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Title: Is it unusual....
Post by: Markie on 09 October 2007, 16:19:58
For Vauxhall Dearlerships to dissapear almost over night ?

Was in my local one - Evans Halshaw in Airdrie about 10 days aga and all was normal...

Passed it today and its empty, no cars outside, no cars in showroom, parts department empty and boarded up.

They never mentioned anything and had no signs of closing down/packin g up or even of heavily discounting stock  :o

So i need a new local....
Title: Re: Is it unusual....
Post by: Paul M on 09 October 2007, 16:31:50
I wouldn't have thought so!

No chance that they've moved, and had the usual lack of courtesy to actually tell anyone?
Title: Re: Is it unusual....
Post by: ffcgary1 on 09 October 2007, 16:32:40
Thats a strange thing to happen markie, they may have moved to new premises, but sureley they would have advertised it. :o
Title: Re: Is it unusual....
Post by: GastronomicKleptomaniac on 09 October 2007, 16:32:47
 One of our local Audi dealerships upped and moved 5 miles away, one day there was S6s, RS4s, and TTs (ugh)... next week, they'd all gone...
Title: Re: Is it unusual....
Post by: Markie on 09 October 2007, 16:34:52
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Thats a strange thing to happen markie, they may have moved to new premises, but sureley they would have advertised it. :o


you`d have thought so but no advertising and nothing on the building to suggest where they had moved too.....

Knowing Airdrie as i do, its pretty small town, theres not many premesis available they could move into  :(

further investigation methinks....
Title: Re: Is it unusual....
Post by: Markie on 09 October 2007, 16:37:11
I`ve just checked the vauxhall website.....there not listed now  :o all the dealers that come up on postcode search i can relate to so no new ones.......so they have just vanished.
Title: Re: Is it unusual....
Post by: Paul M on 09 October 2007, 16:48:40
It's possible they went bust, but even then I'd expect the administrators to try and recoup some of the losses by selling the assets. Saying that it's quite possible that any stock they actually owned simply went to auction and the premises reverted back to the leasing company.
Title: Re: Is it unusual....
Post by: bob.dent on 09 October 2007, 16:58:17
In this area, there was a VX dealer called Charville Bros that had premises in Ware, Cheshunt, Bishops Stortford and Harlow. One week they were there, the following week they had all closed. :-?
Title: Re: Is it unusual....
Post by: TheBoy on 09 October 2007, 18:30:12
Possible if it was making a loss that the Pendragon Group (who own Evans Halshaw) just closed it.
Title: Re: Is it unusual....
Post by: Markie on 09 October 2007, 18:34:00
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Possible if it was making a loss that the Pendragon Group (who own Evans Halshaw) just closed it.


And knowing their custoemer service, lack of knowledge and lack of parts in stock i presume they wouldnt have been overflowing in cash  :(
Title: Re: Is it unusual....
Post by: Dazzler on 09 October 2007, 19:38:19
My local one was shut down by GM HQ for warrenty fraud :o
Title: Re: Is it unusual....
Post by: davlad22 on 09 October 2007, 21:35:00
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My local one was shut down by GM HQ for warrenty fraud :o
;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Is it unusual....
Post by: Paul M on 09 October 2007, 21:36:01
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My local one was shut down by GM HQ for warrenty fraud :o

Everyone knows GM cars don't break down ::)
Title: Re: Is it unusual....
Post by: amigov6 on 09 October 2007, 22:02:12
If the Immingham Stealership "did one" overnight i doubt anyone would notice.
Title: Re: Is it unusual....
Post by: phil her up on 09 October 2007, 22:05:13
Perhaps they had a clearance sale that just  got completely out of control  ;D
Title: Re: Is it unusual....
Post by: davlad22 on 10 October 2007, 00:01:33
 ;D