Schmidt, set to sell Rolls-Royce saloon cars in Germany

Michael Schmidt, the businessman controlling Automobile Bavaria group, the biggest BMW dealer domestically, will open the first Rolls-Royce showroom of Munich this year. He thus becomes the first Romanian to sell a luxury brand outside the country.
Michael Schmidt was born in Brașov, Romania. Rolls-Royce brand is among the world’s most expensive cars, whose prices can go as high as 600,000 euros.
On the German market, Schmidt owns four BMW dealerships close to Munich, with the first being taken over in 2007 and another three in 2010.
“I have become an official Rolls Royce dealer in Germany. The first showroom will be opened in central Munich, in September, and the servicing centre will be located in one of BMW German centres taken over last year,” said Schmidt.
Last autumn, the Băneasa centre of Automobile Bavaria became the official servicing centre of Rolls Royce brand, an investment operated as Romania holds over 60 saloon cars made by the luxury carmaker.
The Munich showroom opens as the British brand has launched a dealership network expansion programme as Rolls Royce global sales doubled last year.