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Automotive News & Views Dude, where did all the dealerships go?
654 messages, Last post on Nov 23, 2009 at 7:56 PM
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Replying to: boaz47 (Mar 11, 2009 3:18 pm) Gee, ya think? |
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Replying to: boaz47 (Mar 11, 2009 3:18 pm) I only suggested that for GM cars, to get our money back from the massive bailout, and it was said in jest! 8 years of aggressively pulling forward sales with massive rebates, discounts, and whatnot sure has a profound effect.....I think the forecasts of 2000 dealers going out of business this year will prove low in the end.
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Replying to: nippononly (Mar 11, 2009 3:30 pm)
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Replying to: boaz47 (Mar 11, 2009 8:22 pm) As for '08s I think Toyota was the only one caught flat-footed there, and they will have to offer $2000+ rebates on leftover '08s, which they are already doing. I think we will see them go well before 1-1-2010. But dealers face a year of cutthroat competition with each other, I would guess. So much for profit margins on new car sales.
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Replying to: boaz47 (Mar 11, 2009 8:22 pm) |
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Replying to: boaz47 (Mar 11, 2009 3:18 pm)
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Replying to: lemko (Mar 12, 2009 5:54 am)  My dealer sells VW too, I thinking of doing that. My trade in might be too low. |
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Replying to: nippononly (Mar 11, 2009 8:31 pm) Motor Intelligence reported in February that Toyota sales were off 35.9 percent in the US. And Europe doesn’t look any better. Nissan was off 33.6 percent as of February. Now with the pictures posted of storage at the end of the year in 08. And with sales flat right now? How will they dump the cars? http://www.businessinsider.com/unsold-cars-around-the-world-2009-2 I say hold off and wait till the prices drop like ripe fruit. In consumers simply hold off till the 2010s hit the market the prices will have to drop. Or the companies will have to make artificial reefs with the left over cars. The cars are being stored in shipping lots and receiving lots, container ships. And the world isn’t buying.
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Replying to: boaz47 (Mar 12, 2009 8:40 am) 
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Replying to: lemko (Mar 12, 2009 9:15 am) I like the idea. But there are no new cars with the drool factor of a GT 500.  Did you ever think you would see that many cars stored at the Nissan test track? And the ones stored close to the shipping docks? Can you imagine a car that has sat in one of those lots for six months in the salt air? How about after a year? we should be able to get a great discount once the 2010s come out. There are still 08s in LA harbor. It will be like gone in 60 seconds.
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