Originally Posted by BMWTurboDzl
Hyundai will get there. The luxury/near-luxury market is very crowded so it's a challenge to carve a niche. As for the quality control issues, that'll get rectified as well. For example about 5-6 yrs ago my wife was looking at an Audi A5 , on the dealer floor no less, when she opened the trunk a trim piece fell off onto the floor.
They will need more volume to get there. One thing about selling lots of cars is that there's more aftermarket support and more people know how to fix them because they're out there. I'd stay away til there's more volume, they sell very few cars compared to similar models from BMW, Mercedes, Audi etc.
Originally Posted by PWMDMD
If Genesis wants to be taken seriously they will need to replicate this experience in dedicated dealerships. I looked at the local Genesis dealership website and they only had anywhere from 1-5 of each model - this is just a Hyundai dealership that sells Genesis cars. How could they possibly have a dedicated dealership when their total inventory of cars at my local dealership is 14?
Yeah, that's pretty low volume, the dealership I go to has about 700 new Mercedes on the lot now with about 2600 used cars for sale. They're the ones that offer you racks and racks of coolers filled with drinks and free breakfast/lunch bar.
Hyundai will get there. The luxury/near-luxury market is very crowded so it's a challenge to carve a niche. As for the quality control issues, that'll get rectified as well. For example about 5-6 yrs ago my wife was looking at an Audi A5 , on the dealer floor no less, when she opened the trunk a trim piece fell off onto the floor.
They will need more volume to get there. One thing about selling lots of cars is that there's more aftermarket support and more people know how to fix them because they're out there. I'd stay away til there's more volume, they sell very few cars compared to similar models from BMW, Mercedes, Audi etc.
Originally Posted by PWMDMD
If Genesis wants to be taken seriously they will need to replicate this experience in dedicated dealerships. I looked at the local Genesis dealership website and they only had anywhere from 1-5 of each model - this is just a Hyundai dealership that sells Genesis cars. How could they possibly have a dedicated dealership when their total inventory of cars at my local dealership is 14?
Yeah, that's pretty low volume, the dealership I go to has about 700 new Mercedes on the lot now with about 2600 used cars for sale. They're the ones that offer you racks and racks of coolers filled with drinks and free breakfast/lunch bar.