fields waiting to be sold to dealers, not all manufacturers operate this way but some certainly do.
Nothing new and seen much evidence of it here in the UK on several occasions.Back in the late 1960s, my boss asked me to jump in his Daimler and he drove me to a remote field in Essex full of new unsold cars.... dozens maybe hundreds of 'em. He parked near a Zephyr 4 and passed me some keys and I drove the car back to our premises.
Since then by luck during my job travels have come across several areas (fields ~ airfields ~ disused quarries etc ) full of new unsold cars.
Do not know what the current situation is, but there was a time when manufacturers preferred to produce more cars than they sell rather than turn buyers away through lack of new stock. On three occasions during my new car buying experience, I have been unable to purchase a new car because of a silly long waiting list. All sold out or export quotas satisfied first.
Sensibleboy said:
I always thought every new car these days had an owner already. So be that for a dealer or private individual the car has been ordered by somebody. All that means no need for cars to be sitting round doing nothing.
That's be true of people like LandRover - indeed they hold orders in pre-order queues before even loading them - but most other manufacturers will be loading dummy orders and hoping they can get a customer order against it before the spec becomes unchangeable.It's vital the production lines runs at full capacity so that car production makes economic sense. The incremental cost of building an unsold car is relatively small, but run the line at half capacity and each car produced would lose a lot of money.
TooMany2cvs said:
That's far more likely to be true of European manufactured cars - where the transportation from factory to dealer will take days - than for cars manufactured in the Far East, where it may take weeks.
B'sides, if we're talking about utterly generic stuff, there'll be a handful of very common specs - stock - and anything unusual will then be factory-ordered, if you're happy to wait.
Not really, they may order a small amount to reduce lead times but it really is a small amount. The lead times aren't that much longer, say 3 or 4 weeks more than something built in France or Germany.B'sides, if we're talking about utterly generic stuff, there'll be a handful of very common specs - stock - and anything unusual will then be factory-ordered, if you're happy to wait.
shake n bake said:
Cliftonite said:
Did you know that before you bought it, with a price that matched its age?
If not, grounds for rejection, surely?
You're one of 'those' people aren't you. If not, grounds for rejection, surely?
Find a grain of sand and then turn it in to a mountain bigger than Everest. Get a hobby.
I was on the M5 a few days ago at Motorway speed. I was passed by a un-registered plateless new car on Trade Plates. Must have been doing 80+mph. How new is that?
By the way, my grain of sand is bigger than you'n....
MGJohn said:
Yes, agreed. On that line of thinking, there never has been a truly new car ever.
Oh, I dunno. Just think of all the premium brands offering handover at the factory...http://www.porsche.com/uk/accessoriesandservice/fa...
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