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Rashers



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And the new Defender did not get the global audience from the new James Bond film. Well not yet.

Don’t care what anyone says, product placement works. And the postponement of the film must have been a huge blow for JLR

Saying that I didn’t want to race out and get a 2CV after watching Roger Moore bounce one down a hill in Corfu in For your eyes only Rolling with laughter

I was only ten at the time Very Happy
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Orchard wrote:
- Not sure you can surmise that Defender has been prioritised by looking at wholesales which are notoriously misleading. They are adjusted for all kinds of reasons like stock levels, supply chain, shipping times etc e.g. if you have too much stock you should/can reduce wholesales without affecting retails, which is a good thing for working cap and cashflow, but it 'looks like' production is falling and scares people.


No surmising, JLR has publically stated for Q1:

"However, this [wholesales] was about 30,000 units lower (c. 27%) than otherwise would have been planned as a result of semiconductor supply constraints and the impacts of Covid-19, although this reduction had been broadly anticipated."

"While the present supply constraints continue, the Company will continue to prioritise production of higher margin vehicles for the chip supply available as well as make chip and product specification changes where possible to reduce the impact."

And the figures:


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You'll have to explain how reducing wholesales is a good thing for working cap and cashflow - as wholesales drive both - retails drive neither.
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Orchard



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101 business economics: - The stock in your business is money out but no money in. i.e tied up capital that you can't do anything with = less cash in the current account and negative cashflow = bad. Big Cry
That is a massive simplification but the principle is sound. Thumbs Up 2015 90 XS SW Bowler
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Wholesales are cash in though?
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Orchard



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Ok not necessarily. I hoped to keep it simple but its not. It all depends on JLR agreements with their sales companies (NSCs), or their importers for smaller markets. Basically there can be three models for when a co gets the cash for the car.
1. Cash comes in when it leaves the factory, and isn't exported i.e. it is wholesaled immediately, good news. I reckon about 20-25% for JLR Very Happy
2. Cash comes in when the importer receives it out of their home port, bad news. It could be many months from spending the money on parts and labour to getting the sales revenue, ties up cash Big Cry So to repeat if you have more wholesales than you need - cut the build numbers/wholesales it's good for Fin Dir stress Thumbs Up
3. There is a Hybrid model to free up working capital where an intermediary (bank) buys the car at the factory gate, owns it until it reaches the local importer/dealer and sells it back. Great for cashflow but costs interest payments on what is effectively a loan. Rolling with laughter
So getting the balance right between retail and wholesale volumes is a constant and dynamic problem to solve. If you have too much in stock you have to cut production to free up cash.

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I know 3 friends who purchased D5 Discovery’s . All had problems with engines, electrical systems and water ingress. All have now moved to other manufacturers and all vow never to ever buy another Land Rover product again…..

Jim
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