Re: Demand has met the first year's production goal of 50,000 vehicles (crikey)
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Also, <A HREF="http://www.imakenews.com/autospies/e_article000098573.cfm" TARGET="_blank">Demand strong for Volvo XC90</A> indicates that all 50,000 units have been spoken for? Kinda contradictory to the other article. I mean, if demand was strong, why would Volvo lower MSRP?<p><br><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><p>It's not that all cars have been sold but all allocations to dealers have been spoken for. It is only a matter of time that every single unit will have a customer's name for it.<p>For example, I have an initial allocation of 34 XC90s (and it is supposed to go up to 42). Right now, I have close to 62 deposits of which I know that 54 of them are concrete. The other 8 are not sure if the will like the vehicle (yeah, right) and want to drive it before they make up their mind.<p>So, I have my own back log already and this is only for cars arriving by February! That means I already have 12 customers (at least, as we are selling a couple of XC90s every other day...) that will have to wait beyond February...it is gojng to be tough...<p>I wold like to see how much over MSRP they will charge in markets like New York City, Boston, etc....<p>Yannis