2021 Outlook. Supply and demand causing higher prices and low inventory.

Jan. 19 2021 News By Associates Golf & Utility Vehicles

Happy New  Year! 2021 is already interesting!  I wanted to give you a brief update on what to expect, not just from Associates Golf Car but the golf car industry as a whole. Higher demand, low used inventory, higher prices on accessories and parts, limited new vehicles, longer wait times. Where do I begin. Last year was a banner year for sales of new and used golf carts. With families being home and driving each other crazy (haha) they were looking for fun things to do.  One of them was, "lets buy a golf car" for the kids. All dealers across the country sold record amounts of new and used golf carts. Fast forward to 2021. Demand seems to be about the same as 2020. Hence there is a shortage of used golf carts in the market. What is out there is priced higher then I have ever seen. Ever hear of supply & demand, causing prices to soar, this is a good case of that.  What I am also seeing is record (not in a good record way) lead times for parts and accessories.  We have waited up to 4 months for some of our accessories.    We are told by our battery distributor that there could be a delay of up to 30 weeks lead time.  What does this mean for you? If you have an electric golf car that needs batteries, you may be waiting up to 30 weeks to get batteries!!!  That means 30 weeks of NO GOLF CART for you to use. Imagine being without your golf car all summer long?  Yikes!    Higher prices are also the norm now. We have had across the board price increases on all of our parts and accessories and new vehicles. Unfortunately we have had to raise our rates to reflect these increases. 

Lets talk about new and used golf carts.   With supply of used vehicles limited, we will be concentrating on new car sales this year.    Club Car is continuing to offer 0% financing for 48 months. Why not trade in your used cart & get a new one, there is no better time then now!   We are pre-ordering a record  number of cars, something we have never done, but last year we sold all of our new cars by  mid-June and it took us 4 MONTHS to get our next order.   We are told that EZGO is about 9-10 MONTHS OUT on their production times! THAT IS ALMOST A YEAR!     So, Associates Golf Car is ordering a variety of new cars now, so hopefully we will have plenty of stock to fulfill of all of your needs.  Combined with our new showroom, full of accessories for Club Car vehicles, we should be good to go to service our existing customers, and hopefully plenty of new customers. 

Thank you for listening to me ramble so early this morning. We look forward to seeing you all this winter, spring, summer  & Fall! 

Regards,

Golf Car Annie