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Yep, I think we can all see ‘build to order‘ happening initially. Beyond that, as models are developed over time, you would have to believe that series production could/would commence in line with any demand and as they have stated. I still think people want to buy Norton motorcycles. I certainly believe that had the 961 been engineered correctly many more would have been sold.As I understand it the Solihull facility is quite advanced and well capable of series production. Waste of a lot of money if they have no real intent to do so. Solihull/TVS talk of up to 8000 units per year eventually and a dealer network - this is all dependent on the business environment of course. There is some suggestion that this is all some sort of smoke screen. Whether they are capable or demand exists only time will tell, but surely we must believe their stated intent?Is it realistic to believe in a pandemic environment, that Solihull/TVS have had time/opportunity to: sort out the physical/logistical/legal mess that Garner left behind; move locations and set up a state of the art production facility, sourcing all machinery; hire key staff and take a bike (or range of bikes) through testing and regulation to the market?I don’t know enough about automotive production or business strategy to answer these questions, but still remain hopeful that the marque can be resurrected and that Solihull/TVS aim to meet their stated intent. Anybody want to borrow my rose tinted glasses !
Yep, I think we can all see ‘build to order‘ happening initially. Beyond that, as models are developed over time, you would have to believe that series production could/would commence in line with any demand and as they have stated. I still think people want to buy Norton motorcycles. I certainly believe that had the 961 been engineered correctly many more would have been sold.
As I understand it the Solihull facility is quite advanced and well capable of series production. Waste of a lot of money if they have no real intent to do so. Solihull/TVS talk of up to 8000 units per year eventually and a dealer network - this is all dependent on the business environment of course. There is some suggestion that this is all some sort of smoke screen. Whether they are capable or demand exists only time will tell, but surely we must believe their stated intent?
Is it realistic to believe in a pandemic environment, that Solihull/TVS have had time/opportunity to: sort out the physical/logistical/legal mess that Garner left behind; move locations and set up a state of the art production facility, sourcing all machinery; hire key staff and take a bike (or range of bikes) through testing and regulation to the market?
I don’t know enough about automotive production or business strategy to answer these questions, but still remain hopeful that the marque can be resurrected and that Solihull/TVS aim to meet their stated intent. Anybody want to borrow my rose tinted glasses !
