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Does anyone know why dealers never advertise any showroom stock they have ?
You always see ex-demo and used etc, but does anyone know whether there's a way of finding out what a dealer has sitting in the showroom short of phoning every one of them up ?
Doesn't matter to me at the moment, but there's been a few times where I see somebody has bought something off of the showroom floor that I'd thought, ah, I wish I'd known about that.
Just curious to understand why that's all.
You always see ex-demo and used etc, but does anyone know whether there's a way of finding out what a dealer has sitting in the showroom short of phoning every one of them up ?
Doesn't matter to me at the moment, but there's been a few times where I see somebody has bought something off of the showroom floor that I'd thought, ah, I wish I'd known about that.
Just curious to understand why that's all.
Edited by Big Ry on Monday 6th March 17:02
I was told by one dealer that AM prevents them from advertising NEW cars, and they can only sell ones with minimal mileage.
This seems to have become more policed, now that all web stock has to refer back through the AM site.
In days gone by, you used to get new showroom spec cars advertised on the individual retailer sites but not visible through an AM search.
I know this because that was how i came across my V8 Vantage Roadster that was being sold by Broughtons of Cheltenham (now HR Owen).
This seems to have become more policed, now that all web stock has to refer back through the AM site.
In days gone by, you used to get new showroom spec cars advertised on the individual retailer sites but not visible through an AM search.
I know this because that was how i came across my V8 Vantage Roadster that was being sold by Broughtons of Cheltenham (now HR Owen).
That's my understanding as well. You occasionally used to see new ones advertised on sites other than the official site but they were removed very quickly.
Can only think AML did not want anyone to know how many cars were being ordered by dealers. May not be the same issue these days.
Can only think AML did not want anyone to know how many cars were being ordered by dealers. May not be the same issue these days.
IanV12VR said:
That's my understanding as well. You occasionally used to see new ones advertised on sites other than the official site but they were removed very quickly.
Can only think AML did not want anyone to know how many cars were being ordered by dealers. May not be the same issue these days.
…or indeed reveal the dicount they offer on new cars.Can only think AML did not want anyone to know how many cars were being ordered by dealers. May not be the same issue these days.
Same for many other makes....you never see most dealer's showroom stock advertised. Although one small reason is that they have to have new cars to display in the showroom...i.e. you can't just have Approved Used cars in there. That said I much prefer the US model where dealers list the new stock they have openly on their websites although it is, of course, a very different model over there...people tend to buy what's in stock rather than order a car to spec.
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