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Re: All the dealers in my area are disappearing. Why?
Posted by thegens (more from thegens) on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:25:00
In Reply to: All the dealers in my area are disappearing. Why?, James Bridges [Profile/Gallery]
, Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:59:52
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I don't think it is quite as dire as you state it, but I agree that the Saab dealer network in the Los Angeles area could be stronger.
For the past several years, there have been 3 or 4 dealers in LA county (Pasadena, Sherman Oaks, Santa Monica and awhile ago, Torrance) one in Ventura county (Thousand Oaks -- just across the county line from LA County) and two in Orange County (Santa Ana and Mission Viejo.)
All exist, with the exception of Torrance and Santa Monica. The two Orange County delerships are in common ownership.
When Santa Monica recently closed, a new dealership opened up a couple of miles away in West LA (inexplicably called Saab of Beverly Hills!)
Torrance and Santa Monica were owned by the same family, the same family that owned Simonson Mercedes in Santa Monica. That family sold both their Mercedes and SM Saab dealerships. Around the same time, the Torrance dealership closed. I don't know if the original or new owners closed it.
The Santa Monica Saab dealership was sold to Pendragon, an international operation based in Britain. (Pendragon also operates the Santa Monica Jaguar/Land Rover dealership.) Santa Monica Saab appeared to be doing well; they claimed to be the highest volume Saab dealership in the west.
The word around town is that Pendragon was offered a large amount of money to terminate its lease for the land occupied by the dealership. Pendragon accepted the offer and closed the dealership. When they closed, Martin Cadillac opened Saab of "Beverly Hills" a couple of miles away.
So, we're down one dealership (Torrance) from the recent peak. It would make sense to me if Saab opened a dealership in the Torrance/South Bay area, and another in the Hollywood/Mid-Wilshire area. There are a lot of potential Saab owners in those communities!
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Posts in this Thread:
- All the dealers in my area are disappearing. Why?, James Bridges , Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:59:52
- Saab of SM moved, didn't close, Benji, Tue, 1 Apr 2008 19:58:47
- Re: All the dealers in my area are disappearing. Why?, Alex I, Tue, 1 Apr 2008 08:41:33
- Without casting aspersions on any particular dealer, JBack, Tue, 1 Apr 2008 07:35:04
- Re: All the dealers in my area are disappearing. Why?, dtech, Tue, 1 Apr 2008 04:42:04
- Re: All the dealers in my area are disappearing. Why?, thegens, Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:25:00 <-- Viewing This Message
- Seems like long term trend, ursaw, Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:08:25
- Not one has closed around me..., turrbo , Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:56:15
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