Honda messing up!!!

Is it just me or are honda really messing up now.
any dealer selling multifranchise is now being told that unless they scrap the other franchise i.e. yamaha then honda will pull out and stop dealing with them. it has affected loads of places upto now.

do you think this is a bad idea

The dealer in Darlington was told to open another exclusive 'Honda' shop-front or loose their Honda franchise... How out of order is that

All Honda dealers have to go as a single franchise. Suzuki are pushing their dealers the same way, and Ducati have the same rules. It's just like cars franchise management.

Personally I'm not fussed, as long as I get good service I'm willing to travel to a dealer.

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The idea is to have control. If you have control then you can control prices, servicing, supply and demand and so on. Also to try and make the brand stand alone and more distinct. The price crashes and poor servicing of the past could be regulated more. BMW do well out of it. But it stops you comparing like for like. ie a Hornet over a Bandit and so on in the same shop.

Just avoid the whole H*nda shop. Means you don't have to look at them when making your choice from a multi brand dealer.

All Honda dealers are going single. Sell 'em with the cars or summat. If the mechanic only deals with one brand then they should be very good at thier job. See plenty of SV's or what

Originally Posted by BURNER

Just avoid the whole Honda shop. Means you don't have to look at them when making your choice from a multi brand dealer.

But a multibrand dealer cannot hold the depth of stock on any single brand that a "mono" brand dealer can. You then also have to know the ins and outs of 40-50 models rather than 10-15.

I see no problem in going to the BMW dealer to test a beamer, a Honda dealer to test a VFR etc. Just do what I did, and organise a Saturday so you can fit in 3 back to back tests at different dealers.. It's pretty good fun too.

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Well that's a annoying move... If I'm looking for a bike I want to see and sit on THE WHOLE range of 'em... Not Honda's whole range...

But it's not just Honda... BMW are the same, as are Ducati and Triumph, plus Suzuki are trying to push their "Modus ??" idea of single franchise dealers. It won't be long before all the big 4 will be like it.

If it gives you better customer service and better quality servicing then I don't see a problem.

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[MrMessy]

I personally think single franchise dealers are better. They generally have a better stock range and the bikes are not has packed in. Our local Yamaha dealer has a good stock, demonstrators and a good reputation. A big mulitfranchise dealer in Leeds has that many bikes packed into a showroom you cannot get a good look at what they have. I was in there the other day and they where shuffling bikes round just to get one out!