How small or big is your dealer?

ragingfish · Post by **ragingfish** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 1:58 pm

My dealer is one of the very few single-brand dealers left in the country. They sell nuttin but Pontiacs.Was playing with a program called "Keyhole" tonight. Let's you see satellite images of everything...Anyway, here's my dealer: Small, yes! But that's ok...

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ragingfish · Post by **ragingfish** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:04 pm

Now compare that to Dan Tobin from the ohio meet!

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esjones · Post by **esjones** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:47 pm

GM is aggressively trying to combine dealerships into Pontiac/Buick/GMC dealers. I ordered my Vibe through Guyler Buick/Pontiac/GMC, a smaller dealer in Middletown, Ohio. The area's last Pontiac-only dealer in Dayton (Rodgers Pontiac) recently closed and was acquired by Reichard Buick, which is morphing into a Pontiac/Buick/GMC dealer.On the other extreme, I have notice a few times in my travels that there have been small-town dealerships that sold all five of the "traditional" GM brands: Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac.

ragingfish · Post by **ragingfish** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 12:26 am

The only reason GM hasn't harassed my dealer into merging with other brands is because they're consistently tops in sales and service for the region...If it weren't for that, they woulda either combined, or gone under years ago...

rasermon · Post by **rasermon** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 12:31 am

Mike, if you get a chance look up Joseph Pontiac in Fenton Michigan for me.

ragingfish · Post by **ragingfish** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 2:51 am

Unfortunately, that part of Michigan is what they call a "low-resolution" area. I can't get a clear picture of it. This is as good as it gets:

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tnpartsguy · Post by **tnpartsguy** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:47 am

Our Chevy/Buick Store is about the size of everything to the right side of the grass median in the Dan Tobian picture, whereas our GMC/Pontiac-Chrysler/Jeep is about the size of everything to the left side of the median (even though the Chevy store sells more vehicles than the GMC store).BTW, their was a stand-alone Buick dealer in Gallitan TN that made Raging's dealer look huge. They might have had 8~10 new cars, and up to 15 used cars total. GM forced the sale of Baker Buick around 1 and a half ago. There is a stand-alone Buick dealer in Tupelo MS about the size of Raging's.

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