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Automotive News & Views Dude, where did all the dealerships go?
653 messages, Last post on Nov 14, 2009 at 6:23 PM
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The news had a picture of the Port of LA harbor. The lots were full of cars, imported, and they were not moving. It was either NBC or CBS I don't remember which. The did a brief special on the problem. The largest premium foreign car dealer in Orange county just closed. There are more than domestic dealers taking a hit. he OC register said: "At least nine Orange County auto dealers – selling Chevrolets, Chryslers, Dodges, Nissans, Saturns and other brands – have closed since January, brought down by sluggish sales and tight credit." It isn't likely to get better anytime soon and I wouldn't be surprised if more dealerships close. But the used car market should blossom.
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Replying to: boaz47 (Nov 21, 2008 6:16 pm)  Imported vehicles piling up at ports of entry
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to see a few Priuses in that lot- aren't those selling well, despite the slump? I would think that Toyota would want to get those Priuses out of the port and into dealers...
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Replying to: jchan2 (Nov 21, 2008 8:02 pm) |
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 21, 2008 6:31 pm) |
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Replying to: boaz47 (Nov 21, 2008 10:08 pm) I'm sure they are well protected with Cosmoline.  Every tire is probably pumped up to 60 psi too.
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 21, 2008 10:40 pm) Hahaha. They do put a plastic cover of some kind on the hood and trunk I believe. But the roof is pretty much unprotected. We used to live in the area and the air is a killer on paint jobs. After a week you would have thought we had been off road in our car. I used to wash my car at least once a week. But it is a strange site to see those lots so full. The article pretty much indicates that the manufacturers are trying to rent space form the container yards. US lines, Matson, Meserk, Sea Train are all down there. There is just no space to store all of those cars and the dealers don't want them. Like the one truck driver said they can't even take them out of state because those dealers no longer want them.
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Replying to: boaz47 (Nov 22, 2008 7:38 am) in the detroit area, it seemed like every available previously open lot was filled with chryslers. |
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Replying to: boaz47 (Nov 22, 2008 7:38 am) Stick some T-111 siding on the containers and you can sell every car complete with its own garage. |
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Replying to: boaz47 (Nov 21, 2008 10:08 pm) Honda and Toyota are both running extra incentive programs right now that are unusual in their timing (Honda in particular is usually as regular as clockwork). I wonder if it is helping their dealers at all. Will GM be able to continue doing the same thing for its dealers if the money doesn't come through from Congress in December? I wish there were an easy way to look up the mix of import vs domestic dealers that are disappearing. We lost our Nissan dealer in my county about two years ago, another one that just went in the middle of the night. But the one in the next county over actually ended up expanding his business as a result. Aside from that, I can't think of any import dealers we have lost locally.
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