Tangled up in 'Vitamin C'
10-28-2008, 08:12 PM
.....the auto industry as we know it is gone for ever
...no more will we ba able to visit our local dealers and negotiate the best sale prices, choose from the latest selections or get our car serviced locally...many small town dealers are already gone and there will be a major exodus within the next few years ...our small town once had three Chrysler dealers, one Ford and one GM, now we have one Chrysler dealer hanging on by a thread after 100 years in business...neighboring towns have suffered the same loss of dealers sales and services
...in a few years, we will buy our cars online for set prices, paid in full at the time the car is ordered, , no discounts, no employee pricing, no salesman commission involved...a few cars will be on display at a small dealership showroom, but not for sale(no inventory)...when the ordered car is delivered to a "depot" at the closest large city, you will wait in line to pick up your car and hope it never needs any future repairs, because there will only be a few authorized warranty service dealers in your state and your service delay will be compounded by the fact you must deal with a telephone representative in another country, "for your convenience, we have installed an automated phone system, if you speak Spanish, press 1, if you speak French, press 2, if you speak English, press 3, if you speak Swahili press 4, if you speak .....blah, blah, blah"...the American consumer has seen the end of the good old days in the auto industry....betcha
...they will closely follow the path forged by the tobacco companies, the soft drink companies etc etc.....no people, no product support and no service
...no more will we ba able to visit our local dealers and negotiate the best sale prices, choose from the latest selections or get our car serviced locally...many small town dealers are already gone and there will be a major exodus within the next few years ...our small town once had three Chrysler dealers, one Ford and one GM, now we have one Chrysler dealer hanging on by a thread after 100 years in business...neighboring towns have suffered the same loss of dealers sales and services
...in a few years, we will buy our cars online for set prices, paid in full at the time the car is ordered, , no discounts, no employee pricing, no salesman commission involved...a few cars will be on display at a small dealership showroom, but not for sale(no inventory)...when the ordered car is delivered to a "depot" at the closest large city, you will wait in line to pick up your car and hope it never needs any future repairs, because there will only be a few authorized warranty service dealers in your state and your service delay will be compounded by the fact you must deal with a telephone representative in another country, "for your convenience, we have installed an automated phone system, if you speak Spanish, press 1, if you speak French, press 2, if you speak English, press 3, if you speak Swahili press 4, if you speak .....blah, blah, blah"...the American consumer has seen the end of the good old days in the auto industry....betcha
...they will closely follow the path forged by the tobacco companies, the soft drink companies etc etc.....no people, no product support and no service