BSM has gone bust

[Evangelion]

[Baryonyx]

That does surprise me, all that time they spent sat at the roadside talking must have saved them loads of petrol money!

[GeraldSmith]

Well it's'pre-packed' itself to Acromas, owners of the AA. So it's not disappeared.

[sjj84]

Bought by the AA by the looks of things. Wonder if they'll keep it going as a seperate concern or join them together. The market will be flooded with Fiat 500's I guess then.

[AmitG]

sjj84 said:

Bought by the AA by the looks of things. Wonder if they'll keep it going as a seperate concern or join them together. The market will be flooded with Fiat 500's I guess then.

Presumably Vauxhall must be worried. I believe that BSM were going to go back to using Corsas. But the AA use Ford Focuses (Focii??) and would probably want to have 1 vehicle across the board.

I always thought that the switch to 500s was a blatant attempt to chase the yoof market.

[Baryonyx]

And a strange one at that, who wants to drive a 500?

[jayfish]

AmitG said:

Presumably Vauxhall must be worried. I believe that BSM were going to go back to using Corsas. But the AA use Ford Focuses (Focii??) and would probably want to have 1 vehicle across the board.

I always thought that the switch to 500s was a blatant attempt to chase the yoof market.

cheap to buy/run/fix good residuals more likely.

[Major Fallout]

Baryonyx said:

And a strange one at that, who wants to drive a 500?

I do!

[soad]

There's a lot of mileage in this business

[Evangelion]

As Messrs Shafi and Kesting paid £10 million for the business in 2009, and have just sold it for a quid, I'd say there was no mileage left in it whatsoever.

[EDLT]

Baryonyx said:

And a strange one at that, who wants to drive a 500?

There is a company around here that uses MINIs with "Learn to drive in a MINI!" written on the side. So it must impress some people.

[BarnatosGhost]

AmitG said:

sjj84 said:

Bought by the AA by the looks of things. Wonder if they'll keep it going as a seperate concern or join them together. The market will be flooded with Fiat 500's I guess then.

Presumably Vauxhall must be worried. I believe that BSM were going to go back to using Corsas. But the AA use Ford Focuses (Focii??) and would probably want to have 1 vehicle across the board.

I always thought that the switch to 500s was a blatant attempt to chase the yoof market.

Yup, blatently trying to acquire customers. bds.

[wackojacko]

....... not really surprised, their prices where slightly excessive compared with the local driving instructors and other LArger organisations.

[GeraldSmith]

BarnatosGhost said:

AmitG said:

sjj84 said:

Bought by the AA by the looks of things. Wonder if they'll keep it going as a seperate concern or join them together. The market will be flooded with Fiat 500's I guess then.

Presumably Vauxhall must be worried. I believe that BSM were going to go back to using Corsas. But the AA use Ford Focuses (Focii??) and would probably want to have 1 vehicle across the board.

I always thought that the switch to 500s was a blatant attempt to chase the yoof market.

Yup, blatently trying to acquire customers. bds.

Dreadful that, trying to give customers what they want - should be banned.

[Papa Hotel]

Not sure why the OP finds it funny that people will be out of work and customers who have paid up front will lose their money. I guess he is just a cock.

[Defcon5]

Evangelion said:

As Messrs Shafi and Kesting paid £10 million for the business in 2009, and have just sold it for a quid, I'd say there was no mileage left in it whatsoever.

Jesus, thats an awful lot of money to lose in 2 years!

[172ff]

Major Fallout said:

I do!

You must be a girl then. Pics or GTFO!

[Engineer1]

I was wondering what was happening, we live on a road that a lot of driving instructors use and we hadn't seen a BSM car in ages, I wonder if the move to 500's overstretched them especially in areas where young people are short of cash and want the cheapest lessons possible.

[Dogwatch]

Defcon5 said:

Evangelion said:

As Messrs Shafi and Kesting paid £10 million for the business in 2009, and have just sold it for a quid, I'd say there was no mileage left in it whatsoever.

Jesus, thats an awful lot of money to lose in 2 years!

Probably not theirs though!

[Beefmeister]

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