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All Torque

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28th Jan 09 at 22:50

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2009/jan/16/unsold-cars?picture=342161514

Click each image to see the next one, Sheeeness is the best

deano87

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28th Jan 09 at 22:51

Jeeezus.

Sean-B

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28th Jan 09 at 22:55

Chris F

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28th Jan 09 at 22:59

Wow! Its amzing how these places dnt get done over all the time!

Haimsey

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28th Jan 09 at 23:05

Crazy

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John G

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28th Jan 09 at 23:13

I want that one in the middle

Anty

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29th Jan 09 at 02:05

i think they should drop the prices on these motors, why make so many a year,??

Ian

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29th Jan 09 at 02:44

The Land Rover picture is of distribution not stockpile - those cars are all made to order so somebody, somewhere owns each one.

The other ones look impressive but when you consider the number of people in the world, it's not that many cars in percentage terms. There are loads in one place because it makes sense to put loads in one place.

And if price gets lower, that is good for buyers.

Graham88

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29th Jan 09 at 05:27

"I'll take the one in the middle"

richc

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29th Jan 09 at 08:24

The one in valencia was best. Full of old KA'S. No wonder.

[Edited on 29-01-2009 by richc]

BYRON

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29th Jan 09 at 08:33

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
The Land Rover picture is of distribution not stockpile - those cars are all made to order so somebody, somewhere owns each one.

The other ones look impressive but when you consider the number of people in the world, it's not that many cars in percentage terms. There are loads in one place because it makes sense to put loads in one place.

And if price gets lower, that is good for buyers.

Agreed. The ones that are sat at ports are the funniest - they are there waiting to be exported to end users in another country. The media are fabricating headlines to make a good read. Yes there are/is stockpiling going on, although the manufacturers are slowig production down now.

RichR

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29th Jan 09 at 09:00

quote:
Originally posted by BYRON

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
The Land Rover picture is of distribution not stockpile - those cars are all made to order so somebody, somewhere owns each one.

The other ones look impressive but when you consider the number of people in the world, it's not that many cars in percentage terms. There are loads in one place because it makes sense to put loads in one place.

And if price gets lower, that is good for buyers.

Agreed. The ones that are sat at ports are the funniest - they are there waiting to be exported to end users in another country. The media are fabricating headlines to make a good read. Yes there are/is stockpiling going on, although the manufacturers are slowig production down now.

Whilst I was at uni, I worked at ABP in Southampton moving vehicles on and off the transporter ferries when they docked. We normally had 8 hour turnarounds to get the ship back off sailing again. There were acres and acres of cars as per the Sheerness photos; distribution to dealers is a bit different to the stockpiling of unsold cars - Media Hype

[Edited on 29-01-2009 by LiVe LeE]

deano87

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29th Jan 09 at 09:35

quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
Whilst I was at uni, I worked at ABP in Southampton moving vehicles on and off the transporter ferries when they docked. We normally had 8 hour turnarounds to get the ship back off sailing again. There were acres and acres of cars as per the Sheerness photos; distribution to dealers is a bit different to the stockpiling of unsold cars - Media Hype

[Edited on 29-01-2009 by LiVe LeE]

That must be the best job ever

I bet some of the cars got death from cold though to meet targets

richc

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29th Jan 09 at 09:40

TBF - have you even been to a plant where new cars are built.

Went to pug in coventry before it shut down, the last bit they drop in is the engine.

When it in, its started, and wheel spun to this dyno thing where they test it, and then thrash off again!

RichR

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29th Jan 09 at 10:06

quote:
Originally posted by deano87

quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
Whilst I was at uni, I worked at ABP in Southampton moving vehicles on and off the transporter ferries when they docked. We normally had 8 hour turnarounds to get the ship back off sailing again. There were acres and acres of cars as per the Sheerness photos; distribution to dealers is a bit different to the stockpiling of unsold cars - Media Hype

[Edited on 29-01-2009 by LiVe LeE]

That must be the best job ever I bet some of the cars got death from cold though to meet targets

The car's themselves don't as you tend to be in convoy; but the best job was driving the shift crews back from the ship to the cars or vice versa - knackered old transit vans which were abused to within an inch of their lives just to meet targets.

I'm not saying all of the driver's took care of the new cars but on the whole they were looked after.

I would never send a POV (private owned vehicle) via ship though unless it was in a container; new cars get the secuirty of the internal decks; POV's are put on the open top decks

John G

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29th Jan 09 at 17:49

quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
"I'll take the one in the middle"

i know it was early when u posted it but dont you read replys

Graham88

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29th Jan 09 at 18:11

I just looked at the pictures and posted my comment, my bad

I was tired

Ben G

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29th Jan 09 at 18:16

loads of new fiestas/ka's in the plant i work, but they're all sold

it's mostly media crap as someone else said, we're doing fine.

All Torque

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29th Jan 09 at 20:31

Whats the one you can see from the Severn Bridge? HUGE area of cars just sat doing nothing. I think its on the Wales side.

CorsAsh

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29th Jan 09 at 20:45

quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
There were acres and acres of cars as per the Sheerness photos; distribution to dealers is a bit different to the stockpiling of unsold cars - Media Hype

This was the storage area behind Audi a few months back, before the "credit crunch". There's trains full leaving every day, it's just being hyped up as said.

Mike GSi

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29th Jan 09 at 20:48

Ill have the one in the middle please

Graham88

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30th Jan 09 at 05:36

quote:
Originally posted by John G
I want that one in the middle

quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
"I'll take the one in the middle"

quote:
Originally posted by Mike Z20LET
Ill have the one in the middle please

VegasPhil

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30th Jan 09 at 09:04

quote:
Originally posted by Graham88

quote:
Originally posted by John G
I want that one in the middle

quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
"I'll take the one in the middle"

quote:
Originally posted by Mike Z20LET
Ill have the one in the middle please

Have you checked to see if it's icy on the ring latley?

Southampton docks is rammed to the hilt with 20 acres of Hondas, they aren't going anywhere.

18 months ago it was the same with storage areas full of Ford Ranger trucks.... Although they have finally dissapearred now. Makes you wonder exactly how new an imported car is sometimes!!

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AlunJ

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30th Jan 09 at 09:49

quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
Whats the one you can see from the Severn Bridge? HUGE area of cars just sat doing nothing. I think its on the Wales side.

I don't know about on the welsh side, but on the bristol side apparently it's a car auctions

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