Charlotte Auto Dealerships

[turbocraig]

There's a Maybach dealership at Beck Mercedes. Actually, DaimlerChrysler refers to them as "studios". There's also one in Cary and somewhere else... High Point maybe. You can find them on the Maybach website. The Maybach studio at Beck's been there for a couple of years. No need to go to Atlanta to find a tarted-up $300K S-Class. Also, I don't think that anyone's brought up the Maserati/Aston Martin dealership that's across Independence from Beck. Its the second dealership of Foreign Cars Italia (even though Aston is ...well was... British) of Greensboro. They opened that here since roughly half of their clientele at the G'boro dealership was from Charlotte. I believe you can also purchase a Ferrari there, although the prancing horse logo isn't displayed outside.

[NCMike1981]

^they should so display the prancing horse outside :-p prancing horses rock! hehe

[turbocraig]

^they should so display the prancing horse outside :-p prancing horses rock! hehe

Are you mocking me, Mike??? That's really how the Ferrari logo is referred to.. Don't make me come over there.

[dubone]

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/new...ic/13266731.htm

Hendrick is proposing an extension to McKee Road to improve access to their Automall in southeast Mecklenburg and CPCC's Levine Campus.

The article mentions that the automall will begin construction in 3 years. The McKee Road extension will also help pave the way for converting US74 to a toll road south of 485.

[DigitalSky]

Yeah isn't that a part of MUMPO's plan to connect Mckee and Stevens Mill Roads.. so much development will supr off of that then

[lupitachica]

The McKee Road extension will also help pave the way for converting US74 to a toll road south of 485.

A toll road? Do you have any more info on this? I'm curious as to how this would work.

[dubone]

http://www.ncdot.org/ncta/projects/

http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte.../04/focus4.html

There is some mention on it in other threads here, like:

http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=10599

http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=6457

A new US 74 freeway bypass in Union County is being studied, considering the horrendous traffic on the current 74 boulevard bypass. The state approved it as one of the handful of projects that might be funded through tolls.

If the study resolves that tolls aren't enough to pay for the road, NCDOT will determine whether they will fund it partially or fully through traditional means, or to cancel the project.

[nyxmike]

Does anyone know when the autopark in North Charlotte/Huntersville border is suppose to open and what dealerships (hopefully Mercedes/BMW) will be there? I can't find anything about it on the web...

[dubone]

Does anyone know when the autopark in North Charlotte/Huntersville border is suppose to open and what dealerships (hopefully Mercedes/BMW) will be there? I can't find anything about it on the web...

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/business/13454054.htm

Scroll down to "Matthews Auto Center".

Construction of the auto mall likely would start in about three years

As far as which dealerships will be there, you should pretty much assume that all the dealerships with a "Hendrick" prefix will be located there. Bimmer, yes, Benz, no.

[DigitalSky]

yeah but Benz is building a dealership off 485 in Pineville (as mentioned somewhere in this thread)... and yeah Hendrick will be the dominant dealership at the Matthews Auto Center. The impact on South and Indy could be colossal