Chapter 191 Profit from Cars

Although it was the first time for Theodor Kober and Ludwig Duerr to hear the detailed divisions between reconnaissance aircraft, fighters and bombers, they felt that such names were reasonable and could reflect the uses of specific types of aircraft. .

During the conversation between the three people, Australia's three future aircraft types and names have been basically determined. The reconnaissance aircraft will be codenamed Eagle series, the fighter jets will be codenamed Wild Tiger series, and the bombers will be called Phantoms.

However, in order to specifically realize the design and construction of the three aircraft, we must not only rely on the capabilities of the experts at the aviation laboratory, but also rely on the engine expert Diesel, as well as the improvement of the airborne heavy machine gun and the design of the artillery shells carried by the military factory.

After these are completely completed, there is hope for the birth of reconnaissance aircraft, fighters and bombers.

In fact, this is very similar to the Dreadnought. Arthur knows how huge the Dreadnought has changed the warship industry, but before all aspects of technology related to the Dreadnought are updated, he wants to rely on Australia's strength to realize the Dreadnought. The construction of is impossible.

After giving sufficient research funds and time to Theodor Korbel and Devich Duer, Arthur left the Aeronautical Laboratory.

The next aircraft research plan is an important task for the aviation laboratory and arsenal. Arthur will not disturb them for the time being until some breakthrough progress is made.

Arthur's next stop was still in an industrial area, at Benz's car factory.

More than a year has passed since the first car of Benz Automobile Factory, Benz One, was officially launched.

As an epoch-making product in the automobile industry, the achievements of Benz One are comparable to those of the Model T car in history.

Because it united German and British nobles and was sold simultaneously in major countries around the world, the achievements of this car are even higher.

Arthur didn't often pay attention to the sales of Benz's car because he also knew that the sales of this car were destined to set a record.

Instead of looking forward to the final sales volume of the car, it is better to look forward to the actual sales and profits of the car.

But the actual profits of Benz Automobile Factory still surprised Arthur.

From the release date of February 17, 1903, one year and five months have passed so far.

In the past year and a half, Benz One has also undergone many large and small improvements, and has become more and more excellent in terms of performance, safety and cost-effectiveness.

Of course, this is also Arthur's repeated request. Historically, because the performance of the Model T was too good, Ford was too slack and did not make further improvements to the Model T, which resulted in it being surpassed by other car companies.

Such problems should naturally be avoided as early as possible. Benz Automobile Factory is also one of the most active companies in improving automobile problems.

In the past year and a half, Benz One has improved many large and small issues, including the installation of seat belts, etc., to further improve the safety of drivers and passengers.

For those cars that have already left the factory but do not have seat belts, Benz Automobile Factory has adopted a consistent attitude of providing free installation services.

Old Benz One can be installed with new technologies and equipment for free, ensuring that all cars produced by Benz Automobile Factory have the same technology and equipment.

This move also attracted the favor of many users. Even within a week of this measure being promulgated, Benz One’s global sales were much higher.

It is worth mentioning that Benz Automobile Factory chose to make the seat belt technology public and provide it to every automobile factory for free.

Although this caused the Benz Automobile Factory to lose a certain amount of profits, it also won the favor of many passers-by and automobile manufacturers. At least Benz One is currently the only one and has not caused public outrage.

For the world automobile market, 1903 and 1904 were two years of extreme expansion.

Prior to this, that is, in the entire year of 1902, the total number of automobile sales worldwide was only a little over 10,000, of which Europe contributed more than 6,000, and the vast majority of the rest were also in the United States.

But since 1903, automobile production and sales have increased nearly thirty times. In 1903 alone, the total production of Benz Automobile Factory and three cooperative automobile factories exceeded 400,000 vehicles. Sales volume also reached nearly 320,000 units.

Although this year was a year of market development, the actual sales volume was also an extremely astonishing figure.

Among them, the main plant of Benz Automobile Factory, which is the factory in Australia, produced more than 63,000 cars in total, and the remaining nearly 340,000 cars were produced in the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States. .

Because sales points are all over the world, there is no need to worry about slow sales. As for the specific sales market share, it is up to the UK and Germany to fight for it.

The sales figures entering 1ne are even more exaggerated. Although only more than six months have passed in 1904, the total sales volume has reached nearly 300,000 vehicles, almost tying the total sales volume of the previous year.

In order to ensure that their factories account for the major sales markets, the four major Benz Automotive factories have also begun to increase production.

Australia's Benz Automobile Factory has produced nearly 50,000 cars in the first half of 1904, almost doubling the production volume in the previous year.

This is nothing. The expansion of factories in Britain, Germany and the United States is the highlight.

If the production capacity of the three major factories in 1903 was basically maintained at around 90,000 vehicles, then this year's German and American factories have already achieved overtaking in corners, and their estimated annual production volumes have exceeded 150,000 and 180,000 vehicles respectively. .

It is precisely because of the crazy expansion of German factories and American factories that in 1904, the total production volume of Benz's four major automobile factories was expected to reach about 600,000 vehicles.

Of course, this is not a blind expansion of automobile factories. Judging from the sales results in the past six months, the sales volume of Benz One throughout 1904 will remain at least around 600,000 units, which is exactly in balance with the production volume.

With the crazy expansion of the automobile market, the large sales of Benz One also brought a lot of profits to Benz Automobile Factory and Arthur.

So far, Benz One has sold a total of 623,146 units, with total sales of 93,471,900 pounds, which is not too far away from 100 million pounds.

Although this is the total sales of the four major factories in one and a half years, it cannot be denied that the automotive industry has already shown huge potential.

As long as it is not affected by the war, the automobile market will continue to grow, and the revenue and profits it brings will definitely increase.

At present, the profit of each Mercedes-Benz car can reach about 60 to 70 pounds.

Especially for cars produced in Australian factories, profits have been able to basically remain above seventy pounds.

Although half of the profits will be shared by car factories in the UK and Germany, half of the profits is also a large amount of income. Without the support of these local nobles, the development of the Benz Automobile Factory would not have been so smooth.

The 113,000 cars sold by the Mercedes-Benz Automobile Factory brought a profit of more than 7 million pounds to the Benz Automobile Factory.

Not to mention that the total profits of other manufacturers combined were nearly 31 million pounds, and Benz Automobile Factory was also able to share more than 18 million pounds.

Of course, the reason why there are so many divisions is that in addition to half of the profits of the British and German car factories, the fact that no one else is involved in the American car factory is also a very important reason.

Although the profit of each car produced by American automobile factories is only over 50 pounds, the sales volume is the largest among all countries because of its advanced development.

Adding this 18 million pounds to the car factory's own sales of more than 7 million pounds, the revenue in this year and a half has exceeded 25 million pounds.

Arthur owns 90% of the shares of Benz Automobile Factory, and the royal consortium owned by him will receive 90% of the 25 million pounds, which is 22.5 million pounds.

Of course, tax expenditure is also an aspect that cannot be ignored. Although Australia's taxes are like a left hand to a right hand for Arthur, they cannot be careless or ignored.

However, after Arthur's tax cuts, Australia's various miscellaneous taxes compared to the UK have actually disappeared. For automobile manufacturers, the biggest tax is income tax, which is about 11%.

The royal family's income requires about 2.47 million in taxes, and the after-tax income is less than 20 million pounds.

Don't underestimate this income. Since arriving in Australia, Arthur's various expenses have not been so much in total. Of course, this is without a £100 million loan to the government.

Investing in the Benz Automobile Factory not only allowed Arthur to make back all his expenses over the years, but even made a profit.

The current total assets of the current royal consortium still reach a huge 250 million pounds, excluding the royal banks, military factories, shipyards and some factories built over the years, as well as some factories invested.

In addition to the 100 million pounds lent to the Australian government, Arthur currently has hundreds of millions of pounds of funds, all of which are prepared for future layout.

If you include those miscellaneous factories, the total value of the royal consortium is even as high as more than 300 million pounds.

If there is any ranking list in this era, then Arthur and the royal consortium he owns will definitely be on the list.

What's more, for a country's absolute monarch, the funds in hand do not represent the monarch's wealth.

Especially for a monarch like Arthur, all of Australia was Arthur's property as long as all rights remained in his hands.

How much money is Australia worth? Uncountable, indescribable.

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