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Re: Cadillac...and others [tommyg12]
by snakeweasel
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Jan 21, 2007 (7:08 am)
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Replying to: tommyg12 (Jan 21, 2007 5:09 am)
Not sure about your neck of the woods but here in the Chicago area I cannot think of a Cadillac dealer that is not a stand alone dealership with its own service area. Their show rooms are very nice on par with any other luxury dealership and better than most low and mid level car dealerships.
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Re: Cadillac...and others [tommyg12]
by 62vetteefp
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Jan 21, 2007 (9:57 am)
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Replying to: tommyg12 (Jan 21, 2007 5:09 am)
Cadillac is not dualed with Chevrolet anywhere that I know of except in small towns out in the country and service large areas. Are you in a small town? Seems strange.
Cadillac normally, if dualed, are with Saab and/or Hummer.
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Re: Cadillac...and others [62vetteefp]
by sls002
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Jan 21, 2007 (10:11 am)
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Jan 21, 2007 9:57 am)
Here, the largest town for 300 miles in any direction, over 50,000 in the city limits, 100,000 or so around and in the city, has had a Cadillac_Oldsmobile dealership for a very long time. The other dealer within a 100 miles was also an Oldsmobile_Cadillac dealer. After Olds was discontinued (flopped?), the dealership aquired the Pontiac_Buick dealership and moved their GMC line their. However, GM/Cadillac required that the Cadillac line be moved to the Chevy dealer, where is is now. The other dealer is continuing on with Cadillac_GMC.
Checking on the Cadillac dealers more than 100 miles away, but still within 200 or so miles, reveals most of them as full line dealers, that is not only Chevy, but also Buick and Pontiac as well as GMC.
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Re: Cadillac...and others [62vetteefp]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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Jan 21, 2007 (10:44 am)
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Jan 21, 2007 9:57 am)
Hmmm...I beg to differ on that.
Chevy-Cadillac is quite common here in California. Just two off the top of my head, in large metro areas are Stewart Cad/Chevy in Colma (Burlingame near San Francisco) and Graham Cad/Chevy in Santa Barbara. We also have Cadillac/Mazda (BIG dealer) in Santa Cruz.
If you google these two keywords "cadillac chevrolet" you will get pages and pages of Cadillac--Chevy duals.
The two dealers I mentioned follow the pattern someone else noticed...large Chevy showrooms and smaller separate Cadillac showrooms...which is probably a good idea. But the service areas are the same of course.
interestingly, the Mazda dealer has Caddies and Mazdas side by side.
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by fintail
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Jan 21, 2007 (10:50 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 21, 2007 10:44 am)
My local dealer is Caddy/Buick/Pontiac/GMC
The smaller town where my mom lives had a Caddy/Olds/Buick/GMC/Honda, but then it changed hands and is soley Honda...I dunno if the Caddy went to the Chevy dealer (who also owns the Ford franchise) or if it just vanished altogether.
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Re: . [fintail]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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Jan 21, 2007 (10:52 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 21, 2007 10:50 am)
It would be interesting to know what regions/cities are Cadillac's biggest sellers. I know San Francisco isn't, because I never see these cars very much in the Bay Area and the dealers all look a bit forelorn. I bet Florida, Vegas, San Diego, Palm Desert, Detroit, etc. Retirement strongholds.
But you know, I don't really know.
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Re: Cadillac...and others [Mr_Shiftright]
by louiswei
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Jan 21, 2007 (10:53 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 21, 2007 10:44 am)
In Atlanta Caddy has stand-alone dealership.
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Re: Cadillac...and others [louiswei]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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Jan 21, 2007 (10:57 am)
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Replying to: louiswei (Jan 21, 2007 10:53 am)
I'm sure there are some cities that could support a stand-alone Cadillac dealership no problem. It would be a tough row to hoe where I live....unless of course the stand-alone is a factory-owned store and they are supporting the rent just to have presence on a prestige auto row. It's like spending money on advertising. The big dealer in SF proper is Ellis Brooks and he sells the whole GM range, including trucks.
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Re: . [Mr_Shiftright]
by fintail
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Jan 21, 2007 (11:17 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 21, 2007 10:52 am)
It aint Seattle, I know that. Although the Caddy dealers here don't have any bad reps that I know of, anyway.
Luckily this place doesn't sell Caddy
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Re: . [fintail]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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Jan 21, 2007 (11:41 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 21, 2007 11:17 am)
I think whichever Cadillac dealers are selling the most SUVs are the ones prospering--that seems to be Cadillac's sweet spot right now---the trucks.
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