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Originally Posted by Brando
North America is a unique beast in the world of auto sales. Pretty much every other country has a build-to-order approach. Dealers only keep demo and used vehicles on the lot.
OEMs would prefer that approach in North America for some of the reasons above: Dealers are the cause and solution to the problem.
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dealers cheated.
they bribed (eh hem, lobbied) to make sure they had to exist, legally.
again, like so much of what on the surface looks like a free market, itsn't. dealerships exists not for market reasons, but in spite of market reasons.