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亨利·福特:我的生活与工作·补录 69

亨利·福特《我的生活与工作》· My Life and Work · 领导

Some said it was because we had not brought out new models. I thought it was because our cars were too expensive--they did not appeal to the 95 per cent. I changed the policy in the next year--having first acquired stock control. For 1906-1907 we entirely left off making touring cars and made three models of runabouts and roadsters, none of which differed materially from the other in manufacturing process or in component parts, but were somewhat different in appearance. The big thing was that the cheapest car sold for $600 and the most expensive for only $750, and right there came the complete demonstration of what price meant. We sold 8,423 cars--nearly five times as many as in our biggest previous year. Our banner week was that of May 15, 1908, when we assembled 311 cars in six working days. It almost swamped our facilities. The foreman had a tallyboard on which he chalked up each car as it was finished and turned over to the testers. The tallyboard was hardly equal to the task. On one day in the following June we assembled an even one hundred cars.

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定位:Additional excerpt 69 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

面对销量下滑,有人怪没出新车型,福特却认为根本原因是车太贵,没打动95%的普通人。他改变策略:1906—1907年停做旅行车,只产三款轻便车,制造工艺和零件基本相同,只是外观略有差异,最便宜卖600美元、最贵750美元。结果卖出8423辆,是此前最好年份的近五倍。核心是:价格才是大众市场的关键杠杆。可执行的做法是:简化产品线、共用零件降成本,把价格打到目标人群够得着的位置。

上下文

福特在自传中讲述1906—1907年公司转向低价策略,为后来T型车的成功埋下伏笔。

今日一问

你的定价,是照着成本算的,还是照着目标用户的钱包算的?

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