floor plan
When a dealership buys cars from the manufacturer, they often borrow money to pay for them. The longer those cars sit on the lot, the more interest they have to pay on that borrowed money.
A financing arrangement where a dealership borrows money to purchase inventory from manufacturers, paying interest on the value of vehicles that remain unsold.
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"...the floor plan charges are going to be astronomical. And that is something that they just can't afford."
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"we don't write them a check for three, four hundred grand for all the cars on the truck. We floor plan it. It could be with Ford credit."
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"during COVID, you were printing money on floor plan [269.8s] because you would get him paid, but you would not paint it out."
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