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Originally Posted by jpd80
Just curious and not meaning to interrogate but, how many dealerships are
we talking about, were they in the same city state or all over the place?
I'm trying to get a sense of whether this is a cluster effect or is your assertion
something that can actually be applied universally across all Australia dealerships..
We already know that Toyota is very strong in commercial fleet sales and have been
so for a very long time.
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No worries, I wouldn't offer that info if I wasn't prepared to elaborate, I've nothing to hide.
I started off with CMI in the 90's, CMI we're your standard run of the mill showroom on West TCE Adelaide, a family run business owned by the Crawford brothers, Today it is a massive outfit which takes up the best part of half a city block and is impressive to say the least, you can stand on West TCE and watch your car being serviced through the wall of glass.
I then moved away to work with my Brother in Western Sydney for a while before returning to Adelaide where I started with what then was called Salisbury Toyota and is now part of the Peter Kittle group, in my time it was again a family run operation spread over about a 5acre block, Today it's twice the size and has been completely revamped.
There is no Ford or any other brand of Dealership in Adelaide which even come close to these outfits.
I also spent time in rural SA where my Wife grew up, 20 years ago it had a Nissan, Mitsubishi, Holden and Ford dealers, Nissan and Mitsubishi disappeared overnight, Holden, one of the first licensed dealers in the country folded and the owner of the Ford dealer bought the Holden premises and rebranded his entire outfit Toyota.
Now whilst you may say that's all SA and obviously a cluster thing, I'd say the likelihood of all that happening in one small area is just as 'unlikely' as not every Immigrant or farmer lives in SA.