![]() ![]() It’s hard to think of West Ashley without the Auto Mile, especially after the drastic changes taking place at the Citadel Mall. ![]() So, it looks like everyone’s bottom line could be on the chopping block. And Nissan for years had the most sold EV in the world, the LEAF. GM had sold significantly more electric cars in America than Ford until the introduction of the Mach-E and the electrified pickup. Finding either one of those bad boys on a lot in the area is a tough, tough task as we will see.īut Ford dealerships aren’t the only ones that could be hit. In April, Ford announced that their sales of electric vehicles had grown by 139 percent, thanks to uber-popular Mach-E and F-150 Lightning models. Then the shopper would retire to the showroom where they could press a few buttons for the exact car they want and VOILA! a few days later, the make, model, and trim would be dropped off at their house.ĭepending on who you talk to, the crystal ball-gazers are either dead-right or dead nuts. There, customers could come in and test drive a version of the car they want – kick the tires, so to speak. (Because, really, do you need to drive a Toyota Camry to know that it drives like every other Camry?)Īdd to this, pundits and prognosticators foreseeing a day in the not-so-distant future where dealerships could shrink down to the size of a car rental lot. If anywhere near 40-percent of sales across the board skip the dealerships, then the Auto Mile could see massive downsizing over the next 10-20 years.įarley says that going forward “the standards are going to be brutal” for dealerships wanting to stay within the Ford family.Īmazon created the paradigm, Carvana showed how it could be done, and Covid helped push customers to buy online. Last year, Ford projected that a full 40-percent of its worldwide sales will be electric vehicles by 2030. Jim Farley, the latest chief executive officer of Ford Motor Company announced earlier this year that his plan was to strip the sale of electric models from dealerships by selling and delivering them directly to customers.įarley says that going through dealerships costs Ford an additional $2,000 in distribution costs per vehicle, compared to Tesla, a company seizing on the direct-to-customer sale model. On the other hand, an experienced and massively successful car dealer is making a play to add a multi-million-dollar, two-story dealership on the Auto Mile’s back stoop.īig changes in the automotive industry could deeply and directly affect the future of West Ashley’s Auto Mile, which has been this part of area’s primary commercial feature for decades. On one hand, over a hundred acres of dealership parking lots could shrink and be repurposed for other commercial uses as auto manufacturers begin side-stepping dealerships for direct-to-customer deliveries. ![]() W hich way is West Ashley’s “Auto Mile” headed? We invite you to see for yourself the benefits of shopping the "Bedford Automile.What’s in store for West Ashley’s long stretch of car dealerships? by Bill Davis | News Editor We've provided miles of smiles for over 50 years. We are a steady supporter of many local and regional charitable causes. We are an annual sponsor of the Automile fun run supporting Bedford High School scholarships. We have donated coats to Coats for Kids and fed the homeless at Cleveland Hunger centers. Quite literally the largest selection of new an used vehicles anywhere in the state is found in one convenient destination.īADA has raised money for everything from Breast Cancer awareness to The Elmer Flick baseball hall of fame statue in Bedford public square. (Route 14) and Rockside Road south 1/2 mile and east 1/2. The Bedford Automile now stands as 24 new car/truck franchises that extends approximately from the intersection of Broadway Ave. ![]() This provides a positive public impact within a community.Īs we embark on our 58th year, we have established this site as an efficient way to promote each of our dealerships individually as well as the synergy created by joining hands as a group. Together, these franchised new car dealers have established as their mission, the promotion of new and used car vehicle sales along with contributing to local charitable organizations. Formally organized in 1956, the Bedford Automile Dealers Association was established to join the dealers in the Broadway/Rockside Road area into a common voice. ![]()
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