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That’s a good point. Ferrari too prioritised his racing programme, especially F1, using road cars as a necessary evil to fund it. Maybe it is the same with McLaren and Ron Dennis. It would make a lot of sense
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selling and renting it back is very much something that you only want to do if it's the last chance and you'd be unlikely to survive another downturn. if mclaren have got themselves in that position then borrowing money is going to be expensive for them as well. i'm sure we all know that the key to having a business that'll survive the ups and downs is keeping overheads as low as possible without impacting the actual business. outside f1, the teams in the best shape as we come out of lockdown are the ones who run out of tiny unremarkable sheds and premises that they own rather than rent. same goes for personal finance which is why the mass switch to leasing cars blows my mind. but that's another rant for another day |
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Nothing wrong with mirroring the Ferrari model. And while Ferrari have figured it out, if you look at their entire history, they are not without their rough spots. It's a combo of hard work and also luck that allows you to survive.
I agree with comments by Moneyseeker and bella regarding selling and then leasing your facilities are actions of the desperate. If we are seeing execution of plan "C", what does plan "D" look like? Richard |
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Lamborghini is now selling 8,000 cars a year, the majority of which are the Ursus SUV, apparently and Porsche biggest seller is the Macan and if they can ever afford to build them, I imagine the Aston DBX will be a similar story. Ferrari suv-esque model in the pipeline, I believe. |
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wouldn’t be seen dead in any kind of luxury sportscar personally but the big porsche things are pretty cheap second hand if you don’t mind them being built by an army of illiterate toddlers on red smarties.
got a family friend with one of those sporty upgrade jags, he’s had it a year or so and i still haven’t tired of taking the p!ss out of him for it. his excuse is that the carpets are lovely and it’s reliable aside from the 50 things he’s had to fix on it |
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It tells you something when McLaren have a Dallara in the lobby.
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That you can’t build your own chassis in Indycar.
More telling that they bought the wrong bits for the qualifying attempt last year! |
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