Car dealers seem engaged in a self-destructive spiral that would render them irrelevant in the years to come. The fact that the world is already moving away from the dealer sales model sure doesn’t ...

Americans can be savvy consumers, but they are not, traditionally, hagglers. Supermarket prices are nonnegotiable. You don't bargain with the cashier at Target or Walmart about the price of a ...

The model has worked for over a century — automakers design and build cars, and local dealerships market and sell them. However, the traditional dealership model of car sales is increasingly under ...

I know that this is a huge topic of discussion in the US as many brands try to go direct-to-consumer, but the dealer model has been dealt a pretty big blow in Australia. We don't have dealerships ...

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Making electric cars desirable is not the only contribution Tesla gave to the automotive world. Its direct sales model also makes legacy automakers scratch their heads. Polestar, which is a ...

Former Tesla Inc TSLA executive Rohan Patel on Sunday pinned the decision of the EV company not to pursue a traditional dealership model for vehicle sales on “survival.” What Happened: Patel said in a ...

Ever since September 14th of this year when Ford explained to its dealerships what they would have to commit to in order to continue selling electric vehicles, the big question has been: How many ...

State laws requiring automakers to sell cars through franchised dealers are adding somewhere between $3,934 and $4,992 to the ...