If bicycle repair shops are popping up on every street corner in Paris, car dealerships are disappearing.
For a week, a group of customers have been up in arms against the closure, between now and next September, of the Peugeot store on Boulevard de Grenelle (XVth) and the adjoining workshop.
A decision announced to the 70 employees by the Stellantis group, owner of PSA Peugeot Citroën, in mid-December.
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This closure is the consequence of an era: economic crises and the abandonment of the car in favor of soft mobility have accelerated the disappearance of car dealerships in Paris.
“All manufacturers are reducing their sales areas, particularly in urban areas.
Paris is no exception to this rule, especially since the number of Parisians with a car is falling from year to year,” explains David Belliard, deputy (EELV) to the mayor of Paris in charge in particular of the transformation of public space, transport and mobility.
In Paris, “our policy is to encourage Parisians to use alternatives to private cars as much as possible,” continues the deputy.
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