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28-02-2020, 07:30 PM
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Ford to cut dealerships

Ford has announced that it’s going to halve it’s dealers over the next five years, from 400, to about 210/230, with the smaller sites to concentrate on servicing...
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28-02-2020, 08:01 PM
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Re: Ford to cut dealerships

It seems this news was given out two days' ago, I heard nothing about it at all on the usual news programmes. Details explaining the reasons for this decision can be found on the two links below if anyone is interested in knowing more:

https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/mot...xt-five-years/

https://www.am-online.com/news/manuf...rships-by-2025
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28-02-2020, 10:10 PM
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This 'Going Electric' nonsense is going to cripple the car industry.
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29-02-2020, 07:33 AM
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See what happens when there is no competition from Holden?
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29-02-2020, 07:52 AM
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Hi

I don't buy new cars, always second hand.

I have a diesel and my next car will also be a diesel.
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29-02-2020, 11:39 AM
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I buy my new Fords using online dealers, saving 20-30% on the OTR price. The method varies but the savings are similar.

However, I have the cars serviced by Ford.
 

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