business name and address, _______________________________________________ contact info (phone, fax e- _______________________________________________ mail) and legal form (Ltd., _______________________________________________ Inc., Gmbh, etc.) of your _______________________________________________ business and how long the _______________________________________________ business has been open. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
open your overseas Franchise? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
4. Do you have a country,
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6. How long have you been in
the vehicle industry? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
7. Please describe your current
business and identify the _______________________________________________ machinery and tools that you _______________________________________________ have at this location. Should _______________________________________________ you have more than one _______________________________________________ location, please answer this _______________________________________________ question for each location. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
8. Do you rent, lease or own
your property? If you rent or _______________________________________________ lease, what is your monthly _______________________________________________ payment? Please provide your _______________________________________________ landlord's contact information. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
9. How long have you been at
this location? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
10. Is this your first location?
If not, please list previous _______________________________________________ locations for the last five _______________________________________________ years. 11. Do you currently have a new Vehicle Distributorship? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
12. If yes, which brands do
you offer? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
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month do you sell? Please _______________________________________________ break this down by model and _______________________________________________ type of vehicle. _______________________________________________
16. What is your average
gross profit per vehicle sale _______________________________________________ converted into U.S. Dollars? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
with that banking institution? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
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credit agencies? If so, please _______________________________________________ provide the contact _______________________________________________ information for that agency. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
24. How many sales _______________________________________________
associates are employed at _______________________________________________ your company? Please tell us _______________________________________________ the length of time each _______________________________________________ associate has been with your _______________________________________________ company. 25. Do you have a wholly _______________________________________________ owned onsite service _______________________________________________ department? _______________________________________________
26. Have you ever been
terminated (by the _______________________________________________ manufacturer or distributor) as _______________________________________________ a dealer of any product? _______________________________________________ 27. If yes, please provide the details including the product _______________________________________________ name, name of manufacturer _______________________________________________ or distributor, date of _______________________________________________ termination and reason for _______________________________________________ termination. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 28. Have you ever had an accusation filed against any _______________________________________________ Franchise you have owned, or _______________________________________________ were an officer or director _______________________________________________
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29. Do you have any current
lawsuits pending against you? _______________________________________________ If so, please include details. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
30. Do you have a criminal
record? If so, please include _______________________________________________ details. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
31. Please provide three
references of which two must 1______________________________________________ be business people _______________________________________________ unassociated with your _______________________________________________ company. Please include _______________________________________________ name, address, telephone _______________________________________________ number, and email address of _______________________________________________ each. Please list the length and _______________________________________________ nature of the relationship of _______________________________________________ each. _______________________________________________ 2______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
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5 question. Make sure you number your answer. 2007 WCCI v1 Franchise Questionnaire* 3______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 32. Please state your English language proficiency 33. You are aware that you will need to hire technical staff capable of customizing the vehicles. Where do you believe you will find these employees? 34. We assume that the cost to open such a franchise in your country is approximately 2-3 million US dollars. Are you capable of financially handling such costs? If so, please verify where the funds will come from and please provide evidence showing us that the funds are available. 35. We always have an exploratory meeting with potential franchisees in their own country and expect that you will cover the cost of 4 people to come from the US over and spend about a week going over business and interpersonal issues. The cost is normally around $50,000 US dollars. This includes flights, lodging, hospitality, etc. Are you committed to paying for us to visit?
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