It’s a delicate ecosystem: the car salesmen need their cut to spend on drinking and gambling or else the bars and dog tracks will shut down causing more unemployment.
you can order a Ford Mustang Mach E from their website and have it shipped to a dealer and never really do anything at the dealers except get your new car
Because dealers have lobbied to have the law mandate them.
I know “deregulation” is a bit of a dirty word, but some regulations are genuinely bad. In this case, it’s literal textbook rent seeking, in the economics sense.
I don’t want amazon involved in anything, but I’ve bought a car off the internet before and had it delivered. I only had to to go anywhere to do the wire transfer at my bank.
Also dealerships: $10k mark up on this bad boy!
Why do we even have dealerships?
It’s a delicate ecosystem: the car salesmen need their cut to spend on drinking and gambling or else the bars and dog tracks will shut down causing more unemployment.
All part of a petroleum-based economy.
Not to mention coke isn’t exactly cheap when it’s not served in a bottle or a glass.
Right? And if the coke dealers go, there go the exotic cat dealers too.
10k markup? amateur!
Try 30K…70K…100K!
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ford+f150+lightning+dealer+markup
I know Lemmy hates Tesla, but not having to deal with a dealership was one of the primary decision points for me.
you can order a Ford Mustang Mach E from their website and have it shipped to a dealer and never really do anything at the dealers except get your new car
Because dealers have lobbied to have the law mandate them.
I know “deregulation” is a bit of a dirty word, but some regulations are genuinely bad. In this case, it’s literal textbook rent seeking, in the economics sense.
I’d like to be able to order a vehicle off Amazon and have it delivered. That really isn’t so crazy.
Yes, especially since they don’t have to be fitted like clothes or shoes. It’s off-the-shelf anyways.
That’s the one thing where I agree with Musk, they’re not necessary.
I don’t want amazon involved in anything, but I’ve bought a car off the internet before and had it delivered. I only had to to go anywhere to do the wire transfer at my bank.
Carvana actually works pretty well this way.
I remember coming across an article on amazon planning to start selling Hyundai cars online. This is the one https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-hyundai-partnership
Cannot you buy Hyundai through Amazon?
Apparently you can order it but you still have to go to a dealer to settle the deal and pick it up. So, lame.