EPISODE · Dec 13, 2012 · 24 MIN
Into Thin Air: The Best Or Nothing
from The Breakfast Grille · host BFM Media
Mercedes-Benz Services Malaysia Head, Hilke Jannsen, discusses: - Mechanics of business - fundraising - costs - profit margins; - High-risk business - regulation; - Migration from conventional lenders - proposition - USPs; - Quoted as saying aiming for portfolio of E500m - 2017 -- and 25% penetration - Details; - Due diligence - process; - Default / delinquency rates; - China -- potentially among biggest addressable market -- 75-80 per cent of car buyers pay cash - strategy to change cultures / idiosyncrasies; - Cost of funds - details; - Margins of financing -- details; - Most lucrative deals; - DFS 2020 strategy - Asia is a big part of the plan - Details; - Owner concerns - residual values - ways to address / innovate; - Europe - new forms of mobility - car-sharing - adoption; - Electric vehicles - infrastructure to keep them running - how has that forced carmakers to introduce new financing options; - Renault - breaking new ground - new range of electric vehicles - owners sign a separate battery hire agreement - ditto Daimler’s Smart brand - details. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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