Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Car supermarket


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The result was   keep. Seems to be a notable concept. Fences &amp;  Windows  03:38, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Car supermarket

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As a type of car dealership there seems little point in creating this article as a content fork. The term may be usefully discussed as a class of car dealership on that parent page. As there is little unique value on the current page I suggest a redirect to the parent. Ash (talk) 14:00, 27 November 2009 (UTC)


 * comment - the concept of a car supermarket was a low-grade political issue in the UK, in contrast to tied dealerships. There was strong opposition from the manufactuers to the idea, as it would undermine price support and cause problems when dealers who had not sold the car became responsible for warranty work  (the then car supermarkets had no service facilities).  There is a history of competition law based reform to which car supermarkets were a contribution.  I'm not sure that the same issues arise in other territories.--Brunnian (talk) 18:16, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I would suggest that the distinction between tied and open dealerships would make for a sensible addition to the dealerships article.—Ash (talk) 18:25, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong keep Very notable. A merge to car dealership might be worth considering, but doesn't require deletion. And this is quite a notable subject on its own just as conglomerate and corporation are two different beasts. This isn't a traditional car dealership. ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:09, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I agree with ChildofMidnight's assessment, and I disagree with the assertion that this is a content fork. A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 15:34, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Agreed with above. Looking at the intro to car dealership it is clear that this is not a type of car dealership - it is an important distinction that they are independent.
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