Downtown Honda Ribbon Cutting ceremony (left to right) Dave Gardner, Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, Honda Canada Inc.; Angus Tai, General Manager, Downtown Honda; Dr. Sylvester Chuang, President and CEO, Auto World Imports Network; Jerry Chenkin, President and CEO, Honda Canada Inc.; Tetsuo Oshima, President and CEO, Honda Financial Services; Yoshiaki Ikehata, Vice-President, Honda Canada Inc.; Jean-Marc Leclerc, Vice-President, Honda Financial Services (Photo courtesy of Downtown Honda)
Downtown Honda, located at 47 Eastern Avenue, in Toronto, Ont., celebrated its official opening this past Thursday, September 25. Located just east of the city’s downtown core, the new facility is designed to significantly enhance the customer experience at Downtown Honda and marks the start of a new chapter for this renowned big city dealership.
Live entertainment was part of the historic evening (Photo courtesy of Downtown Honda)
Vince Kam, General Manager, Fixed Operations with Downtown Honda, talked with Canadian auto dealer about the new facility and mentioned that despite the urban setting, clever design and space allocation means that the dealership is able to store virtually all inventory on site. “We can accommodate 12 cars in the main new vehicle showroom and there is additional indoor parking for our used inventory on the second floor and a further two storeys.”
Used inventory is housed on a special second floor parking level, designed to maximize space utilization (Photo courtesy of Downtown Honda)
The new facility also incorporates an expansive service department with 26 bays, plus an enclosed drive through that can accommodate up to four vehicles at a time. There’s also a pre-service alignment and brake inspection station, plus valet parking, complimentary shuttle service, in-store WiFi and cappuccino bars.
Click here to see a video highlighting the dealership’s official opening gala.
