Tom Murphy and Mercedes dealership

doesnt really look good the mercedes dealer selling scooters

Word is that there will be only one MB dealer for the country in next few years because of market size. All the rest of present dealers will be agents and you just order your car from the one dealer through the local agent who may carry a model range for demo purposes only. More will follow that model. Big changes coming. Profit margin on cars is already cut to the bone.

Some people on here have no idea of the actual cost of fixed infrastructure.

whatever that is ? lol

There's no story on WLR about this.

Also, the car industry in general is going to have a major restructuring soon, as of 2030 Petrol and Diesel car will no longer be for sale only electric, that's only 7 years away, the second hand prices have gone up through the roof 70% since the pandemic, There aren't as many new cars to be had thus pushing the second hand prices right up and I've seen some sheds for sale that you would use as a chicken coop.

Low supply of new cars, petrol and diesel being phased out, I would say that's the main reason most Dealers are in trouble.

The government are also trying to push people out of private car ownership and use public transport or cycle lanes etc. as part of the reduction of carbon emissions and meeting carbon emission targets, something we are currently not doing with the government paying fines each month as a result.

There will be a sudden drop off and rush for people to sell cars while they can in a few years before their value plummets or just hold on till they or the car dies

Same thing happened him with Audi a few years ago, they wanted him to build a new showroom to their specifications for Audi only. Bolands ended up doing it.

there was one , its been removed now . i didnt get to read it as contents had been removed. , but heading said ' Tom Murphy to give up Mercedes in 2 years time and concentrate on VW only ; .

Tom Murphy advertise with WLR and obviously wont want people to know they are losing / giving up Mercedes , why should they possibly miss out on MB sales for next 2 years when they still have the franchise .

Donohues in Enniscorthy were losing the franchise a few years ago , they amalgamated with Bolands and their Wexford dealership is one of the best in the country and steets ahead of Tom Murphys.

Tom is going to join Sinn Fein I heard.

MB are going to eliminate all dealers across europe, will sell direct - rolling out this year, some teething issues in Germany but mgmt seem to be happy with how it is going; more control on pricing they say although not sure that is big issue in a small market like ireland; dealer will not have to invest in inventory but will continue with service revenues

Big banner up on that now saying its a new showroom for Jeep Alfa and Fiat

That's the Boland's garage not Tom Murphys

They were suppose to be opening at T & c motors , but then that was coming from another poster on boards.

Remind me are the new showrooms actually on existing site or adjacent to it ? does it say its for Honda also ?

would be good if autobolands original showrooms were Volvo only

its been mentioned before Bolands have little interest in used cars unless they are nearly new / low miles so would imagine they dont give great trade in allowances if nearly everything gets sold trade.

2% of the market?

Audi looks like the premium brand.

Audi I find are always over priced, If you look at the A4 a bog standard A4 2.0 diesel, no special bells and whistles is anything from 46k-65k

No absolutely not, having come from the land of Audi, I was always happy that their mechanics "on the whole" knew what they were talking about and had pride in their work, I'm sorry to say and I await the backlash but I haven't got much confidence in Tradespeople in Ireland in general. I know there are good trades people but maybe I have been unlucky in people that say they will and can do something and don't provide the service they advertised

Mercs . prices way over the scale now , over €60k for a fairly standard C class , no wonder sales so far behind the other two Germans.

Any update on Tom Murphy car sales on the Mercedes franchise?

Autobolands alfa fiat and jeep showroom is completed months ago now but they don't seem to be moving in .

Don't know why Simon kavanaghs don't take on MG

"McConnells informed their staff of this earlier this month."

Do what's going to happen with them?

Wow that's mad news wouldn't have ever imagined Tom Murphy not selling Vw

Mc connells not a great Toyota dealer . Maybe they will take on MG

I know there were a couple of lads there with a bad reputation among people I know, and my own experience when I went there. But they retired since, so maybe it changed.

But I found them grand for services at least.

No, it's my way of saying they were utterly uninterested in selling a car at all. It's like I was just in the way and they wanted me out as quickly as possible, despite being the only customer there at the time. I didn't even get as far as talking about prices or trade-ins.

I've heard the same from others that this couple were just like this to deal with.

Always found them decent to deal with.

Buying a car anywhere can depend on time of the month for sales figures. Often better to buy late in a calendar month when dealer may be anxious to sell to make up quota..