RE: DB12 Autocar review16 Dec 2023 07:46
well done lawrence, such a pro! we love you....
just think how much all of this is costing. no wonder aml burn through hundreds of millions every year.
profits warning to come, sales targets missed, and cash raise following on swiftly.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=70&t=2031693&i=600
i think the aggressive schedule of launch on the db12 has not been helping things combined with other factors really.
1) launch press cars were not finished to an even higher degree than some road testers truly knew. it is semi pointless drawing too much insight from the traction control side of things on them (and therefore mode changes) because those cars were running modified db11 software to simply have something on them
2) sales teams were left floundering without demos of any description for ages post those reviews, because there was no cars in a finished enough state to send to dealers (and even then most at dealers that are on the private plates) are actually pre production cars still owned by ***don not the dealers.
3) number 2 was impacted because of the new star network, many new modules on the network and some incomptent outsourced software suppliers and also regarding tc systems an initial blame game between bosch and mb.
4) certain incidents on the production line or during testing, usually as a result of contractors from what i have heard sadly (think stupid stuff like blocking drain holes, coolant lines not being secured upto and including a few customer cars being crashed in and outside the factory)
5) am's decision to focus on federal vehicles initially over other regions
prices on dbx will fall further once the mcf is out, but in my honest opinion a used one might represent a good deal for some.