Quote Originally Posted by douglasm View Post
Today's dumb question. Does Falvey Motors [[sp?) in Ferndale still exist? They were Detroit's BMC dealership, and also had a VW store on Woodward near 8 Mile.
Doesn't seem like a dumb question. Until recently, dealers slipped away quietly and almost forgotten. Mergers, bankruptcy, expansion, etc.

The VW dealership on the east side of Woodward in Ferndale became a Honda dealership maybe late 80's. That Honda dealership was not owned by Falvey's though- at the time the Honda dealership was relocated from Livernois [[Porterfield Wilson)- it was owned by Porterfield Wilson's widow.

Falvey Motors ended up in Troy, in the motor mall. "In the shadow of VW Headquarters so we have to excel". That VW franchise eventually ended up being owned by Suburban. The VW building was also a Jaguar dealership, now owned by Elder family/ Troy Ford.

There are no more Falvey dealerships around Detroit.