We have an F-150 beer list available, he said. That s 150 beers, 40 on tap.
Patrons walk to dinner through the Bozard Ford Lincoln dealership or enter from a separate entrance for a juicy Black Angus burger, chicken wings, gluten-free salmon salad, homemade meatloaf or shrimp and lobster mac n cheese.
While Ford s Garage is an established hotspot near Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, that s not where it all began. Four entrepreneurs came together to set up the first Ford Garage in 2012 in Fort Myers, Florida, with no affiliation with the automaker.
Yet the interior and exterior of the restaurant spotlights classic Ford cars and car parts.
Despite only a slight increase in overall sales so far this year, it s a new day in paradise, some Ford Motor Co. dealers said Thursday.
Business for them has seen a dramatic uptick since the coronavirus pandemic shut down cities and dealerships across America. With safety protocols in place and used car prices up, new car sales spiked in the first quarter of 2021. Both our stores set records, said Chad Wilson, general manager of Wilson Ford in Saginaw and Midland Ford. We ve had the Midland store since 1991 and the Saginaw store since 2018. I don t know that we ve ever seen numbers like this.
Ford dealer: Cars the new toilet paper panic
By Phoebe Wall Howard - Detroit Free Press
A Ford logo on a 2017 Ford Focus. Ford dealers say new car sales spiked in the first quarter of 2021.
DETROIT – Despite only a slight increase in overall sales so far this year, it’s a new day in paradise, some Ford Motor Co. dealers said Thursday.
Business for them has seen a dramatic turnaround from the first three months a year ago, when the coronavirus pandemic shut down cities and dealerships across America. Now, with safety protocols in place and used car prices up, new car sales spiked in the first quarter of 2021.
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Apr 13, 2021
Perhaps dealership fixed ops pick-up and delivery is a customer-focused necessity that adds substantially to the bottom line, the author writes.
Fixed Ops Pick-Up & Delivery – Now a Necessity The pandemic has accelerated many changes. Some customer-centric services, such as vehicle “concierge” or pick-up and delivery, went from a convenience to the price of admission for most fixed operations.
I have used the term “accelerated evolution” to describe clear trends in the retail car business happening pre-pandemic that were kicked into high gear because of COVID-19.
The most obvious examples are online and “omni-channel” vehicle sales on one side of the business and “concierge” or vehicle pick-up and delivery on all sides – that is, sales and fixed ops.