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A number of auto dealership, auto service, and auto repair shop buildings are notable. A number of these are listed on historic registers, including some in the United States whose notability is documented by their listing the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Many auto dealership showroom buildings also include auto servicing areas. This list is intended to include all notable showroom buildings, with or without associated auto service or auto repair facilities, and to include independent auto service or repair facilities.
Buildings which are primarily filling stations and only secondarily include an auto service bay are covered in List of historic filling stations, instead. as These include places known as "service stations" in the U.S.
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Muscats Motors | 1945 built 2012 scheduled | Rue D'Argens 35°54′05.3″N14°29′28.5″E / 35.901472°N 14.491250°E | Gżira | Streamline Moderne style | |
One of the biggest collections of showrooms of any kind is a 216,000-square-metre (2,330,000 sq ft) car showroom complex in Istanbul called Autopia Europia. [1] [2]
One of the world's largest showrooms of any kind is the 35,000 square metres (380,000 sq ft) BMW showroom in Abu Dhabi. [3] [4] Another notable showroom in UAE is designed by Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott. Lamborghini unveiled its largest showroom in the world, a 30,000 sq. ft facility in Dubai. [5]
Numerous more auto showroom buildings are listed on the National Register as contributing buildings in historic districts, including some within Chicago's Motor Row District.
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