> At 22:59 04/05/2012, Mike Spencer wrote:
>
>> OTOH, here in (what many central Canadians think of as) Canada's
>> hillbilly Ozarks, in my local market town, 5 auto dealerships have
>> recently built brand new, flashy buildings or had major structural
>> and cosmetic upgrades to existing ones. What should I infer from
>> that?
>
> You can infer that there is increasing competition between the eight
> or nine world-wide car and truck makers. (And the Chinese car makers
> have hardly begun to market and manufacture abroad yet.) Some CEO
> said recently that there's only room for four or five altogether.
> Profit margins, even of the more successful ones, are already too
> thin for comfort. I wouldn't be surprised if Hyundai, Kia and
> Nissan are three of the dealerships in your home town.
Indeed they are. Kia is one with a brand new building. Also Chev,
Chrysler and (I forget what the other two are.) Nissan, Hyundai and
Toyota have nice new buildings, too, but 3 or 4 or 5 years old, not
part of the last two-year extravaganza.
- Mike
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