[Leica] Joint sales figures for M9 and S2

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Cadillac and Lincoln are not quality automobiles how?


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> From: Joseph Yao <joseph at yao.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:16:34 +0800
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Joint sales figures for M9 and S2
> 
> I am a pretty serious car collector and if I may say so, I would not regard
> Cadillac and Lincoln being in the same league as Lexus.  Like them or not,
> Lexus cars are beautifully built and engineered, but the same cannot be 
> said
> with Cadillac and Lincoln.  While not 'POS', they are far from what I 
> regard
> as 'quality automobiles'.
> 
> Toyotas may be cheap and cheerful but I cannot fault their build quality 
> and
> reliability, at least not the ones built in Japan.
> 
> The Leica S2 has been a success in Asia, especially China.  I cannot source
> enough from our local official Leica distributor and have to ask fellow
> dealers in Europe to meet the shortfall.
> 
> Joseph
> 
> 
> On 19/12/2010 5:41 PM, "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Market success is usually measured against similar products. Thus a 
>> Cadillac
>> would be a market success if it outsells Lincolns and Lexuses even though
>> Chevys and Fords sell in much much larger volume than Cadillacs, and a 
>> Chevy
>> isn't a market success just because it outsells Cadillac, the Chevy has to
>> outsell Ford and Toyota.
>> 
>> Regarding Leica, the S2 will be a market success if it sells well compared
>> to Hasselblad and Mamiya medium format digital systems.
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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