Your new car in under a week: How new build processes will allow you to spec a vehicle on Monday and drive it home on Friday

摘要

You're close to signing up for a new car, loaded with options and spec, and you pop the final question: "So, when can I expect delivery?" Instead of the expected four to six weeks, the salesman replies, "Five days"; that's a unique, factory-fresh new car due on your drive as quickly as a purchase from eBay is delivered by a courier. Science fiction? Not if research by a team of car company engineers, suppliers and academics becomes a practical plan and build cars to stock, even those that claim to build to order," says Glenn Parry, research fellow at Bath University School of Management.