Only In China: Branded Parking Space
Some of you may remember the “No Audi” signs at U.S. parking garages at the height of the unintended acceleration craze of the late 80s. In a garage in China, one can see the reverse: Only Audis, other cars go elsewhere.
The Audi-only parking was seen by Carnewschina seen in the gigantic underground parking of Terminal 3 at Beijing Capital Airport. According to a guard the owner of the lot does some revenue-enhancement with branded parking space. BMW and Benz will be next. Chery or Geely, move on.
(If I would have suggested something like this in Wolfsburg, I would have been declared insane.)
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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I`ll slap "the 4 rings" on a Yema F16 and park it there too. They won`t know the difference.
Must make it easier for the thieves when you have a big gigantic sign that says: "Rob here".
Don't the unionized auto plants in America also have segregated paring lots for union-made caras (ie. domestics) and non-union cars?
The description read "reserved parking for Audi owners". Can someone park a Lexus there, if he also owns an Audi? Shouldn't it read "reserved parking for Audi" instead?