Planning automobile dealer properties General Motors Corporation. 1948, Planning automobile dealer properties, Service Section, General Motors Corp, Detroit. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads general1948planningautomobile-text.htm Formatted text text/html 950.43KB 3  general1948planningautomobile.pdf PDF version for downloading application/pdf 66.29MB 0 Title Planning automobile dealer properties Author(s) General Motors Corporation. Publication date 1948 Total pages 142 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 x 35 cm Publisher Service Section, General Motors Corp Place of Publication Detroit Keyword(s) Automobile showrooms Service stations Automobile showrooms -- United States -- Designs and plans Service stations -- United States -- Designs and plans Automobile dealers -- United States -- Designs and plans Architectural drawings Summary Summarizes the results of an extensive research activity which was undertaken to assist car and truck dealers to more effectively utilize land and buildings in selling and servicing motor vehicles. Notes Part one: Unit planning -- New car sales -- Used car sales -- Service -- Parts and accessories -- Management and personnel -- Store front display -- Part two: Problems, plans and perspectives -- 1. In a small competitive community -- 2. Dealership with gasoline station -- 3. Solution for narrow inside lot -- 4. Capitalizing on a busy side street -- 5. Highly competitive location -- 6. Intersection of main thoroughfares - 7. Shallow lot solution -- 8. Exclusive truck dealership -- 9. On the fringe of a business district -- 10. At a truck route intersection -- 11. Emphasis on service -- 12. Specialized functional units -- 13. Near corner locations -- 14. Multi-story building on an inside lot -- 15. Multi-story building at corner location -- 16. Lot sloping down from the main street. Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images. Language eng Indigenous content off Field of Research 0 Not Applicable Socio Economic Objective 0 Not Applicable Copyright notice ©This work is free of known copyright restrictions.. Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30144972 Document type: Book Collections: Open Access Collection Rare Books Related Links Link Description Original version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 06 Nov 2020, 07:50:20 EST Mon, 16 Nov 2020, 07:49:20 EST Mon, 16 Nov 2020, 08:14:08 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 3 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 06 Nov 2020, 07:50:20 EST

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