Tom Murphys Lose VW, McConnells lose Toyota

Tom Murphys were a great dealer before the Cork road move , when Mercs. were only selling in small numbers here they were selling as far as Donegal .

when they made the big move - they became a very accountant like run garage .

Gilmores in Cavan show if you have the right stock and price cars well you can sell Nationwide.

Yes McConnels are ceasing trading. Not sure how public that news is though.
They weren’t given much choice on those showrooms. That’s why Martin Barrett lost Skoda, he refused to build one

ah yea should be picked up by someone, prime property there alright

Dealers get short contracts these days and if you dont do what they askthey will take on another a dealer who will

a large dealer group beside a suburban shopping centrein Cork is selling x3 different brands under one roof despite x2 of the brands having very high dealer standards .

they are getting away with it because the dealer group are a big name while smaller dealers are being hounded .

It was never Trinity - it was Rover Waterford

would have to take over building beside it to build a VW dealership

There was a few things in there but i remember a trinity sign there after rover, might have been short lived.

If a new VW dealer was to enter the market I'm intrigued as to where they would go, the site size of Wexford VW or Laharts is substantial and I can't see VW allowing a situation where they would be crowbarred into a smaller showroom.

I passed the old Auto Boland showroom site across the river recently and was surprised how small it is now in comparison to newer dealerships, back in the 90s I used think that was massive.

is there much space at the back of the old AutoBoland?

down where jysk is now

If I remember correctly Bolands were to build a hotel/conference centre there not sure why it never happened.