11-06-2013, 08:36 PM | #1 |
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Hyundai of Lansing closes their doors
A newspaper report indicates that Hyundai of Lansing closed their doors and Hyundai does not have any immediate plans to appoint another dealer to the market. For the full report - click here
The report indicated the Hyundai dealership was owned by a dealer who once owned two Saturn Dealerships and converted the Lansing location to Hyundai when the Saturn brand was terminated. (She sold the other Saturn location which then became a Nissan point.) It seems strange to me that a dealer who could survive the loss of two Saturn stores and managed to navigate through 2009 and 2010 would end up having to close a Hyundai store in 2013. There must be more to the story. If nothing else, wouldn't a Hyundai point in Lansing have some Blue Sky value? Lansing is the sixth largest city in Michigan with a population of 114,000 people - it's not even close to Detroit and doesn't share the same problems that plague the city of Detroit. I know some Hyundai dealers have complained about allocation issues and the difficulty associated with getting enough cars to sell, but even if there were inventory constraints it would still seem that a single point dealer in a market with 114,000 customers could survive. Is there more to this story or are there still some markets where dealers are struggling even though the national market seems to be fully recovered? |
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