Walther Wuttke: "Open up the car dealerships".
PATIENCE AT END DIY stores are open, and also plants for the garden may be purchased. And soon the pubs will open again. Only car dealerships will have to wait until at least May 11. For the total of 5200 businesses in Switzerland, April was a lost month, after they had already suffered a sales loss of [...]
For the total of 5200 businesses in Switzerland, April was a losing month, having already suffered a 39.4 percent drop in sales in March.
François Launaz, president of the importers' association Auto Schweiz, is not the only one to wonder: "Why are garages put on the rack while other stores are allowed to reopen?"
The important thing is the real experience
The 225,000 Swiss whose jobs depend on cars also face an uncertain future. After all, one in eight jobs depends directly or indirectly on cars.
At the same time, the dealers already fulfill all the requirements of the Federal Council for an opening. The creative online offers of the garage owners can't really help in these times. After all, anyone who wants to buy a car uses digital channels as a medium for information, but at the end of the day it's the real experience that counts.
Cars want to be touched
The object of desire wants to be touched and experienced. It is easy to organize the car trade in Corona times so that infections can be avoided. The garage owners can make appointments with interested parties so that only a limited number of people enter the showroom.
Trade is on the sidelines
Cars are disinfected before a test drive, and the width of the body alone guarantees the minimum distance between customer and consultant. So there is no reason to keep the car trade on the sidelines.
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