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[GenesisAWD]

You're not great at reading between the lines, are you?

From the article:

Although Genesis dealers will not be required to build a separate showroom, Zuchowski believes many dealers will create a separate showroom on their own.

"I think that will happen organically over time," he said in a recent interview.

Hyundai is meeting with dealers that are planning or in the process of building a new facility.

They are being encouraged to build a special area in the showroom to sell Genesis models, which Zuchowski called a "showroom-within-a-showroom" concept or to create a separate showroom that can be attached to the Hyundai brand building.

"We think there will be enough volume and enough margin potential in high-volume luxury markets where dealers on their own decide there are just too many nameplates to get under one roof," he said.

Dealers that currently sell the Hyundai Equus full-size sedan will be eligible to sell the complete line of Genesis models.

Of Hyundai's 830 U.S. dealers, 405 sell the Equus today, and they account for about 80 percent of sales for the current Genesis sedan.

End of article.

Not that it really matters because the facts are the facts and anyone reading this thread by this point should clearly understand but....as I stated earlier, Hyundai is not creating a separate dealer network. Now the dealers can take it upon themselves as independent organizations to house and sell Genesis vehicles in a separate building/showroom if they like. That will be up to them. My point was just that Hyundai is not making anyone do that. I was just providing clarification to dseag2 and Munch520 on the distinction.

Thanks for the link. Have you talked to your local dealer and asked them about their plans for the future re: Genesis?

I have not but I certainly will. There are 3 Hyundai dealers in the metro area where I live. I bought (and so far have gotten my vehicle serviced at) from the 2nd biggest out of the 3. I'm guessing that if any of them take the plunge and decide to build a separate showroom and/or service area for Genesis that it would be the biggest and highest volume dealer not the 2nd biggest like I got mine from. Either way I will be asking. If I were to guess, I'd bet that they would wait a couple years and see if this Genesis brand really takes off at all. Then at that point I'd bet at least one of them decides to give it a shot. I hope they do. We shall see.

 

[GenesisNikon]

If it makes you guys feel any better, I took my Audi S5 in for 5,000 mile service and had to wait forever for a service advisor to even acknowledge me. I was taken into the waiting room and left there. I finally approached a service advisor and asked if someone was going to help me. She said they were really swamped but wrote up my order. I then waited another extended period for someone from the loaner department to see me. It wasn't a good experience at all for a $65k car. So, it isn't always better on the "other side", even though I have had great service on Lexuses and Infinitis.

BTW, I'm on this forum after a few years because I'm reconsidering the '16 Genesis. Also, with Hyundai's announcement that Genesis will become a stand-alone brand (similar to Lexus) won't anyone who currently owns one be able to get their cars serviced at those dealerships? Seems like a great deal. Buy the car at a Hyundai price, then get the service at a dealership that sells at (future) higher prices due to the Genesis brand?

To be fair, Audi service centers are probably a lot busier than Lexus