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Originally Posted by fbodfather
OK...
I GIVE UP.........
I'm absurd -- and I evidently IMAGINED that there are these things called "Motor Vehicle" Bureaus in each of the 50 States in the United States.
I must have imagined going before the Connecticut board to keep a dealership open in the Hartford Area......
My family must have been 'schnookered" when they bought the various dealerships over the years --
See -- the ONLY reason I'm on this site is to fool people! I love misleading them!
.....I've been doing it at GM for over 32 years!!!!
Please!
Someone!
STOP ME!!!!
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I'm not sure why you're angry. I didn't mean you were a liar but I just can't imagine why one car company can do it but not the other given the same set of circumstances. Especially when the other car company doing it is getting press all about their method.
I'm saying *IF* every GM dealership franchise was closed then GM would be free to open company owned dealerships. According to Tesla, the law states that the car manufacturer can't sell direct in a state where there is an open franchise.
I don't know if every state has a different law but I really, really would hope Tesla wasn't paying their lawyers to get everything wrong:
"Unlike most other car manufacturers, Tesla will not sell its cars through independent dealers. Instead, it will sell them through its Web site and company-owned dealership/service centers. The thinking is that selling, understanding and servicing an electric car is a different skill and not one that most traditional dealerships possess. Chairman Elon Musk (who also founded PayPal) outlined the dealership strategy when the company unveiled the Tesla cars in Santa Monica last year.
Siry also added that the company wants to control the customer's buying experience. Most of the time, buying a car is unpleasant: dealers are paid to move the cars they have on the lot. Changing that arrangement could help Tesla-owned dealerships gain an edge in sales, he said.
Additionally, selling through independent dealers might hurt the company's plans to sell direct. Large manufacturers like Ford, for example, can't sell cars directly in a state where an independent-dealer Ford franchise exists. Thus, by establishing company-owned dealers, Tesla will circumscribe where it can sell direct."
The law seems to covering competing with franchises of your business, which of course would happen if GM tried to sell direct anywhere because they have a dealership in every state. However, my scenario involved there being no franchises left.