car dealer
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 .
Ford dealership in Lincoln with the flags typical of the USA and England
On Oldtimer specialized used car dealer in Beverly Hills
A Laurin & Klement car dealership around 1906
Web links
- Steel car dealerships (PDF file; 3.92 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung No. 4 of January 6, 2009, car dealers fight for their existence , p. 14