Goodweek Tires, Inc. After extensive research and development, Goodweek Tires, Inc., has recently developed a new tire, the SuperTread, and must decide whether to make the investment necessary to produce and market it. The tire would be ideal for drivers doing a large amount of wet weather and off-road driving in addition to normal freeway usage. The research and development costs so far have totaled about $10 million. The SuperTread would be put on the market beginning this vear, and Goodweek expects it to stay on the market for a total of four years. Test marketing costing S5 million has shown that there is a significant market for a SuperTread-tpe tire As a financial analyst at Goodweek Tires, you have been asked by your CFO, Adam Smith, to evaluate the SuperTread project and provide a recommendation on whether to go ahead with the investment. Except for the initial investment that will occur immeditel, assume all cash flows will occur at vear-end. Goodweek must initially invest $160 million in production equipment to make the SuperTread. This equipment can be sold for $65 million at the end of four vears, Goodweek intends to sell the SuperTread to two distinct markets 1. The original equipment manufacturer (OEM) market: The OEM market consists primarily of the large automobile companies (like General Motors) that buy tires for new cars. In the OEM market, the SuperTread is expected to sell for $41 per tire. The variable cost to produce each tire is $29 2 The replacement market: The replacement market consists of all tires purchased after the automobile has left the factory. This market allows higher margins; Goodweek expects to sell the SuperTread for $62 per tire there. Variable costs are the same as in the OEM market Goodweek Tires intends to raise prices at 1 percent above the inflation rate; variable costs also will increase at 1 percent above the inflation rate. In addition, the SuperTread project wilf incur $43 million in marketing and general administration costs the first year. This cost is expected to increase at the inflatin rate in the subsequent years Goodweek's corporate tax rate is 23 percent. Annual inflation is expected to remain constant at 3.25 percent. The company uses a 13.4 percent discount rate to evaluate new product decisions. Automotive industry analysts expect automobile manufacturers to produce 6.2 million new cars this year and for production to grow at 2.5 percent per year thereafter. Each new car needs four tires (the spare tires are undersized and are in' a different category). Goodweek Tires expects the SuperTread to capture 11 percent of the OEM market Industry analvsts estimate that the replacement tire market size will be 32 million tires this year and that it will grow at 2 percent a Goodweek expects y. e SuperTread t depreciation schedu ap n 8 perc e 7-year MACRS depre edule. Th edia l working capit The approp requirement is $9 million. Thereafter di et working capital requ ect nts will be 15 percent of sales. What are the NPV, payback period ted payback period, IRR, and PI s pl Goodweek Tires, Inc. After extensive research and development, Goodweek Tires, Inc., has recently developed a new tire, the SuperTread, and must decide whether to make the investment necessary to produce and market it. The tire would be ideal for drivers doing a large amount of wet weather and off-road driving in addition to normal freeway usage. The research and development costs so far have totaled about $10 million. The SuperTread would be put on the market beginning this vear, and Goodweek expects it to stay on the market for a total of four years. Test marketing costing S5 million has shown that there is a significant market for a SuperTread-tpe tire As a financial analyst at Goodweek Tires, you have been asked by your CFO, Adam Smith, to evaluate the SuperTread project and provide a recommendation on whether to go ahead with the investment. Except for the initial investment that will occur immeditel, assume all cash flows will occur at vear-end. Goodweek must initially invest $160 million in production equipment to make the SuperTread. This equipment can be sold for $65 million at the end of four vears, Goodweek intends to sell the SuperTread to two distinct markets 1. The original equipment manufacturer (OEM) market: The OEM market consists primarily of the large automobile companies (like General Motors) that buy tires for new cars. In the OEM market, the SuperTread is expected to sell for $41 per tire. The variable cost to produce each tire is $29 2 The replacement market: The replacement market consists of all tires purchased after the automobile has left the factory. This market allows higher margins; Goodweek expects to sell the SuperTread for $62 per tire there. Variable costs are the same as in the OEM market Goodweek Tires intends to raise prices at 1 percent above the inflation rate; variable costs also will increase at 1 percent above the inflation rate. In addition, the SuperTread project wilf incur $43 million in marketing and general administration costs the first year. This cost is expected to increase at the inflatin rate in the subsequent years Goodweek's corporate tax rate is 23 percent. Annual inflation is expected to remain constant at 3.25 percent. The company uses a 13.4 percent discount rate to evaluate new product decisions. Automotive industry analysts expect automobile manufacturers to produce 6.2 million new cars this year and for production to grow at 2.5 percent per year thereafter. Each new car needs four tires (the spare tires are undersized and are in' a different category). Goodweek Tires expects the SuperTread to capture 11 percent of the OEM market Industry analvsts estimate that the replacement tire market size will be 32 million tires this year and that it will grow at 2 percent a Goodweek expects y. e SuperTread t depreciation schedu ap n 8 perc e 7-year MACRS depre edule. Th edia l working capit The approp requirement is $9 million. Thereafter di et working capital requ ect nts will be 15 percent of sales. What are the NPV, payback period ted payback period, IRR, and PI s pl