Dealers with little stock - what gives?

[wai]

They should be in dealer yards and showrooms, only VW does not own the dealer network. It comes down to ownership of the cars in dealer yards, and then who pays for damage.

Yes, dealers should have a couple of examples of each model so that potential customers can see and feel them.

[LunchboxVRS]

Wow!! bad experience indeed!
I know where there is a low km demo White wagon available...
North Shore Auto Group.
It came with us on our "2013 Skodafest" cruise!
Ask for Allan...

I'm just going to save a bit more and get a amorok later in the year.

[K1W1]

the overall impression of a dealership with an almost empty showroom is its closing down.

Being a Skoda dealership that is highly possible. In many cases Skoda dealers seem to only have the franchise for short periods then dump it. Some have closed completely but most have just gotten rid of Skoda and gone back to the other products that they sell.

[K1W1]

They may have been selling stock cheap to move it pending arrival of the new 2013 model - hence sold out
(That's how I got my car cheap)

Yeah right.
Think it through. The new model will not be here for 9 months at least. What possible incentive would the dealer have to give away stock and then watch the weeds grow on their yard for the next 200 odd days?

[cbay]

Drove past Trivett Blacktown today. No more Skoda.

Interesting as I see so many more on the road in my area now though (north-west Sydney).

[Martin]

What possible incentive would the dealer have to give away stock and then watch the weeds grow on their yard for the next 200 odd days?

Letting cars roll over to become a last year model invariably results in loosing $5k
Every month that a car is on the lot, it's costs finance/interest money

The reason why they have no new stock right now is however unexplained

[wai]

Drove past Trivett Blacktown today. No more Skoda.

Ah, but that might be because Trivett Blacktown is undergoing a major revamp. They have taken over the former Lander Toyota site and it looks like it will be the new location for Trivett.

[k_rider]

When I bought my Octavia there in 2011, they also had a VW Commercial (ie Amaroks and Transporters) dealership - the same salesman handled both VW and Skoda at the time - out of a demountable office shoved in front of the Honda showroom. Classy...

It's now a full VW dealership at Blacktown. Skoda is now handled from their Parramatta (and Rosebery) dealerships (according to their website).

[Mysticality]

Our local dealership has just invested in a huge shiny brand new Skoda office...

[Tigger]

Drove past Trivett Blacktown today. No more Skoda.

Interesting as I see so many more on the road in my area now though (north-west Sydney).

I thought that they just moved to the old Toyota yard around the corner??