Re:Carmakers feel chip crisis easing
by KerrAvon on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @01:13AM
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Only on some makes and some models. Try doing this with a Japanese car or your average Volkswagen and you’d get nowhere. This apparently used to be more of a thing when American cars ruled the industry — custom orders could be quite profitable — until the Japanese makes came along with severely limited optional equipment as a quality and cost saving measure.
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The dealers lost a lot of sales to sleep on it. They discovered if you put someone into a car that was close (wrong color, not quite the same options) they would happily drive it home and not return it. If you ordered the exact car someone wanted they will often call you the next day saying they changed their mind, cancel the order.