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Seems M&P's time as the BMW dealer for Cardiff ends soon. Their store only has a few BMWs in the showroom and branding has been removed. M&P have had a poor reputation at the Cardiff branch for some time, with many choosing to go to Cheltenham or Bristol for service.
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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #2 and I have just read elsewhere that M&P Swansea will cease to be BMW dealers at the end of March 2024.
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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #3Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #2 What is it in the UK with numerous dealers going bust! you would think that BMW would learn from their mistakes and alter their modus operandi.... Or is it that there are many other mugs ready to take their place! |
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Zitat von Bikepirate im Beitrag #4Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #3Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #2 I think it is the reverse in some areas. South Wales, my "home" area, where M&P operate has always been a particular problem. It's not an affluent area compared to say Cheshire or London. There have often been long gaps where the area has not had a BMW Motorrad dealer. I bought my first BMW from Bristol. In other areas, BMW car dealers have been encouraged to add Motorrad. Sytner have several BMW car dealerships and at one time would not touch bikes. They took over the Cardiff, Wales dealer about 20 years ago and binned the Motorrad element. It was a bout 5 years before someone else tried to have a go. Recently, Sytner took over my local bike/car dealer in Shrewsbury but are keeping the Motorrad element. The next nearest dealer in Chester was persuaded to add bikes 2 years ago and as stated in another thread is making a good progress after a shaky start. My gut feeling is that Motorrad can only run as part of a larger BMW franchise that sells everything BMW branded. A solus BMW Motorrad dealer requires too much investment in premises and all the other infrastructure around a business to satisfy the mothership in terms of appearance and facilities. As part of a larger complex, a lot of those costs are amortised over the whole business. We are seeing a lot of consolidation in the motorcycle market. Lots of the traditional, family owned businesses are either closing down as people retire, or being absorbed into larger businesses. A while ago, even the Japanese franchises were encouraged to be solus but that is changing as the brands are having to compete for space in the available outlets. The multi-brand franchise is back and they are often happy to have one or more of the Chinese brands of scooter they would not touch years ago. The scooter market is pretty buoyant as commuters try to cut costs or have decided using a bus is not for them post Covid. All pretty familiar as a similar thing happened in the 1990s when we saw the rise of the motorcycle supermarket. Of course that went bang as they were run on tight margins, had massive debt and abysmal customer service. Customers returned to the few remaining traditional dealers. One hopes we aren't reinventing the wheel and these new groups are better financed as there will not be many of the traditional dealers left to fall back on if it goes bang again.
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Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:18 am (Last edited: Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:20 am)
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Lind BMW / Harley Davidson at Norwich closed their doors on Jan 31. They do have a HD dearership at Newmarket and BMW at Welwyn Garden City, if anyone liked to deal with them. Although the Police at Norwich had 2 or 3 bikes at Sycamore Peterborough, last year when I called in, having work done on their cameras fitted to police bikes. Apparenly they never got good service at Norwich, according to the police rider I spoke to. |
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Zitat von Patty Slegg im Beitrag #6 I was disappointed when Norwich closed as over the seven years I'd been going there to get my bike serviced I'd cultivated a good relationship with the staff so really felt for them when they lost their jobs at very short notice. The bike has not long been for servicing and recall whatsits at Lind Welwyn, as for those cunts at Peterbrough if they were the last BMdubya dealers on the planet I'd buy a kawasaki
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