car dealer

Car dealership in Dresden

A car dealership is a business enterprise in the trade with motor vehicles operate.

General

It is a shop with a larger sales area in order to be able to present some vehicles in the shop window or to show them in an open area. Car dealerships are part of the sales chain in the automotive industry and, to that extent, also integrated into the economy in the automotive market. A large car dealership with branches is the Jacob Fleischhauer dealership, founded in Cologne in 1924 .

organization

In a car dealership, there are usually the areas of "new vehicle sales" (with sales room ), "used vehicle sales ", "accessory sales " and "workshop" ( vehicle repairs ). Car dealers are predominantly of dealers of the automobile manufacturers and importers operated. As a result of the concentration process in recent years, more and more car dealerships are merging into dealership groups (chain companies) or they are selling several car brands .