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#29842 of 32000 Re: I have a Jetta loaner car... [busiris] by andres3

Dec 28, 2012 (12:22 pm)

Replying to: busiris (Dec 28, 2012 10:40 am)
First, chains fail, just like belts. I know first hand of a company Explorer/Escape where the chain failed at about 95,000 miles.

#29843 of 32000 Re: Chevrolet stores [xrunner2] by ateixeira

Dec 28, 2012 (12:25 pm)

Replying to: xrunner2 (Dec 28, 2012 12:12 pm)
Check out this chart, which shows current inventory and also sales per dealer:
 
http://www.autonews.com/article/20121213/DATACENTER/121219936/u-s-car-and-light-- truck-inventories-on-dec-1
 
Chevy sold 42 vehicles per dealer in Nov 2012, most of them trucks. Compare to Toyota at 112 vehicles per dealer, or Honda at 101.
 
Is innovation really so bad?
 
We have low sales per dealer, so let's make sure ALL dealers have low sales, and keep it that way, dag-nabbit!
 
Only Dodge and GMC are worse among volume brands.

#29844 of 32000 Re: Chevrolet stores [ateixeira] by bpizzuti

Dec 28, 2012 (12:29 pm)

Replying to: ateixeira (Dec 28, 2012 12:25 pm)
They need to figure out how to close down the excess dealerships. Granted that's not easy given franchise laws but friendly fire has always been one of GM's major problems: they need to stop competing with all the other local GM dealers and start competing with the competition, which is generally smart enough to not have so many dealers that they're competing with one another.

#29845 of 32000 Re: Chevrolet stores [bpizzuti] by ateixeira

Dec 28, 2012 (12:36 pm)

Replying to: bpizzuti (Dec 28, 2012 12:29 pm)
How can you sustain a franchise selling about 1 car a day?
 
Seriously.
 
One franchise has an innovative idea and they squash it.

#29847 of 32000 Re: Chevrolet stores [ateixeira] by bpizzuti

Dec 28, 2012 (12:52 pm)

Replying to: ateixeira (Dec 28, 2012 12:36 pm)
How can you sustain a franchise selling about 1 car a day?
 
I don't know, I haven't been to a Suzuki or Mitsu dealer lately.
 
Seriously, you're right. But how do you get around the protective franchise laws?

#29848 of 32000 Re: I have a Jetta loaner car... [andres3] by busiris

Dec 28, 2012 (12:54 pm)

Replying to: andres3 (Dec 28, 2012 12:22 pm)
... chains fail, just like belts. I know first hand of a company Explorer/Escape where the chain failed at about 95,000 miles.
 
Sure they do, just not nearly as often, and typically a chain's lifetime is many more miles than a belt.
 
Anything mechanical will eventually break, given enough usage and time.
 
You'll read far more horror stories about broken belts than broken chains...

#29849 of 32000 Re: Chevrolet stores [uplanderguy] by ateixeira

Dec 28, 2012 (12:55 pm)

Well, I think most Chevy dealers are Chevy/Buick/Subaru or Chevy/Cadillac/Kia, so combined sales keep them alive.
 
Still, nowadays each brand has its own entrance and space, at least. It's a pretty big investment to change that facade just to sell Chevys.
 
If I were the franchise owner I'd have called up Jeep and said "I have the perfect showroom to sell Grand Cherokees".

#29850 of 32000 Re: Chevy Dealer story [bpizzuti] by robr2

Dec 28, 2012 (12:57 pm)

Replying to: bpizzuti (Dec 28, 2012 11:39 am)
All manufacturers allow for flexibility. They don't insist that all buildings look exactly the same. What they do ask for is a certain look and feel. A building that looks like a Bass Pro Shop is stretching (pardon the pun) the idea of flexibility.
 
Look at Toyota. Every one I have ever seen is painted white with red accents. Some might have glass or aluminum trim, be boxy or contemporary, et al. But every single one I can recall is white with red. That's all the Chevy is looking for from it's dealers.

#29851 of 32000 Re: Chevrolet stores [bpizzuti] by ateixeira

Dec 28, 2012 (12:58 pm)

Replying to: bpizzuti (Dec 28, 2012 12:52 pm)
haven't been to a Suzuki or Mitsu dealer lately
 
Those are hurting bad....
 
The only Suzuki dealer around shares a show room with Dodge.
 
The stand-alone Mitsu dealer closed, Kia replaced them. The GMC dealer down the street sells Mitsu on the side.
 
Zook is on the way out and Mitsu may not be far behind. Anyone else notice they have more than a year's supply of the i EV?

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