2) Contrast the traditional Porsche customer decision process to the decision process for a Cayenne or a Panamera customer. Traditional Porsche customer aware of the new model, and they are not sure if the new model has the high-performance of the other model or not. And customer started to test drive the car to see if these models meet the level of their expectation of Porsche. After the trial, customer adopted the new model and remains the loyalty to Porsche because of the wonderful and enjoyable experience of performance and luxury 3) Which concepts from the chapter explain why Porsche sold so many lower-priced models in the 1970s and 1980s? The concepts of Cultural Factors, the values of a Porsche are high and it is a want to customers, when these wants is affordable to customers, they will buy it.
Some may say that hybrids are beneficial to the economy but they leave out the high costs, safety issues, and difficulties that come with buying a hybrid vehicle. The high cost of owning a hybrid vehicle is outrageous, you have to buy a very expensive battery, car charger, and you can’t forget maintenance on the vehicle, when it comes time to repair it. The price of owning a hybrid car is shocking, it can range anywhere from $30,000 to $45,000, and can even cost over $110.000 for some of the most advanced models (All Data Base). If you think this price is fair for this type of vehicle, wait until you have to replace the batteries, because once the car battery ages it will hold less charge, meaning the battery will die faster, and eventually you will have to replace the battery packs, or you may have to buy a new car. These batteries cost anywhere from $3,000 to $8,000 (Auto.Serv.pg.
Starting a career in sales is more realistic than jumping to the management and distribution of some of the world’s most luxurious cars such as Bentley and Aston Martin. A well-organized and professional car salesman should be knowledgeable about the cars he or she is
Hybrid cars can save car owner’s money 1. economize oil dependence 2. Allow driver to save the world 3. Tax and service privilege offering C. Hybrid cars stimulate the economy 1. Hybrid cars are the new economic-impulse 2. Hybrid cars market IV.
However, it is worth to mention that Zipcar had competitive advantage of providing flexible services and price policy to its members. ZipCar had positioned its service as fast speed, convenient and low-cost option to ownership and car rental business. Speed and convenience is Zipcar’s main focus. Whenever, the customer demands a car, they can go online or make a call to receive membership Zipcard first. Afterwards, members can make online reservation of a vehicle up to a year in advance or a few minutes prior to picking up the car.
Although, this is an issue for Zipcar, they have a competitive advantage over the competition due to the flexibility of the service that they provide and offer to the customers. Some of Zipcar’s major competitors are the transportation providers, such as taxi cabs and public transportation. Zipcar has managed to have an advantage over these transportation providers by providing cheaper service for long distance travel, which would prove to be more expensive if a taxi was used and for providing services in virtually any location, whether dense or lighted. Supplier power for Zipcar is evaluated as moderate. Zipcar uses its own line of cars to provide rental car services, which provides for no delays in car availability from third parties.
If you choose the former option of buying an already electrically converted car you may have to visit eBay, Craig’s List EVFinder or such other websites. And if you happen to make up your mind to convert your own car into an electrically driven one, you would have to spend around $6000 for the components and another $1000 to $3000 for the batteries inclusive of installation charges. The internal combustion engine would have to be totally replaced by an electric motor along with an addition of a new set of batteries. But if you are the kind of person who really care about our environment and the surroundings then the transition is well worth. Although the expense would increase a bit on consumption charges for each mile but the maintenance charges are sure to come down.
There are many ways to modify the current cars in production to a more safe and inexpensive manner. For example, we can add steel front/rear bumpers like they had in the 50’s. Those bumpers were proven safer than the ones on most cars today. We can also lower the price of gasoline to a regular and average price, so the middle and lower class can afford it. I also think the technology exists to boost up the miles per gallon (mpg) a car can have.
The car will maintain the desired temperature so you dont have to. It has automatic rain sensors so the vehicle will match the speed of the wipers with the rainfall outside. You even get a Thule Xpress Bike Rack for those that like to also have fun on two wheels. The car surprises its driver at every turn and if you like a car with a lot of tech then look no further than the Hyundai Elantra. The Hyundai Elantra price is very modest for what you get.
This meant that people had one specific job on the production line that they repeated over and over so they became very good at this one job, this meant that the T-ford model could be produced every 10 seconds. Henry For could then sell these cars for much a cheaper price than before because it used to take blacksmiths hours to produce a single car. This mass production also provided many people with jobs. People felt that they could buy cars at this cheaper price and therefore more cars were bought, putting more money into the economy. The car industry also helped the economic boom because more people could move near to cities without actually living in the centre of them and then drive into the cities to work and earn money.