Vfacts February 2022

[Syndrome]

Three box sedans are becoming a thing of the past

https://www.drive.com.au/news/vfacts...de-the-top-10/

[jpd80]

Hilux out in front with 4,803 sales, that’s an excellent response to buyer demand.

Triton aggressive selling got them into second with 3,811 sales beating out Ranger

Ranger in third with a modest 3,455 sales because New Ranger will be with us soon

[Smoke Pursuit]

Ranger and Everest have supply issues in Feb. Wiring looms and chips.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by Smoke Pursuit

Ranger and Everest have supply issues in Feb. Wiring looms and chips.

Typhoon in the phillipines caused a lot of damage at the supplier. Not sure how much production they lost, but it will need to be made back up.

I think the first half of the year might be tight supply wise, until it opens up in the second half.

[Dr Smith]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Typhoon in the phillipines caused a lot of damage at the supplier. Not sure how much production they lost, but it will need to be made back up.

I think the first half of the year might be tight supply wise, until it opens up in the second half.

Ironic how Victorian and SA car plants never lost time due to natural disasters.

Japan, Thailand, Philippines have all lost production of vehicles and components due to natural disasters at some point.

Now imagine if Australia had a chip manufacturer to match our Thins and Crinkle cuts...

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by Dr Smith

Ironic how Victorian and SA car plants never lost time due to natural disasters.

Japan, Thailand, Philippines have all lost production of vehicles and components due to natural disasters at some point.

Now imagine if Australia had a chip manufacturer to match our Thins and Crinkle cuts...

ESSO gas explosion in the late 90's was one I remember. Shut the plants down for a week or so.

I suppose you can't call that a natural disaster though.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

ESSO gas explosion in the late 90's was one I remember. Shut the plants down for a week or so.

I suppose you can't call that a natural disaster though.

Well, it was 'natural' gas

[Dr Smith]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

ESSO gas explosion in the late 90's was one I remember. Shut the plants down for a week or so.

I suppose you can't call that a natural disaster though.

Depends on if you had cold showers if your hot water unit was gas or electric...

[Dr Terry]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

ESSO gas explosion in the late 90's was one I remember. Shut the plants down for a week or so.

I suppose you can't call that a natural disaster though.

What about union strikes, can they be termed a "natural disaster" ?

Dr Terry

[Smoke Pursuit]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Typhoon in the phillipines caused a lot of damage at the supplier. Not sure how much production they lost, but it will need to be made back up.

I think the first half of the year might be tight supply wise, until it opens up in the second half.

They have a lot of the cars sitting over there waiting for parts on the grass. I believe the numbers in the thousands.



It also means we miss out on a heap of Wildtrak X's as the people assigned to those fit outs are now in the field retrofitting Everest's / Ranger's with parts they were missing off the line.

[bathurst77]

Kia Stinger (314)
Ford Mustang (202)

[HSVKILLA]

1142 Rangers were sold here in Nz in February

[Rob 351]

With the all new Ranger coming mid year, surprised they are still selling as well as they are. Went past a couple of Ford dealers yesterday and they had bugger all stock at all so the next couple of months could be a bit lean.

[FTE217]

Originally Posted by Rob 351

With the all new Ranger coming mid year, surprised they are still selling as well as they are. Went past a couple of Ford dealers yesterday and they had bugger all stock at all so the next couple of months could be a bit lean.

its not like pre covid that consumers will sit and wait for replemishing stocks sooner. We all see wait lists are 12mths and more.
Today, consumers due to the long lead times and all will buy what they can get their hands on be it a run out model or not the way I'm seeing things.
Not much choice.

[hayseed]

Originally Posted by FTE217

Today, consumers due to the long lead times and all will buy what they can get their hands on

Yep. Whoever has Stock Wins.. In the Current Market..

[DFB FGXR6]

Ford numbers -

Ford EcoSport 0
Ford Endura 0
Ford Escape 77
Ford Everest 652
Ford Fiesta 0
Ford Focus 9
Ford Mondeo 0
Ford Mustang 202
Ford Puma 87
Ford Ranger 4X2 259
Ford Ranger 4X4 3,196
Ford Transit Bus 1
Ford Transit Custom 100
Ford Transit Heavy 27
Ford Total 4,610

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Ford numbers -

Ford EcoSport 0
Ford Endura 0
Ford Escape 77
Ford Everest 652
Ford Fiesta 0
Ford Focus 9
Ford Mondeo 0
Ford Mustang 202
Ford Puma 87
Ford Ranger 4X2 259
Ford Ranger 4X4 3,196
Ford Transit Bus 1
Ford Transit Custom 100
Ford Transit Heavy 27
Ford Total 4,610

A month where Ranger and Everest are close to 90% of sales….

[Dr Smith]

Originally Posted by hayseed

Yep. Whoever has Stock Wins.. In the Current Market..

Yep, collecting a van from service dept and when I asked if they could value it for a new Transit Custom the salesman apologised and said they had no idea when a new one would be built and no real point in determining the trade-in until a supply date was set.

They had 3 Raptors awaiting hand-over and one Transit Custom which no-one could remember when it was ordered off the top of their head and another Custom Sport in the holding yard. In fact they are lucky if they can deliver a couple Customs a month. And looking at 100 sales Aust-wide in total for Feb you can see why.

[danzvtil]

Originally Posted by hayseed

Yep. Whoever has Stock Wins.. In the Current Market..

And the winner is china.

[Bossxr8]

Semi-conductor shortages could potentially go nuclear with 80% of the worlds neon gas coming out of the ukraine. Apparently needed in the production of computer chips.

[Sprintey]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Semi-conductor shortages could potentially go nuclear with 80% of the worlds neon gas coming out of the ukraine. Apparently needed in the production of computer chips.

Yep and the feedstock for the gas purification comes from Russian steel mills iirc

Couldn't make this stuff up

Being a model nerd, I just coughed up for one of the last big scale resin ships made (well) by a Russian company, I'm watching reserves that have sat in online western hobby shops for ages begin to wear thin. No idea if/when new stock will be available.

[XWGT]

Tesla don't report their sales number but we know from 2021 they sell around 900 per month. It puts them on the scoreboard and growing daily

[FTE217]

Nothing we didn't know but interesting seeing quoted production figures etc
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-...-bmw/100927840