Comments on: Fleet & Business sales boost new car market

By: JEKYL & HYDE

JEKYL & HYDE — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:36:55 +0000

thats right rearmain,ford must be making a stack of money on the xr6′s at $36k driveaway…not

By: The Realist

The Realist — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:34:29 +0000

Frenchie Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
“How so? Not saying they don’t make a contribution to Australian society.”

Just look at any figures for trade and federal revenue to see a breakdown.

By: Phil C.

Phil C. — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:44:14 +0000

Here is a link that backs up RearMain

Link to drive

The company was selling a higher percentage of upper specification (and more profitable) XR sports models (50 per cent) and luxury G6E turbos (43 per cent) to private buyers.

That’s a turnaround from the Falcon’s traditional mix, which has typically been about 60 per cent base models, 25 per cent sports models and 15 per cent others.

By: Frenchie

Frenchie — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:40:43 +0000

The Realist:

Did you realise the humble international student contributes more than any manufacturing sector worker?

How so? Not saying they don’t make a contribution to Australian society.

By: The Realist

The Realist — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:40:52 +0000

Jason Says:
August 5th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
“Nice to see the local manufacturers’ products continuing to sell well. Anyone who doesn’t like that should leave the country for good!”

I’d do well too if I kept making losses and receiving government assistance. I bet BHP Billiton and co look at Holden with envy.

Pandering to the car manufacturing industry means Labor holds a number of key seats at Federal elections. Do you really think they contribute more monetarily to our economy than O&G and minerals? Did you realise the humble international student contributes more than any manufacturing sector worker?

By: OzMPSclub

OzMPSclub — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:32:30 +0000

with the price of Hyundais it was written on the wall hat they would take on Mazda and then its only up from there.

With the Getz and the i130 selling well and the vans are creaming the opposition Hyundai is the brand that has to be watched.

I hope Mazda’s new 3 wont be an achilles heal for them

By: Vid_Ghost

Vid_Ghost — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:50:38 +0000

Where are these numbers coming from…??? holden mazda ford? no numbers can be found!

By: Frenchie

Frenchie — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:22:39 +0000

Big statement Rearmain, where do you get your information from?

By: OMG

OMG — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:32:41 +0000

Can you post a link to those figures, please?

thanks

By: RearMain

RearMain — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:34:16 +0000

Ford are actually selling less to fleets and more to private buyers. Sales of the Fleet XT are only 3% of total Falcon sales. They are selling mostly XR and G6 so they make more money per vehicle. Holden on the other hand are selling mainly to fleets so they make little or no profit but it keeps the figures up.