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Originally Posted by archwerks
the days of building building 00's /000's of cars, on speculation should be eliminated. Cars should be built/ resources expended only if enough people orders it. All the cars sitting on docks & storage should be sent back to the factories & refitted w/hybrid engines. Give people more incentive to switch.
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When I visited the BMW Munich assembly plant ten years ago, they told us that virtually every car on the line was a special order, either from a dealer ordering for stock or because a customer had ordered it. BMW did not build any spec cars themselves.
In Japan, you can custom order a Nissan and have it delivered to you within four days. Dealers keep very few vehicles on the lot as space is so expensive.
But I'm not so sure about your remark about hybrids. Prius sales are down 50%. I'm not convinced people really want cars like that -- just some cutting-edge greenies, and they aren't representative of the population as a whole.