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Dealers want more brands, not new territory; Germans ignore end of EU location clause.(automakers authorized dealers)

Automotive News Europe, November, 2005 by Ciferri, Luca

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Byline: Luca Ciferri

New-car dealers are free to expand their territories - but big German retailers are instead adding brands.

The 50 biggest German dealers are largely ignoring the October 1 ending of European Union rules that allowed automakers to limit where their authorized dealers could locate.

A survey by the International Car Distribution Programme (ICDP) finds that the percentage of the biggest 50 German dealers that plan to expand their territory by 2009 will actually decline slightly.

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Dealers want more brands, not new territory; Germans ignore end of EU location clause.(automakers authorized dealers)

Automotive News Europe, November, 2005 by Ciferri, Luca

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