Featuring a roof-mounted racetrack outside and 56 separate bars inside, the 708,661 square-foot Autopia Europia in Istanbul, Turkey will be the largest car dealership in the world. It's currently under construction, but here's a peek at the automotive wonder.
As you can expect, its designers don't envision Autopia Europia as a car dealership, but rather a car mall featuring 200 individual showrooms, 48 service stations, 42 insurance companies and 24 banks. Over 400 brands (we didn't realize there were that many), will be represented with 2,426 models. All areas of the mall will be accessible by car.
Rather than racing, the rooftop track is expected to be used for new car test drives, free from the traffic the 6 million annual visitors are expected to create on the surrounding roads. (Hat tip to Tom!)
[GAD Architecture via DVice]
DISCUSSION
istanbul was constantinople
now it's istanbul not constantinople
they got a big car mall, constantinople
car shoppers delight in fluorescent light
every car in constantinople
is sold in istanbul not constantinople
so if your delivery charge is for constantinople
you'll be paying for istanbul.
even old audi was once auto union.
why they changed it i can't say
people just liked it better that way
so let's go shop in constantinople
no you can't go shop in constantinople
they got a big car mall, constantinople
why did constantinople get the works?
because car companies are full of jerks.
instanbul!