Chapter 160: The Concept of a Truck

It has been a week since the last global sale of Benz One. Whether it is the partners of the British Empire and the German Empire or Benz, Diesel and Arthur, they are all looking forward to the actual sales volume of Benz One.

Although everyone understands that the sales in the first week are more about opening up the market, only after the first batch of car buyers have tasted the sweetness, more people will take action.

But after all, this is also a simultaneous sale on a global scale, and the main sales areas are the most developed and prosperous regions such as the United States and Europe.

This also makes people have certain expectations for the sales volume of Benz One. At least when both performance and price have certain advantages, the sales share of Benz One may not be low.

You know, the three-wheeled "bicycle" invented by Benz at that time achieved sales of more than 2,000 units in Germany alone.

This so-called bicycle is actually a reduced version of the performance of the car invented by Benz before, and because it is still handmade, the price has not been reduced.

Such an expensive car can sell two or three thousand units, and the Benz One with further upgraded performance and lower price is naturally more anticipated.

February 25, 1903, Australia, Sydney, Benz Automobile Factory.

After a day of reporting and statistics, all sales outlets finally sent the sales data of the previous week back to the headquarters, which is the Benz Automobile Factory in Australia.

At this time, Arthur, Benz and Diesel were already looking forward to it in the automobile factory. While visiting the new inventions of Benz and Diesel, they patiently waited for the final statistical results.

After a long time, the employees of the automobile factory finally interrupted the conversation of the three people, which also meant that the sales data of the first week of Benz One was finally summarized.

Arthur was the first to get the data, and naturally he flipped through it without hesitation.

Benz One's global simultaneous sales this time have a total of nine sales outlets in the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Australia, with a total of 32,000 pre-production cars.

The sales of the nine sales outlets were good and bad, but generally speaking, they were already good.

The sales outlet with the largest number of cars sold in the previous week was the sales outlet in New York, USA.

This sales point also has the most pre-production cars. Most of the cars produced by the Benz car factory in Australia are shipped to the United States and sold at sales points in the United States.

The sales point in New York, USA, did not disappoint, and achieved a good result of 630 cars in the first week.

The second sales point is the sales point in London, the United Kingdom. The number of cars sold in the United Kingdom is almost the same as that in the United States, reaching just over 600.

Next is the sales point in Berlin, the capital of the German Empire, where the Germans contributed 520 cars to Benz One.

France followed closely behind, with sales of nearly 400 cars.

The sales of the remaining Austro-Hungarian Empire, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia and Spain are not too high, and the sales share of these countries combined just exceeds that of the United States.

Globally, the sales of Benz One in the first week reached 2,700, which has become one of the models with the largest number of car sales.

Yes, the sales of only 2,700 are enough to make Benz One one of the models with the largest number of car sales, which is also the biggest dilemma and problem faced by the automobile market before.

"Your Highness, we succeeded!" Benz and Diesel also saw the completed statistical data one after another, and said to Arthur with joy.

The reason why they were willing to travel thousands of miles from Germany to Australia was that they wanted to rely on the large amount of research funds that Arthur promised to give them, to make their own efforts in the automobile and engine business, and to make their own mark on the entire industry.

As of now, they have succeeded in the first step. Benz One has already made a name for itself in the automobile market, and it is just around the corner to become the world's best-selling car.

"Well, it's well done, Mr. Benz, Mr. Diesel. The first week is just to open up the market for Benz One and the entire automobile industry. I believe our car sales will get higher and higher. I will fulfill my promise. This time, 10% of the income of the car factory and the engine factory belongs to you." Arthur nodded and said with a smile.

Although the sales in the first week did not seem to be that much, it was actually a lot of income.

According to the current production costs of major factories, the profit of a car is about 40 to 50 pounds.

Although it is not possible to control the production cost and profit at about 1:1 like the Australian factory, it is already a very exaggerated number.

The sales volume of 2,700 in the first week means at least 120,000 pounds of net profit. Although this profit needs to be shared with British and German partners, Benz's car factory can at least get 50,000 to 60,000 pounds of net profit.

The profit of one week is 50,000 to 60,000 pounds, and the profit of one month is at least 200,000 pounds. The profit of one year is more than 2.4 million pounds.

This is not a small number, even enough to launch two Brunswick-class battleships.

What's more, the sales volume in the first week must be less than that in the future, because a large number of people who are already interested are still waiting and waiting for the actions of those who have already bought the car.

If they get good feedback, they will turn their interest into action and become users of Benz One.

The length of time varies, but it will take at least several weeks or even months.

This also means that in the automotive industry, there are still a lot of markets waiting for Benz One to explore, and the market and sales volume revealed now are just the tip of the iceberg.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Benz and Diesel hurriedly saluted to thank them.

One-tenth of the share is also a large income for them, and this money accumulated is enough to make them world-class millionaires.

Although research is more important than anything else in their eyes, who would refuse free income without hindering research?

"Since the sales of Benz One meet expectations, it's time to develop a new series of cars next." Arthur smiled mysteriously, took a blueprint from the guard's hand, and handed it to the two.

"Your Highness, what is this?" The two took the blueprint and were immediately attracted by the appearance of the car drawn on the blueprint.

This is a design completely different from the current cars. The rear half of the car body is a huge compartment, which also means that the purpose of the new series of cars is to carry goods rather than people.

"This is my whim. The carriage can carry both people and goods, so why can't our cars? This blueprint is my idea. See if there is any hope to realize it and produce it initially." Arthur said with a smile.

Today's cars are just small passenger cars, and large cargo cars have not yet been born.

Of course, this is also because the current car engines and car technologies are not mature.

Even small passenger cars cannot be fully commercialized, let alone large cargo cars that test stability more.

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