Highest volume Subaru dealer?
 

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...1&page=1&pp=25

Rolled across this on NASIOC and thought it was interesting.

Lithia is up there.
Lame.

Snow country.

True it is snow country, but that is pretty amazing even though, Lithia as a corporate entity sux, I have not yet had the experience of their service dept...that comes Friday.

I used to process the vehicle data at Lithia Suzuki in Sparks, they were always nice to me.

I know the owners of a couple of used car lots that will go and buy 15 to 20 used subarus a week this time of year, and amazingly they will be gone before the new year.

It's funny that you posted this. I was at Crawford Subaru here in Texas and the manager told me they were the best selling Subaru dealership in the US. I told him, "That's funny, because one of the sales men at Lithia in Reno told me the same thing."

Print out the list and bring it to him.

Seriously Tim, do it. 20 outta 130, not bad.

I'm impressed that Michael Hohl is way up there.

If Hohl had Lithia's location in Reno they would sell twice as much. Lithia is successful despite themselves.

Probably true, as sucky as Lithia is not a lot of people will drive to Carson to not deal with them.

Supposedly they are building an auto mall in Carson, so maybe that will change.

What exactly is an "auto mall?" I can't say I recall ever encountering one.

I am involved with a company that processs all of MHohls inventory and does their web pages, we visit there about 3 times a week, at all 4 dealerships. We have heard rumour of an Automall, but people are saying its a long way out, not sure what that means.

Most of the people that work there have worked at all the dealerships in Reno, they just move where the sales are when the can't sell where they are. Some of the clients we work for have several car lots and only call themselves Auto Malls on the internet. I think MHohl has the same problem that Fallon AM has, the population is smaller than Reno, and not many people are willing to travel 30+ miles to buy a car no matter how much they save.

The Sierra market has an automatic $2500 to $5000 instant increase in price just because we are special! I have heard great things about MHohl, but I have not had personal experience in buying a car from them or having one serviced. I have heard terrible things about Lithia, and I have worked with them with the company I consult with, tomorrow I will have my first experience with their service dept. I will let ya know.

When I bought my '03 WRX Lithia would not budge on price, whereas Hohl gave me a lot on my trade and a price just above invoice - savings of $2k+ and well worth the extra trouble. I have sent several people down there and two of them have gotten great deals and have been very happy.

I think Nick on here works at Lithia and I mean no disrespect to him, but I think Lithia is just living off their being the only close dealership in a very hot Suby market. I guess the bottom line is they are successful, so what do I know?

Nick's gone, actually. He moved to Washington last week. I believe he still works for Lithia Chevrolet up there. He may jump ship and go to the Subaru dealership (non-Lithia) up there, and leave Lithia behind.

I agree that those savings might make me drive to Carson or Fallon, but the mainstream buyer most likely doesn't. He drives down Kietzke sees each dealer till he finds the one that he likes the best and thats where he buys.

If more people would comparison shop between Hohl and Lithia, then Lithia would become better in order to keep up. Their pseudo-monopoly is keeping prices up and customer service down.

A friend got such a good deal on a Forester in CC she upgraded to the XT :D .

You know whats interesting about Lithia? I spent the good part of a year visiting with the Staff at Lithia and dealing with Lithia Corporate, their sales staff, service dept., and the corp billing and a/p dept. Their dealership map is pretty impressive, all over the Northwest, West Coast. I was told by a GM who had been there for about 10 yrs, that Lithia had a business plan, that was to reach 100 dealerships then sell them off as one unit. Happens all the time in this industry. In May they were at 75 and growing. So perhaps they will reach their goal and someone else will take over for them here.
I took the lil red wagon in today for warranty service, and for the two hours it took I walked around the lot to see what was new, I have to say I was pleased with the people I dealt with in service, but I was dissappointed with the selection, or lack there of on the lot.

I think Lithia Subaru is in the top ten for the most shadest business practices ;)

These guys are #1, when it comes to shadyness.

http://ezupdirect.com/index.html

Heh. I *almost* took a position as a service advisor at the Audi spot. And then I *almost* wanted a different position at the Jeep/Chrysler bit.

And then I decided working for Lithia would suck.

Sorry if there's a difference of opinion on the forum..

I also applied for a job there, which in fact turned out to be falsely advertised, oh well.

We had a lithia representative come into one of my business classes the other day and I informed her that the reno subaru dealership is one of the highest selling by volume in the country (20). This is when she was asking if we knew anything about lithia... she was impressed :) Thanks for the info!

Really? What was she wearing?

A suit...