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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo
Still keep those high value sales, but why not take more off Toyota where you could?
Toyota is the king of the 4x2 povvo spec, sure they're lower profit per unit compared to the high value stuff but why leave an opening for Toyota? Take that from them too.
They can't be THAT low profit though, what's it cost to crank out a ladder frame chassis ute with a 5sp manual box with drum brakes on the rear, leaf springs and a 15 year old 4 cylinder engine?
Its not like Toyota would be losing money on every $32K Workmate that leaves the dealership floor.
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Because the factory is running at max capacity just trying to meet demand now. And it's still falling short. Just noticed the wait times for Wildtrak V6 has now blown out another couple of months, so the demand keeps exceeding supply. Why bother taking away some of those production slots just to sell cheapies?
It might be a different story if they had excess factory capacity to build more cars, but they don't.
I'm glad you don't own a business.