As reported in A.E.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/259111/skoda_yeti_sold_out.html?CMP=NLC-Newsletters&uid=5cbd2a1e3dcd55e98382a7df06ea6815

What I still can't get my head around is why, with such apparent demand, it's still possible to get 11% or so discount on a new Yeti from eg DtD. The usual 'laws' of supply and demand seem to have gone missing here.

Obviously there's still some dynamic in the sales market for new cars that causes this to happen but I'm still wondering exactly what. Are dealers worried that if they start taking a hard line on discounts then orders will dry up? But that doesn't really seem very likely given the demand for Yetis. But what other explanation can there be?

I love the title to this tread. The amount of squaddies that have been sent to the QM stores for a long weight (wait) .......Happy Days

I love the title to this tread. The amount of squaddies that have been sent to the QM stores for a long weight (wait) .......Happy Days

"tread" - was it a long march

Yeah, bit like the proverbial tin of striped paint or packet of wheelbarrow seed.

Or indeed the "packet of sprocket holes" we used to send trainees out to the stores for.

There is now a long waiting list for all VW Group Products. The reason for this seems to be the fact that Stirling has fallen by nearly half against the Euro so they get far more for their products in the Eurozone than in the UK.

What I still can't get my head around is why, with such apparent demand, it's still possible to get 11% or so discount on a new Yeti from eg DtD. The usual 'laws' of supply and demand seem to have gone missing here.

Obviously there's still some dynamic in the sales market for new cars that causes this to happen but I'm still wondering exactly what. Are dealers worried that if they start taking a hard line on discounts then orders will dry up? But that doesn't really seem very likely given the demand for Yetis. But what other explanation can there be?

I think one of the reasons is that there is a long wait for very many new cars these days - including many of the Yeti competitors, inc VAG ones - so its a reasonably even field, and they still need to offer discount to win business from others. Only a guess..

What I still can't get my head around is why, with such apparent demand, it's still possible to get 11% or so discount on a new Yeti from eg DtD. The usual 'laws' of supply and demand seem to have gone missing here.

Obviously there's still some dynamic in the sales market for new cars that causes this to happen but I'm still wondering exactly what. Are dealers worried that if they start taking a hard line on discounts then orders will dry up? But that doesn't really seem very likely given the demand for Yetis. But what other explanation can there be?

The law of supply and demand is working perfectly - price the product so supply is just behind demand then hit the news with delivery delays. This creates a rarity/desirability factor that pushes the price up not only of new vehicles but used ones as well.

Classic example is the diamond - there are plenty in the ground but if they dug 'em all up now the rarity/desirability factor disappears. So they limit the amount of mining.

One of the big differences now is that cars are made to order more and more. In the past mfrs would establish the most popular versions of a car, churn them out and shove them in a field. When you wanted one you quite often could get one from the field. If you had an extra that required yours to be made the queue was not as bad as the most popular versions were already produced and going out to people. When the economic crisis hit car mfrs were stuck with fields full of cars, money tied up. Buyers could smell the fear of car mfrs and salesmen of all this tied up money so when they went into a showroom they were battering the prices down. Dark days for car mfrs and showrooms

They learnt a lesson from that and longer lead times are a natural outcome. It will affect pretty much all mfrs.

Edited 11 November, 201015 yr by EdmundBlackadder

I went to have a look at the Nissan Juke out of interest in the weekend and I was told the next delivery will be in March despite it being built in the UK, second hand ones are selling at list price.