My Defender X order cancelled by LR
#31
07-20-2021, 08:11 PM
#33
07-21-2021, 12:33 AM
I don’t know if we got lucky or simply have a good LR dealership out in Reno. Placed an order for 110 X a few weeks ago with a projected delivery date of January 2022. I am sure it will get pushed out, but ok with that. Gives us time to save $$$. Anyway, our dealer only wanted $1,000 deposit, but it’s fully refundable.
There is a difference between canceling your order (which the dealer should refund you then regardless as mentioned in other comments) vs. just pushing delivery to an uncertain date while they sort out the recall on the tail lights. Our dealer was upfront with us and mentioned by selecting the 11.4 screen to expect delays projected delivery date.
There is a difference between canceling your order (which the dealer should refund you then regardless as mentioned in other comments) vs. just pushing delivery to an uncertain date while they sort out the recall on the tail lights. Our dealer was upfront with us and mentioned by selecting the 11.4 screen to expect delays projected delivery date.
#34
07-21-2021, 07:24 AM
Easy to say now, but very few companies with boards and shareholders have the discipline to hold back on production volume to sustain higher margins when customer demand is there.
It only takes one company to flood the market with product and heavy discounts and all the others have to follow to keep their market share, even though it may be less profitable overall to do so.
The current forced undersupply has shown car companies that there’s another path to profitability through managed scarcity, time will tell if that’s going to be a sustainable model for them when they have to do it via will rather than happenstance.
It only takes one company to flood the market with product and heavy discounts and all the others have to follow to keep their market share, even though it may be less profitable overall to do so.
The current forced undersupply has shown car companies that there’s another path to profitability through managed scarcity, time will tell if that’s going to be a sustainable model for them when they have to do it via will rather than happenstance.
Last edited by soulsea; 07-21-2021 at 07:26 AM.
#35
07-21-2021, 09:19 AM
Easy to say now, but very few companies with boards and shareholders have the discipline to hold back on production volume to sustain higher margins when customer demand is there.
It only takes one company to flood the market with product and heavy discounts and all the others have to follow to keep their market share, even though it may be less profitable overall to do so.
The current forced undersupply has shown car companies that there’s another path to profitability through managed scarcity, time will tell if that’s going to be a sustainable model for them when they have to do it via will rather than happenstance.
It only takes one company to flood the market with product and heavy discounts and all the others have to follow to keep their market share, even though it may be less profitable overall to do so.
The current forced undersupply has shown car companies that there’s another path to profitability through managed scarcity, time will tell if that’s going to be a sustainable model for them when they have to do it via will rather than happenstance.
Consumer behavior will crush his dreams in no time. In a normal world, most buyers just find another vehicle if the one they want isn't sitting on the first lot they visit. Unless every single dealership is stripped bare, as they are now, the dealer with inventory is going to win every time.
Give him 1 quarter on a conference call excusing terrible earnings because "others had cars" and it's back to flooding the lots.
And, yeah, sure, Ford is going to a just-in-time build-to-order model? No.
#36
08-10-2021, 11:51 PM
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