Car dealerships are seeing slow sales and not as much work for their service departments as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association President Will Green says they are certainly impacted by the stay at home order.
“The dealers I’ve talked to, they are down in service and sales and in their body shops, some of them 40 to 60 percent. Some of them more than that,” said Green.
Green says implementing social distancing guidelines means they are moving the transactions from the showroom to the internet. He says car buyers can test drive a vehicle and not even go to the dealer.
“They can deliver the vehicle to you. They can come and pick the vehicle up. In there service departments, they can do the same thing. They can come and get your vehicle,” said Green.
Green says for those interested in getting behind the wheel of a new ride, car shoppers are going to find great deals.
“I’ve seen out there that some have zero-percent financing and delayed payments and so there is no better time to buy a vehicle than now,” said Green.
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