11-01-2014, 02:02 PM
As per request, I made an AAR for a Luxury car company starting in 1900 on Hard.
Also I attempted not to game the game. Took a few tries to become profitable, but I managed to do it. First few tries I HQ'd in Jacksonville, USA. This resulted in failure. The game that worked was my 6th attempt! Here's the breakdown:
Also I attempted not to game the game. Took a few tries to become profitable, but I managed to do it. First few tries I HQ'd in Jacksonville, USA. This resulted in failure. The game that worked was my 6th attempt! Here's the breakdown:
- Started Company in Baltimore
- Closed Baltimore Branch
- IPO'd company, sold off 45% of the shares I retained, and took out a 500k loan. Thus leaving me with $2.1 million in cash.
- Designed Chassis, engine, and gearbox
- Allowed designs to be licensed.
- Designed Luxury Sedan: Divine
- Opened branches in Philadelphia and New York.
- Bounced Prices between 1700-2200
- Over produced 100 units. Cut production completely.
- With 900k in cash remaining, and 28 months left on my loan, I pay it off early to avoid interest.
- Sold low volume units (3-8 per month) while more competition enters the market.
- Licensed chassis revenues out pace vehicle sales.
- Profits for a few months, Chassis revenues fall, new engine revenues open up.
- Look to develop engine for Indian Army and Korean Airforce. Unable to meet specifications for both at the same time. I don't approve project.
- 12/1902 Engine, Chassis and Vehicle revenues increase. Profitable month! Vehicle reserves down to 39.
- 1903 sees increase competition in the Luxury market. Playing on hard is not helping me compete against the AI...
- Started a new chassis design using modern technologies. While the C-2 is low end because it is using ladder frames instead of Horse Carriages, it should perform just as well if not better than our C-1 (which was middle-upper end)
- New 440k loan taken out. The plan is to develop new chassis and a new luxury sedan to dilute the market and hopefully push some of my competition out of business.
- C-2 set for licensing. New Trim of Divine started.
- 1904 Global Reserves of Divine run out, start both Divine and Divine L production.
- Sales are steady, although I am still bleeding 10k a turn. Buy 1500 shares of Eisenwerk. 273k left in cash.
- Built up a big supply of Divines, cut production and will sell through the remaining models before ending production.
- Rising incomes and good management brings me to making 20k a turn by 1905...
- Divine is still selling decent enough to attempt another production run for 1906.
- 12/1905 Chassis and Engine revenues dry up completely. Heavy 22k loss for the month.
- High development costs brings back some Chassis and Engine Revenues. However I do really need to design a new engine, but can not due to the poor economy, rising prices, and low cash reserves I have.
- 1907 rolls around, still with the same two models, and remaining flat as far as revenues, I really need to make a new engine and vehicle.
- I am able to secure 197k loan, but at an extra 1% interest rate, I design a new Straight 3 1L motor. It's not much better than my original Straight 2, but meh, it's 1907!
- New engine design up for licenses.
- Started production of the latest Divine model. Cut production of the 1900 Divine, so I can sell through reserves by the time the 1907 Divine comes out.
- 1907 Divine launched, less than 85k In cash.
- 1907 Divine does extremely well, 400% gain in stock price in less than a year.
- Cash buy back of our stocks, buy back 99% of the company, 16k in cash left.
- Sold off shares of Esienwerk, net loss 70k (should of sold it when I was up 30k!)
- 2/1908 Divine L get a price cut. New Chassis, Engine, and Gearbox are put into development. (All better than average designs)
- Over spent in RnD, sold off some shares of my company, allowed licensing for all new components.
- Built up cash reserves
- 1910 start development of new Divine L
- My plan on diluting the market of Luxury Sedans worked. Going from 4 companies in New York to just 2. Assuming it stays like this I should limit my self to 1 model to prevent competition with my self. Time to move into other segments, after 1910 Divine L is finished I will work on a limo.
- Company is now in the red, 1910 Divine L ready for launch. Sold off 17% more of the company to fund 1910 Divine L launch.
- 1903 Divine L production ended.
- 2/1911 expanding into Chicago
- Building up reserves of the Divine L
- 1/1912, time for me to pause for a bit.
