Do We Really Need Car Dealerships Anymore?

[yagoparamo]

Interesting article.

Is this a buzz or the begging of a change? The topic is little by little making it to main stream media.

Do We Really Need Car Dealerships Anymore? - Popular Mechanics

 

[john.quinn]

Buzz. Every time there's something new, there's talk of abolishing the dealer system.

Value/No Haggle Pricing -- Saturn, Oldsmobile -- that was going to eliminate the need for dealers.

The Internet -- was going to completely eliminate dealers.

Tesla? Ha. Not even a mild threat to the establishment.

 

[Viracocha]

Judging by New Car gross I'm not sure having the manufacturers selling direct is a bad thing, so long as we can keep used, parts and service.

 

[JessicaRuth]

I'm with John. Whatever Tesla will sell won't compare to the cars you're going to sell.

 

[Alex Snyder]

Cars aren't being built nor are laws being written that support a model where an extremely complex sale no longer requires a very specialized expert: the car dealer. Tesla is as niche as niche can be.