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I think the car was overpriced .. it by producing many more cars the price would have been considerably lower I think the car would have been much more successful .
When at the Merc B center over the weekend, we talked a lot about supercars sales, my friend from Ferrari confirmed that contrary to what the client think and what Ferrari said, the company struggled really hard to sell the last 40 to 50 Enzos.
True, they had the 399 orders when the car was announced, but a lot of client backed out when it was time to pay.
Regarding the Carrera GT, when you think about it, it's not too bad, Porsche cuts back their expectation by about 15%.
I fact they did something pretty smart, sales had litterally stalled for months at about 900 units, then, realising they were never gonna make the 1500 mark, they announced they would actually cut production, and that announcement had a positive effect, Porsche received over 300 orders in weeks. People probably thought that the fewer untis, the better they would keep their value.
Now the SLR, oh poor SLR, Merc planned 500 a year for 6 years or something like that.
When I asked the bosses on Saturday how sales were looking, they all looked down...
Unfortunately, Merc is bracing for a some bad numbers here.
I don't think the CGT was to highly priced, the SLR, maybe, but not sure. There are many different factors, grim economy in Europe, high oil price, the wife
, etc...
Lastly, when I asked my friend about the Enzo FXX, he replied, no way we'll sell 20, they are still plenty available, whatever he meant by plenty, but again, smart play by Ferrari, car cost little to develop apparently and bring them 1.5 Millions Euros each + Tax!
Potential customers in:
Though for charity the car I believe fetched over one million.
