Smart Plans 10 stand alone dealerships

[SMART]

www.smartcenterlagunaniguel.com

[SMART]

But look at this one... www.smartcenterla.com

[gamernotwatcher]

Originally Posted by lhoboy

Based on my crude calculations, if you submitted your reservation before the end of JUne you got a shot at that ONE in 2008. Otherwise, be prepared to wait til the following year.

How are you calculating off the reservation #???? I reserved on March 28. I would like to know which # I will be.

[lhoboy]

Originally Posted by gamernotwatcher

How are you calculating off the reservation #???? I reserved on March 28. I would like to know which # I will be.

There was a reason I mentioned my calculation was crude (and a bit sarcastic). Here's my crude logic. It's taken almost a month to get order invitations out for the first day of resrvations (March 19 or 1173). If it takes a month to make it through a day of reservations, it'll take 8 months to get through 8days of reservations. Of course, the reality is that far more people made reservations on day 1 than any other day, so there is no way (yet, I'm still working on it) to determine how long it will really take. Once we get through a few days of reservations, we should be able to identify a more realistic timeline. Your last four digits should be 1182 based on your reservation date.

[SmartCard]

Originally Posted by lhoboy

There was a reason I mentioned my calculation was crude (and a bit sarcastic). Here's my crude logic. It's taken almost a month to get order invitations out for the first day of resrvations (March 19 or 1173). If it takes a month to make it through a day of reservations, it'll take 8 months to get through 8days of reservations. Of course, the reality is that far more people made reservations on day 1 than any other day, so there is no way (yet, I'm still working on it) to determine how long it will really take. Once we get through a few days of reservations, we should be able to identify a more realistic timeline. Your last four digits should be 1182 based on your reservation date.

How's this for logic. Lets say there were 10,000 reservations made in the first 6 weeks of the program (quite likely since there were about 20,000 by end June), at 20,000 units per year, then it will take the first 6 months of production to handle the first 6 weeks of reservations.

(not quite of bad as 8 months for 8 days!;) )

[lhoboy]

Originally Posted by SmartCard

How's this for logic. Lets say there were 10,000

(not quite of bad as 8 months for 8 days!;) )

Either theory isn't just idle speculation, it's rampant speculation

[ewmetzler]

If my wife lets me buy a smart, I'll have to pick it up in CT or NY on one of our trips to/from kids colleges - then drive it 300+ miles home on I-95!

eric, wishing for smart in enfield, maine

[crager34]

What will it take to become a stand alone, or be a part of a stand alone dealership?

Thanks

[propes]

I checked out http://smartcenterbloomington.com, and it's been purchased and parked, but not by Feldmann Imports, who will be running the smart center, but instead by PAG. Here's the whois information:

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: SMARTCENTERBLOOMINGTON.COM
Created on: 03-Nov-06
Expires on: 03-Nov-09
Last Updated on: 06-Aug-07

Administrative Contact:
Williams, Chuck domains@penskecorp.com
smart USA LLC
2555 Telegraph Rd
Bloomfield, Michigan 48302
United States
(248) 648-2320

Technical Contact:
Williams, Chuck domains@penskecorp.com
smart USA LLC
2555 Telegraph Rd
Bloomfield, Michigan 48302
United States
(248) 648-2320

smartcenterlagunaniguel.com and smartcenterla.com are set up under private registrations, so I can't tell if it's by the owners/operators of the dealership or PAG.

[spdickey]

smartcenterbeverlyhills.com was registered by smartUSA.

Registrant:
smart USA LLC
2555 Telegraph Rd
Bloomfield, Michigan 48302
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: SMARTCENTERBEVERLYHILLS.COM
Created on: 03-Nov-06
Expires on: 03-Nov-09
Last Updated on: 04-Nov-07


However Beverly Hills Mercedes is not a Penske dealership, its site bhbenz.com whois is here http://www.networksolutions.com/whoi...ain=bhbenz.com

Do a whois on smartcenter"insert city here".com You'll find that smart has gang registered domains for future use.