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Lyons of Limerick -Volvo

  • 25-12-2008 1:39pm
    #1
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭


    I said i'd come on this just incase anyone is passing Lyons and confirm that i wasn't seeing things lol. Nice fleet of new Volvo's outside his door.

    News to me.

    Merry Christmas to all


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  • #2
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,360 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Limerick-man wrote: »
    I said i'd come on this just incase anyone is passing Lyons and confirm that i wasn't seeing things lol. Nice fleet of new Volvo's outside his door.

    News to me.

    Merry Christmas to all

    Yep seen that yesterday evening, just thought they took a few as trade-ins but it was dark so didn't notice they were brand new. Makes sense since most Volvos use Ford underpinings these days anyways. Will be getting the Focus serviced there next month, would be interested to see what price difference there is between getting a Focus TDCi and a S40 diesel serviced considering they are the same car underneath?

    What will happen to Elm Motors now? No Mitsubishi from last month and now no Volvo.


  • #3
    daraghmack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78 ✭✭daraghmack


    Yeah Elm lost the franchise and Lyons have it now.


  • #4
    Berty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,155 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    I did the trailer unloading those the other day but there were fords on it at the front. I figured he was just getting the Volvo's out of the way.

    Heck, if you wanted a 2009 Volvo and Elm were not going to order you one then surely somebody would be happy to oblige. Money is Money.

    BUT, they do not have the space for Volvo on that lot.


  • #5
    snowman707
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭snowman707


    Lyons will have to go multi storey , i was there looking at a car there last August & the place was chocker block, no value to be got though, prices above average.


  • #6
    VolvoMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,309 ✭✭✭VolvoMan


    Pretty stupid appointing a Ford dealer as Volvo may no longer be part of the group over the coming year. It is also severely diluting the brand and doing nothing for people's perception of Volvo's being nothing more than rebodied Focus' and Mondeo's.


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  • #7
    lifer_sean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭lifer_sean


    VolvoMan wrote: »
    It is also severely diluting the brand and doing nothing for people's perception of Volvo's being nothing more than rebodied Focus' and Mondeo's.

    You may have a point. However it does make sense to have a "premium" brand alongside Ford in the showroom ... that's if you consider Volvo a premium brand. What does a Ford dealer sell to a company director, for example, other than a fleet of Transits ? A top of the range Mondeo is still a Mondeo (not that there is anything wrong with a Mondeo).


  • #8
    VolvoMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,309 ✭✭✭VolvoMan


    lifer_sean wrote: »
    You may have a point. However it does make sense to have a "premium" brand alongside Ford in the showroom ... that's if you consider Volvo a premium brand. What does a Ford dealer sell to a company director, for example, other than a fleet of Transits ? A top of the range Mondeo is still a Mondeo (not that there is anything wrong with a Mondeo).

    The Focus and Mondeo are both fine cars by all means. But having an executive car based on a run-of-the-mill family car from a class below seriously dents it's appeal for me personally.

    Volvo are and should be an individual brand that stood independent for over seventy years and be recognised for much more than being Ford's luxury sub-brand.


  • #9
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,360 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    VolvoMan wrote: »
    The Focus and Mondeo are both fine cars by all means. But having an executive car based on a run-of-the-mill family car from a class below seriously dents it's appeal for me personally.

    Volvo are and should be an individual brand that stood independent for over seventy years and be recognised for much more than being Ford's luxury sub-brand.

    In fairness Audi have been doing this for a couple of decades now and it hasn't done them or VW any harm.


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