buzznwood
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If direct sales was a failure then amazon would have gone the way of the dodo long ago. Going to the store is an alien concept to a whole generation, a generation that will have little interest in the 'joys' of the dealership experience.
The whole point of the dealership is the supposed competition it brings so we the consumer gets the better deal, ADM proves otherwise. BEV's give manufactures the perfect opportunity to bypass what is a glorified cartel of middleman that serves no purpose in this day and age.
Consumers are expecting more and more as standard in a new car, which results in manufactures having to resort to all manor of bean counting to meet the expected consumers price point and profits. remove a % cut that heads to the dealer and manufactures would have a lot more breathing space.
No doubt there will be plenty of dealers out there still telling tall tails of how how the invoice is the real price they pay. I am all for people making a good living but the day the dealership sales model goes the way of the dodo to replaced by a few online button clicks is a good thing. Any dealer with any sense will have migrated to mainly catering to vehicle servicing years ago.
The whole point of the dealership is the supposed competition it brings so we the consumer gets the better deal, ADM proves otherwise. BEV's give manufactures the perfect opportunity to bypass what is a glorified cartel of middleman that serves no purpose in this day and age.
Consumers are expecting more and more as standard in a new car, which results in manufactures having to resort to all manor of bean counting to meet the expected consumers price point and profits. remove a % cut that heads to the dealer and manufactures would have a lot more breathing space.
No doubt there will be plenty of dealers out there still telling tall tails of how how the invoice is the real price they pay. I am all for people making a good living but the day the dealership sales model goes the way of the dodo to replaced by a few online button clicks is a good thing. Any dealer with any sense will have migrated to mainly catering to vehicle servicing years ago.
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