I really question the 20,000 car sales mentioned in that article. In how many countries the Grenadier is sold? If you consider Germany, the UK, Australia and the US as the biggest markets, you will not reach 15,000 units in this year, assumed the production would continue. Germany saw 1,754 units up to end of August,adding around 40 to 50 units per month. So another 200, ending up with 2.000 at years end. How much ended up in the UK? Let's assume generous 2.000 until end of August (and we know that number is lower). That means all other markets have to absorb 15,000 to 16,000 units? Serious?
I don't buy that number.
BTW: Each and every problem which needs to be fixed by the dealer means lost money for IA. And it seems there are still a lot of fixings necessary, Companies have to put an accruel aside for each vehicle, based on some calculation for that purpose. Money bound for a certain amount of time and which may be lost, if needed. Another question is if the caclulation fits to the money needed to fix problems. If, that's fine. If not, each sold car makes that worse as it sucks more money out as is stored in the accrual.
AWo
