Mercedes-Benz, Superdealer

This is most definitely the way forward.

Dori A Schmetterl> The new Mercedes-Benz 'showroom' at Brooklands in southern England is

complex will

exhibit cars

instructor, to

appears to

mega-dealership.

circuit in

sophistication of

mega-dealership. The

dealer.

exemption

stimulated.

Automotive

unimaginable to

desperate

Brooklands."

Brooklands and

between

Test tracks? Oh my...

With amenities like that I suspect that many customers will be willing to travel significant distances to patronize these superdealers.

Of course we will not get them in the USA. Anti-Trust laws or something dumb like that.

Of course if the cars are crap, it probably won't help much...

Why? Do they control more than 2% of the means of production?

Here in Canada MB owns the big Toronto dealer. And we have almost identical anti-trust laws.

I do not know the exact reason. I thought it had to do with well organized dealer lobbying.

I do not think there is a single USA MB dealership owned by DC.

Of course this could be because the dealers provide such superior service that MB does not wish to rock the spaceship.

Definitely the future way of selling and servicing automotive products. The UK isn't burdened with the US style "franchise system" (of independent, usually family owned, dealers) which itself is slowly being replaced by corporate mega dealers that have hundreds of stores selling multiple auto brands.

Let's face it guys, cars are just another retail product, they just cost more than a big screen TV!