Why did pricing jump for me so much this year?

[HereinDaRockies]

Let’s redirect all that energy on both sides towards IA.

Starting with - what did Calder say about the drive shaft issue in the forum’s podcast?

 

[AWo]

I support Krabby and the forum policy to keep politics out. Why? I run a large forum myself and we handle it there the same way. As admins we're not saying don't stand up, be silent, have this or that political view etc. We just say, don't express this here. Especially in these times people also need a place where they can get away from all that and where they can focus on just what they love. There is no need to politicize every single aspect of the life. It is ok, no, there must be a place, where you can get away from this.

Because there are so many other ways to express the personal view and during the day ist is already hard to escape all this stuff.

If, and only then, this forum would be the only place to exchange views on things like politics, you should keep that open (in German your would even be required to keep it open) for such discussions. But as there are hundreds and thousands of different possibilities to be an active political member of the community, it is not required to open this forum for such an exchange. And I appreciate to have a place where one can steer thoughts in a different direction.

If you politicize every single part of your life, it will not be to your favour. If you choose to do so, you can, but then you have to acknowlegde, that this home belongs to someone else and this person makes the rules. To compare the admin decision to something else which non-Trump-supporters should understand immediately.....if the Danish say no, it means no.

I know from my own forum, that you never have a clear and sharp line between non-politics and politics as these topics automotive etc. are connected to politics. However, we try to use common sense what is acceptible and what is not according to our rule to keep politics out. And we know that this is a very emotional thing. But we also know, if you let that go once, you'll not recognize the forum again and there will be a lot of stress and anger etc.

Care about it, do something about it, get involved....but just not here. It would be sad to lose such a place to these political struggles and their players. It would just become another loss...

AWo

 

[Logsplitter]

Back to Ineos Automotive and I think one of the reasons for price increases, is the amount of money they must be haemorrhaging,due to all the campaign and warranty work on early vehicles. Hopefully an awful lot of money is being spent on fixing the front driveshaft issue. A better way to fix the auxiliary rads in place would be a bonus too.

 

[Tinerfeño]

Built in France but your point stands.

Austria and France are both Euro countries so no difference,

 

[GN4HIR]

I stopped by Mossy Ineos in Houston to ask a service Q about my '24 w/21k miles and they talked me into taking a '25 Fieldmaster so I could have safari windows and high amp switches. Anyway, the sticker was no where close to the configurator price. Then I realized the base price was raised to include tariffs. Then they were giving a manufacturer discount of $10k to offset the tariff.

 

[sidpost]

Built in France but your point stands.

I was told they were built in Austria at the Styer-Puch plant, like the G-Wagons.

Curious if, or why, production moved to France.

 

[HereinDaRockies]

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I was told they were built in Austria at the Styer-Puch plant, like the G-Wagons.

Curious if, or why, production moved to France.

It was only ever built in France.

 

[sidpost]

Please stop the political commentary or the thread will be locked. We really do not want politics or religion discussions here. You are naturally free to think and feel as you wish but this is not the place to express those views. There are many other forums in the ether to discuss such matters.

Thanks! Political impacts are beyond our control. What I cannot fathom is the drastic price differentials that now appear to be dynamic and change near daily.

 

[sidpost]

You are absolutely right.
So I just point out that the prices for the Grenadier and the Quatermaster in the USA might rise another 10 to 30 % within the next 12 months. This might be caused by a weeker US$ and economical based decisions by administrations.
This would not support the company nor the potential buyer nor the owner that will probably face fewer service stations in their neighbourhood.

#deeplyfrustrated

The US Dollar has slowly been falling in value compared to the Euro. Perhaps that is part of my pricing differential.

 

[Shopkeep]

I was told they were built in Austria at the Styer-Puch plant, like the G-Wagons.

Curious if, or why, production moved to France.

Engineered by the Austrians at Steyer, was originally going to be built in a new plant in Wales but post Brexit Uncle Jim got what he thought was the deal of a lifetime on a lightly used Mercedes Benz plant in Hambach France that was making Smart cars. Looks like MB may have got the better end of the deal after all.

 

[sidpost]

I stopped by Mossy Ineos in Houston to ask a service Q about my '24 w/21k miles and they talked me into taking a '25 Fieldmaster so I could have safari windows and high amp switches. Anyway, the sticker was no where close to the configurator price. Then I realized the base price was raised to include tariffs. Then they were giving a manufacturer discount of $10k to offset the tariff.

Working with Mossy now. Hope to see them in a week or so, but phone sales support has been weak.

 

[AWo]

Engineered by the Austrians at Steyer, was originally going to be built in a new plant in Wales but post Brexit Uncle Jim got what he thought was the deal of a lifetime on a lightly used Mercedes Benz plant in Hambach France that was making Smart cars. Looks like MB may have got the better end of the deal after all.

Read the old press releases...

Engineered by AKKA Technologies, former MBTech. The drivetrain was developed by Magna Drivetrain in Steyr, Austria and not by Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria. Different Companies which belong to one Holding. "Steyr" is a city in Austria and part of the name of Magna Steyr....complicated...I know...

Magna Steyr in Graz was responsible to transfer the prototype into a normal mass production vehicle, after development. They were the desired engineering partner once, but Magna Steyr rejected in the early days.

Magna Steyr in Graz should develop the Fusilier once, but that was cancelled by Ineos.

AWo