A ram raid at a North Queensland car yard will make the delivery wait time for customers even longer and has left a business devastated.
New cars are a scare commodity and now brazen thieves in North Queensland have set their sights on the precious few available.Wait times for new cars now average six monthsThieves used grinders to cut a hole in a fence of a new car holding yard in Mackay on Monday night and then broke into an office key safe, taking 25 sets of keys.
Police said car-related businesses in Mackay, such as sale yards and mechanics, had been targeted in recent weeks.Fewer options, less functionality Motor Traders Association deputy general manager of member services, Marcello Riotto, said the wait time for new cars had pushed out to an average of six months."There's been lockdowns around the world, freight issues with shipping containers being hard to get a hold of and the war in Ukraine have affected the supply chain," he said.Mr Riotto said some new cars were being delivered with fewer features in a bid to speed up the process, leaving customers with fewer choices.
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