New Audi Garage in Limerick

jimbooth

Anyone know anything about the new Audi garage on the Dock Road in Limerick?
Is it a dealer or Audi Ireland who are opening it? there doesnt seem to be any info about it, all happening very fast, Castlepark Motors have just moved out before X-mas

DaveJac

herd audi cork (blackwater motors) were getting it they will have most of munster sown up then:rolleyes:

lifer_sean

jimbooth wrote: »

Anyone know anything about the new Audi garage on the Dock Road in Limerick?
Is it a dealer or Audi Ireland who are opening it? there doesnt seem to be any info about it, all happening very fast, Castlepark Motors have just moved out before X-mas

Are you sure it's an Audi main dealer ?

Looks like 3 truck loads of UK imports were dropped there on Tuesday. Usual mix of BMWs, Passats, etc, all on UK plates, mostly 2009 (so prob ex lease).

Looks more like another instant UK import sales lot than an Audi main dealers.

@OP, if it turns out to be a main dealer, then they may have a budget for new tools for the workshop !

Mac 3

lifer_sean wrote: »

Are you sure it's an Audi main dealer ?

Looks like 3 truck loads of UK imports were dropped there on Tuesday. Usual mix of BMWs, Passats, etc, all on UK plates, mostly 2009 (so prob ex lease).

Looks more like another instant UK import sales lot than an Audi main dealers.

@OP, if it turns out to be a main dealer, then they may have a budget for new tools for the workshop !

I heard that too, lots of ex UK A4s, 520s, Passats. I saw some literature from them and the stock looks like all ex UK fleet stuff. HPI Checked and 3 months warranty.

carsfan

Heard that Joe Duffy motors are taking on the Audi franchise and it will be going into O' mara motors showroom on the Tipperary road.

lifer_sean

Mac 3 wrote: »

I heard that too, lots of ex UK A4s, 520s, Passats. I saw some literature from them and the stock looks like all ex UK fleet stuff. HPI Checked and 3 months warranty.

3 months warranty seems very short for a 09 520 or similar, wouldn't be impressed by that. I'm expected to give a 3 months warranty on a 02/03 Focus !

goochy

Could be autodirect.ie ? They opened in cork too passed their naas place over Xmas showrooms were empty but yard full of uk German cars though it strange perhaps moving to lk?

goochy

I remember thinking it would be great if joe Duffy opened in lk ! Seemed to good an opportunity to miss frank hogan was always into high end cars must find it hard dealing so much bottom end stuff now !

Mac 3

lifer_sean wrote: »

3 months warranty seems very short for a 09 520 or similar, wouldn't be impressed by that. I'm expected to give a 3 months warranty on a 02/03 Focus !

I wouldnt be too impressed with 3 months either...

I think their caleld autoxpress.ie

ninty9er

carsfan wrote: »

Heard that Joe Duffy motors are taking on the Audi franchise and it will be going into O' mara motors showroom on the Tipperary road.

It is my understanding that if that showroom was amenable to Audi that Frank Hogan was prepare to move in there.

So unless Audi were trying to consolidate its dealer base to multiples, that location is not the most probable. If Joe Duffy is hiring in Limerick I want in though!!

jimbooth

I was passing on secondhand info, passed there myself today and popped in , it is autodirect not Audi, sorry for the misinfo

Blazer

They're as bad as carzone..just checked a 09 520 M sport and they're looking for just over 25K while claiming dealers are selling for 27.5K etc..Frank Keane in Dublin has same car but manual for sale with a 2 year bmw warranty..

Mac 3

Blazer wrote: »

They're as bad as carzone..just checked a 09 520 M sport and they're looking for just over 25K while claiming dealers are selling for 27.5K etc..Frank Keane in Dublin has same car but manual for sale with a 2 year bmw warranty..

Thats exactly what I thought.

bazz26

Looks like alot of UK auction stock. They have a 2008 320d for €24k.

They will not be around long at those prices.

kenoconnell

Blazer wrote: »

They're as bad as carzone..just checked a 09 520 M sport and they're looking for just over 25K while claiming dealers are selling for 27.5K etc..Frank Keane in Dublin has same car but manual for sale with a 2 year bmw warranty..

but manual !!!!!!!

theres about 2k in the difference

lifer_sean

bazz26 wrote: »

Looks like alot of UK auction stock. They have a 2008 320d for €24k.

They will not be around long at those prices.

+1 on the UK auction stock. A lot of high mileage stuff. I counted 17 BMW 520d's on their carzone site, mostly 80k+ miles. I would have thought that a more varied range of stock would be a better idea.

On their prices, a 09 Qashqai with 123k miles for 14,995 and a 09 Mondeo TDCi (fairly basic, no alloys etc) for 11,995 ??? Wouldn't take much searching to find better value than that !

goochy

Anymore news on. New Audi dealer for limerick ?

Hop along

Just wondering if anyone heard any update re new Audi dealer for Limerick?

SJT1

Frank Hogan has got it again......the rumours circling were Blackwater Motors or Joe Duffy.

mgbgt1978

Frank hogan is the 'new' Audi dealer......But, he will be operating out of the recently vacated O'Mara Motors place on the Ballysimon road.