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To be fair, order books have only just opened and we currently have no idea how many people have put their money where their mouth is. There have, however, been roughly 5,000 expressions of interest, which of course is another thing entirely.
My own feeling is that many of these people will be drawn into a showroom by the design, but when confronted with the reality of what is really still a Kei car, that enthusiasm stands less of a chance of translating into an order.
Anyway, some of my colleagues in the first journo group are driving around frosty Northamptonshire as we speak, and I'll be there this afternoon and tomorrow. I'll try and post a few pics to Twitter if anyone's interested, and will do my best to get answers to as many of people's questions as I can.
auchenblae wrote: The rush of orders is just nonsence from people mostly buying on looks only because it looks "cute".
A large number of these early buyers will regret the lack of sophistication that a basic car designed for offroad use to a great extend will be years behind their upmarket road cars they trade in.
Those PCPing the cars will be forced to keep it for three years or so as their monthly payments on all sorts of items like Sky TV and £80 a month iPhone etc., do not allow then to do much more than that.
Wow, you're a little ray of sunshine aren't you? :dry:
Are we going to be plagued by grumpy old men muttering "I liked Jimnys before they were fashionable you know!" I hope not, because a) that would be really tiresome and b) we don't care.
auchenblae wrote: The rush of orders is just nonsence from people mostly buying on looks only because it looks "cute".
A large number of these early buyers will regret the lack of sophistication that a basic car designed for offroad use to a great extend will be years behind their upmarket road cars they trade in.
Those PCPing the cars will be forced to keep it for three years or so as their monthly payments on all sorts of items like Sky TV and £80 a month iPhone etc., do not allow then to do much more than that.
Wow, you're a little ray of sunshine aren't you? :dry:
Are we going to be plagued by grumpy old men muttering "I liked Jimnys before they were fashionable you know!" I hope not, because a) that would be really tiresome and b) we don't care.
An just like you, he's entitled to his opinion and the freedom to express it without being vilified or ridiculed.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
Its going to be interesting to hear what Alex was told as a Journo compare to what the Dealers were told at the same event :ohmy: :ohmy:
Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
So they told the Journalists the same as the dealers. 600 cars is approx 1 car per dealer per month. Lots of concern that lack of availability and long wait times will taint the brand so told to not encourage waiting lists.
So few available that some of the launch day test drives were in.......vitaras!
1.5 engine will have limited life, going to be quite quickly replaced.
No brochures, accessories guides or any handouts available
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Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
mlines wrote: So they told the Journalists the same as the dealers. 600 cars is approx 1 car per dealer per month.
@AlexK said the 600 would be available in the first half of 2019, which correlates with the 1100 total available for the whole year as mentioned previously.
Isn't there a 3 year waiting list for the new model in Japan already?
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
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