New car releases likely delayed?

[Anonymous]

We are interested in a 2021 MDX, which is supposed to be our this fall. Do you think new car releases will be delayed?

[Anonymous]

Maybe? Why that vehicle specifically?

[Anonymous]

Absolutely will be delayed. Most factories are totally shut down right now. It will take months to get them, and all the feeder suppliers, back up and running. And in some cases, some of those smaller feeders won’t be coming back. So new sources will have to be found, which will even further delay production restarting. It will probably take 6-8 years before car production gets back to where it was in 2019


If at all.

[Anonymous]

Yes but hopefully it will only be a year or two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely will be delayed. Most factories are totally shut down right now. It will take months to get them, and all the feeder suppliers, back up and running. And in some cases, some of those smaller feeders won’t be coming back. So new sources will have to be found, which will even further delay production restarting. It will probably take 6-8 years before car production gets back to where it was in 2019


If at all.

Curious, where did you hear this? I work for a large company in the auto supply chain and many of the supplier facilities never shutdown because they are considered essential. Plus, there is a lot of product available, and suppliers and the autos are in regular contact. If there is demand and the autos want to meet it I would be surprised if getting parts would be an issue.