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How much extra would you pay each month to get the "Peace of Mind" and "Predictability" offered by IndeGo, compared to what you spend today?
Steve's BlogCredit Crunch hits ResidualsWednesday, 30 April 2008 12:42 In the last few days we have seen writedowns of hundreds of millions of Euros by BMW and Daimler related to their exposure to residual values of vehicles which they leased in the US. They will not be the last to have to recognise that the value of the vehicles that they leased in the last couple years now have a lower value when it comes to resale than originally assumed . This was one of the issues which we considered within the IndeGo concept, as the business was based entirely on leasing, rather than selling vehicles. Post-Geneva Show ThoughtsThursday, 27 March 2008 21:03 The Geneva Show was much as expected - a lot of emphasis on small cars and more environmentally friendly vehicles. Most of the technology in the cars was evolutionary, but no less effective for that. There were a number of "fuel cell" and "hybrid" concepts which owed more to the model maker than to any actual engineering. Think were brave enough to have an outdoor stand where they were encouraging visitors to drive their electric City cars round a short course - hard!
Geneva Show - a product watershed?Friday, 29 February 2008 14:00 Looking forward to my annual visit to Geneva next week for the opening of the Geneva Show. This is generally viewed as one of the "must do" motor shows in the annual calendar, largely down to the compact size and level playing field for all exhibitors. I think we will see evidence of a watershed in respect of product this year.
IndeGo Next StepsTuesday, 05 February 2008 00:00 When I left A.T. Kearney in 2004, I had the ambition of finding a way to implement the IndeGo concept in full – from product through to commercial operation and ultimately recycling.
ThinkThursday, 31 January 2008 00:00 I had a short drive in the original Think car at an Automotive News Europe Congress in Gothenberg back in 2002. Even in a few hundred metres it was obvious that this was a much more sophisticated product that the G-Wizz and other electric cars which are becoming popular in London, driven entirely by the opportunity to avoid paying the congestion charge to Ken Livingston.
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In the last few days we have seen writedowns of hundreds of millions of Euros by BMW
and Daimler
related to their exposure to residual values of vehicles which they leased in the US. They will not be the last to have to recognise that the value of the vehicles that they leased in the last couple years now have a lower value when it comes to resale than originally assumed . This was one of the issues which we considered within the IndeGo concept, as the business was based entirely on leasing, rather than selling vehicles. MORE