How Much Is A Service For Mercedes

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Mercedes-Benz to Heave Service Capacity at Dealerships

Mercedes-Benz is poised to sell 400,000 vehicles in the next few years, and even though that'south slap-up news for the automaker, all those newly sold cars could nowadays a problem when it comes fourth dimension for a service bank check. To continue up with the high need, the visitor has decided to increase service capacity at its U.S. dealerships by 25 percent.

"If your network was laid out at 200,000, and every twelvemonth you are sending out 350,000 to 400,000 cars, you have to take intendance of those customers," Mercedes-Benz USA CEO Steve Cannon told Automotive News.

In order for those customers to be taken intendance of, Mercedes-Benz may add service bays and increment the service areas at its dealerships across the country. Or, some dealerships could add together a second shift to handle even more than service appointments, a plan that is being considered for Mercedes-Benz Manhattan subsequently this year. In add-on to expanding the service area, nearly 25 percent of dealerships will have to expand their showroom and vehicle storage infinite.

Talks with dealerships volition brainstorm later on this year, with a terminal plan expected in 2016 and structure to begin sometime between 2017 and 2018. The expansions are just one of the new changes that dealerships will be undergoing, every bit they've also been commanded to adhere to a new dealership standard called Autohaus 2. This new standard calls for mostly cosmetic and signage changes.

Another new matter we'll run into in Mercedes dealerships in the future is a shop-in-shop store for its AMG loftier-performance range. Cannon said that a wall will divide it from the main showroom, and especially trained salespeople will run it. The dedicated AMG infinite will be congenital by select dealers with the highest AMG sales in central markets such every bit southern Florida, Southern California, and the New York metro area.