“It will be state-of-the-art throughout,” said Sabourin. He said the new facility will have 16 staff in an area solely dedicated to virtual sales, a growing side of the business that’s taken root during the pandemic. Sabourin said customers will be able to shop and test drive vehicles virtually, receive quotes and have online appraisals for trade-ins. The dealership, which will employ about 100 people overall, will be head office for the Harris Auto Group, which has Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep Ram dealerships in Duncan and Nanaimo, KIA and Mazda dealerships in Nanaimo, and a Chevrolet Buick GMC dealership in Parksville. The new Langford-Colwood dealership will have extra staff to provide vehicle pick-up and drop-off service anywhere in the capital region, said Sabourin. “It’s one thing the pandemic has taught us about customer service,” he said.
Pandemic Sharpens Split Between Have and Have-Not Car Buyers
Bloomberg 1/6/2021 Gabrielle Coppola and Keith Naughton
(Bloomberg) Pandemic lockdowns have cost millions of low-income Americans their jobs, while white-collar types who work from home are flush with cash they can’t spend on dining or travel. Instead, many of them are buying expensive cars.
High-end trucks and sport utility vehicles are flying off dealer lots, but sales of entry-level compact cars and crossovers remain depressed. General Motors Co.’s premium people haulers like the Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon SUVs saw deliveries rise more than 30% in the fourth quarter, but sales of the more affordable Chevy Equinox crossover sank 22%.
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