Superstorm Sandy has wreaked havoc in more ways than one in the U.S. New Yorkers were left without power and the subway, and carmakers have been left with damaged new cars that are no longer fit for sale. Automotive News says that Toyota, Chrysler Group, Nissan, Honda and their dealers plan to scrap more than 15,000 damaged cars.
Nissan alone estimates more than 6,000 Nissan and Infiniti vehicles are “un-saleable” because of the storm, Travis Parman, a company spokesman, said.
Some 4,000 Toyota and Lexus vehicles were at the company’s port facility in Newark when the storm hit. “We have about 1,300 that we are taking a second look at (that may be salvaged), a little bit under 3,000 will likely be scrapped,” said Jana Hartline, a spokeswoman for Toyota’s U.S. unit in California.
Honda and Acura dealers expect to have to scrap about 3,440 vehicles, said Chris Martin, the non-Coldplay spokesman for Honda. Scrappage decisions will be determined by dealers and their insurers, he said.
That’s just the new cars. Including those of individual owners, as many as 200,000 light vehicles may have to be replaced, said Larry Dixon, senior analyst for the National Automobile Dealers Association. “Total vehicles affected may be about one-third of what we saw with Hurricane Katrina, and that was about 600k. We don’t see replacement demand starting to accelerate until we’re into December.”
Sandy, the biggest Atlantic storm in American history, swept New Jersey, New York and neighbouring regions with winds that were over 160 km/h, leading to at least 100 deaths and countless damaged homes.
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The cars might not be saleable in US but they can be sent to India or Timbuktu. Definitely better than a bullock cart!
They might end up in Malaysia. Wow, American cars and so cheap, wah!
Left Hand Drive la bro…
i feel sad how much loses to economy,if contribute to poverty country, i’m pretty sure no more hunger people in a year or more..
sent to Malaysia as recon cars…. lot of buyers..
haha… non-coldplay spokesperson.. naise one there!
can I know what it mean?
Send them to malaysia! Am sure we can fix them and still sell at higest price. Malaysia BOLEH!
X habis habis nk kutuk malaysia, uneducated betul.. 3 things ppl should follow, dont condemn, dont complain, dont criticize.
You want to say … ‘just follow’?
I will follow you.. Eh AES sudah bayar kaa? P
he he, typical BN supporter, kutuk sikit je emosional melampau lampau, he he…
it goes both ways la
Please send to me. I only need one Lexus.
i thought all manufacturers have buy insurance for their properties? if not sure profit lost kaw kaw.
Cannot send to Malaysia. Be cleverlah. It’s LEFT HAND DRIVE!
left hand drive convert to right still economical to me than buy new one..eehehe
U think LHD convert to RHD just shift the steering position? A lot or parts need to consider including wiring harness, brake pipe, etc.
even headlamps also must change (left focus, right focus)
everything changes….
emission from cars invented by human is being released and results in global warming…and Sandy is a product of global warming coming to take revenge on the cars..(in this case..),and humans too.. what goes around really comes around…
then use nuclear power to curb all emission..arr cannot arr..can la..
For all u know those cars that can’t be sold are left there for sandy to eat up. So that companies could benefit from claims
I want muscle car. Even it is right hand drive, I wanna convert the car to a bed….
seriously?!?!?!
i want it!!! i just want the body tho~~
i want it. i want to drive its iellegally
Personal cars soaked in flood waters, esp. the engine, can it be dried, cleaned and reused? Any experience on this? Tempat I biasa hujan dan banjir!
brons.. malaysia already full with tsunami cars lar..
Great news for LYNAS!!!